Having completed our first series of lectures we will break for the summer. Please check back in the fall for our next series of topics and guests!
In the meantime, why not head over to Reformation Journal and find something good to read?
We had a great event May 1 with Warren Smith’s lecture on the state of the Evangelical Church. Thanks to all who came out and we hope that May’s lecture, as well as the rest of the series, was useful to you.
Warren’s Power Point presentation is available here (left click to open, right click and choose “save as” to save):
Lover’s Quarrel
The audio recording of Warren’s lecture is available here in two parts. Click to listen or right click and choose “Save As” to download to your computer.
Some people have called the modern, post-World War II American evangelical movement a new “Great Awakening.” But if that is so, why does the church seem more asleep than awake? The First Great Awakening, called sinners to repentance and sound doctrine by the expository preaching of scripture. Unfortunately, today we seem to be following more in the path of the “Second Great Awakening,” which emphasized big rallies and emotional fervor. Today’s preachers want to make your life better now, rather than call dead men to life. In this presentation, based on his book “A Lover’s Quarrel With The Evangelical Church,” Warren Smith diagnoses the current mess we’re in, explains how we got here, and provides some direction for the road home.
Join us for the final lecture in our Charlotte Thursdays series on May 1 beginning at 7pm.
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We had a great time on April 3 with guest lecturer Dr. Steve Suits talking about personhood. He gave us much to consider with respect to issues like fertility treatments and end-of-life care. Whatever conclusions one reaches on these issues Dr. Suits made it clear that we all must carefully consider the concepts of personhood and what it means to be alive.
The recording of the event is available here:
(Left click to listen, right click and choose “save target as” to save to your computer)