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)
We had a great time with Dr. Gentry at our March lecture. He traced (quickly!) the history of liberal arts from the time of Moses to the present day. We also considered the philosophical shift from “faith seeking understanding” to the current idea of “reason seeking that which I can believe.” We also considered the struggle of specific colleges and universities as they wrestle with promoting academic excellence while still maintaining Biblical commitments. We discovered together that liberal arts without a Christian foundation miss the point and Christian education that avoids the liberal arts is incomplete at best.
The download of Dr. Gentry’s is available below. (Left click to listen now, right click and choose “save target as” to save to your computer.)
Over the past twenty years Dr. Suits has worked in pediatric surgery as well as emergency medicine. In 1995 he founded the Palmetto Family Council and served as its president for four years. He has degrees in medicine, bioethics, and theology, and has served as an adjuct professor of ethics at both Erskine Theological Seminary and Columbia Biblical Seminary. He and his wife Mamie have been married for 35 years and have 8 children. Dr. Suits will address the question “What makes a person” at our April lecture.
Dr. Gentry is currently a professor at Columbia International University where he teaches Philosophy and Apologetics. He also serves there as the Director of Humanities. He has earned degrees from Multnomah Bible College and Baylor University.
