1999
Dominion or Dependence: Reclaiming a Farmer’s View of the Human Vocation
Feb. 7-9
Theodore Hiebert, McCormick Theological Seminary, Chicago
- Through a Priest’s Eyes: Dominion (Genesis 1)
- The Priest’s Legacy: Stewardship
- Through a Farmer’s Eyes: Dependence (Genesis 2–3)
- The Farmer’s Legacy: Servanthood
- Pastors’ workshop: Our Common Agricultural Calling: Biblical Images and Contemporary Challenges
1997
Getting Jesus Out of the Bible
Feb. 16-18
Daryl Schmidt, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth
- Jesus in the Narrative World of the Gospels: Bible as Text
- Jesus in the Social World of Early Christianity: Bible as Canon
- Jesus in His Own World: Bible as History
- Jesus in Our Own World: Bible as Scripture
- Pastors' workshop: Jesus in the News: Issues behind the Headlines
1995
The New Order of Jesus: Toward a Domination-Free Society
Feb. 26-28
Walter Wink, Auburn Theological Seminary, New York City
- The Myth of Redemptive Violence
- Jesus’ Answer to the Myth
- Jesus’ Turn on Nonviolence
- Beyond Pacifism and Just War Theory
- Workshop: Prayer and the Powers
1994
Responsible Action: The Sermon on the Mount and Dietrich Bonhoeffer
March 6-8
Glen Stassen, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Ky.
- Bonhoeffer and the Jews: Lonely Advocate amidst Silence and Complicity
- Bonhoeffer and Justice: Human Rights and the Sermon on the Mount
- Jesus and Power: Grace and Deliverance
- Bonhoeffer’s Ethic of Responsibility and the Sermon on the Mount
1992
Women in Ancient Israel
Feb. 23-24
Wilma Bailey, Messiah College, Grantham, Pa.
- Two Women: Hagar and Sarai
- Women’s Lives and Hebrew Literature
- A Second Look: Eve the Good Wife, Bathsheba and Their Sisters
1991
Living Creatively: A One-Man Drama on the Life of Dr. E. G. Kaufman, written by James C. Juhnke
Feb. 25
John McCabe-Juhnke, Bethel College
1990
Mission Today: Deliverance
Feb. 18-20
Jonathan Larson, Commission on Overseas Mission/Africa Inter-Mennonite Mission
- Deliverance in the Household of Prayer
- Deliverance from a Spirit of Infirmity
- Deliverance for Standing Straight with a Shout
- Deliverance: The Jonah Syndrome