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Lecture given Monday, September 22, 2008, 8:30 AM at Abilene Christian University: "The church's efforts to ameliorate poverty and pursue social justice are often disconnected from its Missional purpose. Do churches struggle to identify the authority to address social problems? We will discuss Missional authority and private troubles."

Lecture given Monday, September 22, 2008, 8:30 AM at Abilene Christian University: "We are God's children, but do we act like it? One mother's experience with adoption reminds us of our true identity in Christ."

Lecture given Monday, September 22, 2008, 8:30 AM at Abilene Christian University: "What does Paul mean when he writes, "if you confess with your mouth that 'Jesus Christ is Lord' and you believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved"? Church history reveals that the blood of the martyrs is the seed for the church's growth. While the history of the Chinese church is one of persecution, it is also a history of vibrant revival, mission movements, and house churches."

Lecture given Monday, September 22, 2008, 9:45 AM at Abilene Christian University: "These classes examine how Paul addresses the competing concepts of identity at work within the Jewish and Gentile Christians in Rome, and asks how Paul's vision of Christian identity applies to us today."

Lecture given Monday, September 22, 2008, 4:00 PM at Abilene Christian University: "What constitutes effective leadership? Are charisma, likeability and longevity of church membership sufficient for effective leadership? Effective leadership and effective communication are inseparable. What is said and how it is said are major characteristics of leadership and group progress."

Lecture given Monday, September 22, 2008, 1:30 PM at Abilene Christian University: "Recent publications by Harris, Dawson, Hitchens and others have generated excitement about a "new atheism." What has generated this aggressive move from unbelievers? Are there new arguments and insights being offered to effectively counter the claims of Christian theism?"

Lecture given Monday, September 22, 2008, 4:00 PM at Abilene Christian University: "We in the Restoration Movement are unique. We have a model of leadership that involves ministers/evangelists and elders/pastors. We train ministers but unfortunately have not intentionally developed elders for the church in a post-Christian culture. However, elders emerge in an intentional development ministry."

Lecture given Monday, September 22, 2008, 4:00 PM at Abilene Christian University: "Are you ready to move your life from "maintenance" to "mission"? Is your church longing to shift from boredom to battle and from conflict to conquest? In an age filled with bored Christians and conflict-ridden congregations, the book of Joshua gives us a prescription on how to move from maintenance to mission and discover what a "Missional church" is all about."

Lecture given Monday, September 22, 2008, 8:30 AM at Abilene Christian University: "At a university connected with the American Restoration, how many students actually think about Stone and Campbell? How many professors? Can they explain how degree requirements, spring mission trips, and chapel programming might be connected to the Restoration heritage? A professor and student panelists explore whether the great convictions (and even the contradictory impulses) of the Stone-Campbell heritage can stimulate our church-related universities in the new century."

Lecture given Monday, September 22, 2008, 9:45 AM at Abilene Christian University: "Kent Smith will facilitate conversation with panelist and class attendees to follow up the 8:30am class session."

Lecture given Monday, September 22, 2008, 9:45 AM at Abilene Christian University: "A discussion of the advantages of interpretive services for the deaf and separate deaf worship. Comparison of major deaf "churches" in the United States and abroad. Suggestions for improvement of worship leadership between hearing and deaf leaders. Discussion of methods for improving the spirituality of deaf members in the deaf church."

Lecture given Monday, September 22, 2008, 8:30 AM at Abilene Christian University: "In Romans 12, Paul urged Roman Christians to present their bodies as living sacrifices and to be transformed by the renewing of their minds. How can Jesus' sisters in the 21st century meet these challenges?"

Lecture given Monday, September 22, 2008, 4:00 PM at Abilene Christian University: "We are at war and the battlefield is our minds! These lessons examine the effects of our thinking on how we live and interact. Special focus will be given to the significant influence of parental thinking and moral reasoning on eventual child behaviors. Practical suggestions from Scripture are offered for jumping tracks to more Christ-like thinking and functioning."

Lecture given Monday, September 22, 2008, 11:00 AM at Abilene Christian University

Lecture given Monday, September 22, 2008, 3:00 PM at Abilene Christian University

Lecture given Monday, September 22, 2008, 9:45 AM at Abilene Christian University: "How can churches better protect and nurture marriage relationships? This session explores proactive ways to deal with marital crisis and tools that encourage safe boundaries and better connection within marriage."

Lecture given Monday, September 22, 2008, 9:45 AM at Abilene Christian University: "In a tradition that takes pride in congregational autonomy and volunteer leaders, how do full-time ministers and part-time elders pull together to serve God? This panel of two elders and two ministers from four churches will discuss their real life stories of what does and does not work to develop a leadership relationship in Churches of Christ."

Lecture given Monday, September 22, 2008, 4:00 PM at Abilene Christian University: "This dialog session provides Youth Ministers wand Youth Ministry students an opportunity to interact with Brian McLaren."

Lecture given Monday, September 22, 2008, 9:45 AM at Abilene Christian University: "Paul's letter to the Roman church transcends its temporal and geographic context by speaking to the heart of adolescents in our culture. Romans confronts obstacles that have kept youth from faith and inspires commitment to Christian community."

Lecture given Monday, September 22, 2008, 4:00 PM at Abilene Christian University: "Romans does more than oppose grace and law or protect Gentile converts from adopting traditional identity markers of Judaism. Romans is to call the Jesus community in Rome to practice the justice they see in God's work in Christ Jesus."

Lecture given Monday, September 22, 2008, 4:00 PM at Abilene Christian University: "These sessions introduce Gentry's book (with L. Sjoberg), "Mothers, Monsters, Whores" (2007), a critique of how politically violent women are portrayed. These portrayals remove agency from women and Christians need to explore how this perpetuates injustice."

Lecture given Monday, September 22, 2008, 8:30 AM at Abilene Christian University: "These lessons explore biblical resources for our pursuit of justice. While justice and love often are played against each other, in the Bible they are complementary features of God's redemptive work. Justice is more than punishment for sin. Justice is commitment to a reality in which all humans have enough power, status and wealth to function as human beings made in God's image."

Lecture given Monday, September 22, 2008, 9:45 AM at Abilene Christian University: "The U.S. Justice Department, Congress, and the CIA are convinced the war against drugs cannot be won by this nation. But some have been winning the ware for the past 19 years. Learn how the Metropolitan Church of Christ and her ministry, the Metropolitan Fresh Start House, experience the miracle of broken lives made whole through the living Word of God."