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Academics

Past Bible Lectures: 1980s

1989

The Bible in Congregation and College

Feb. 26-27

  • The Bible as Canon: God’s Word and the Community’s Book — Patricia Shelly
  • Anabaptists and the Bible: From Sola Scriptura to Solus Christus — Dale Schrag
  • The Daniel Explosion of 1916: Bethel’s First Bible Crisis — James Juhnke
  • Biblical Authority: The Contemporary Theological Debate — Duane Friesen

1988

Living in End Times: The Revelation of John

Feb. 21-23

William Klassen, University of Toronto

  • Meeting the All-Powerful One  A Renewal of Perspective (Revelation 4)
  • The Lamb That Was Slain  An Invitation to Powerlessness (Revelation 5)
  • When Things Go Frightfully Wrong: The Vengeance of the Lamb — The Perspective of Justice (Revelation 6)
  • The Victory of Those Who Follow the Lamb (Revelation 12:10-12)
  • The Last War and the Purpose of History (Revelation 19:11-16; 21:1-8)

1987

Harbingers: Contemporary Images of Resurrection

Feb. 22-24

LeRoy Friesen, Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary, Elkhart, Ind.

  • Death/Resurrection: The Gestation of a Worldview
  • My Son! My Son! A Struggle for Easter at Home
  • Central America: The Stigmata of God
  • Vincent van Gogh: Starry Night through the Bars
  • The Church: Harbinger of God’s Mended Creation?

1986

The Early Church and the Apocryphal Acts of the Apostles

Feb. 23-25

Denns MacDonald, Iliff School of Theology, Denver

  • The Forgotten Novels of the Early Church
  • The Pastoral Epistles against Old Wives’ Tales
  • St. Andrew and the Ant People
  • Andrew, the New Odysseus
  • The Apostles as Folkheroes

1985

Two Bodies, One Bible: Women, Men and the Word of God

Feb. 17-19

Gayle Gerber Koontz, Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary, Elkhart, Ind.

  • A Whole New World: Gender and the Interpretation of the Bible
  • Men and Women as Strangers: The Bible as Mirror
  • Different Sins: Women, Men and the Meaning of Conversion
  • Men and Women as Friends: The Bible as Window
  • Walking in the Light: The Power of God’s Word in the Body of Christ

1984

Christian Hope in a Nuclear Age

Feb. 19-21

Donald B. Kraybill, Elizabethtown (Pa.) College

  • The Roots of Despair
  • The Varieties of Hope
  • The Scandal of Biblical Hope
  • The Promise of Christian Hope
  • The Agenda of Hopeful Living

1983

Simplicity and Ambiguity: The Janus of Biblical Faith

Feb. 20-22

Walter Klaassen, University of Waterloo (Ontario)

  • How Can Saul Be King When Yahweh is God?
  • How Can Yahweh Be King When Baal is God?
  • How Can Yahweh Be King When Babylon Rules the World?
  • How Can God be King When Jesus is Lord?

1982

The Bible in Today’s World

Feb. 14-16

Robert Bratcher, United Bible Societies

  • The Paradox of the Bible
  • Many Books, One Book
  • God’s Word, Human Words
  • In All Languages

1981

Love Commands in the New Testament — Covenant, Community and Ethical Obligation

Feb. 15-17

Pheme Perkins, Boston College

  • Jesus Loves Commands: Matthew 5:43-48 and Mark 12:28-34
  • Parables of Love: The Good Samaritan and the Prodigal Son
  • Love and the Christ Conscience: 1 Corinthians 8:10
  • Love and Christ Freedom: Galatians, Romans, James, 1 Peter
  • God as Love: The Johannine Tradition

1980

The Bible Speaks

Feb. 17-19

Willard M. Swartley, Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary, Elkhart, Ind.

  • Inductive-Expository Use of the Bible: Mark 6:30-8:27
  • Using the Bible for Moral Issues: Case Analyses: Slavery and Role of Women
  • The Book Study Approach: The Gospel of Mark
  • The Thematic Sermonic Use of the Bible: Peacemaking
  • The Multi-Use of the Bible: The Love-Command

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