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A 200 Year Celebration: The Declaration and Address as an Evangelistic Action Place for the End Times

Description: Lecture given Wednesday, September 23, 2009, 4:00 PM at Abilene Christian University: "In 1809, Thomas Campbell produced a document that has cast a long shadow over the Stone-Campbell Movement. He proposed the theme "the quest for Christian unity, peace, and purity." We will comment upon the literary composition and religious soils of this influential agenda, especially in Pennsylvania and Ireland, as reflected in recent literature; the role of scripture and its interpretation in accomplishing … more
Date: September 23, 2009
Duration: 45 minutes 53 seconds
Creator: Rollmann, Hans J. & Olbricht, Thomas H.
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Another Brick in the Wall: A Way Out for Our Dehumanizing Economies

Description: Lecture given Wednesday, September 23, 2009, 10:00 AM at Abilene Christian University: "What are the forces that dehumanize our work? What are the powers that treat people like commodities? How are we complicit and how are we trapped in this broken system? The story of Exodus proclaims that our calling is to worship God rather than make bricks."
Date: September 23, 2009
Duration: 48 minutes 13 seconds
Creator: Benjamin, Chris
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The Art of Leading Congregations for the Sake of the World: The Formation of Missional Leaders

Description: Lecture given Wednesday, September 23, 2009, 9:00 AM at Abilene Christian University: "Congregational leaders typically have a well-developed imagination for how the congregation exists for its members. In our changing cultural environment, leaders increasingly need to form an imagination for how the congregations exists for the sake of the world."
Date: September 23, 2009
Duration: 50 minutes 13 seconds
Creator: Love, Mark
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Called to the Mountaintop: Developing the Leadership Potential in Others

Description: Lecture given Wednesday, September 23, 2009, 9:00 AM at Abilene Christian University: "Do you feel called to leadership? Do you feel called to develop leadership potential in others? This session will offer real-life examples of personal leadership development experiences and current best practices for leadership development."
Date: September 23, 2009
Duration: 46 minutes 58 seconds
Creator: Barnard, Mimi
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Colonies of Heaven that Re-Envision Church at the Margins: Another Way of Leading

Description: Lecture given Wednesday, September 23, 2009, 9:00 AM at Abilene Christian University: "In these times of change, the church is discovering deep new opportunities for vibrant expression. Across North America, these faith communities present an alternative story about how life can be lived, and Christians are discovering how the news they bear is indeed good."
Date: September 23, 2009
Duration: 45 minutes 50 seconds
Creator: Smith, Kent
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A Community Without Barriers: Women Meet Jesus

Description: Lecture given Wednesday, September 23, 2009, 10:00 AM at Abilene Christian University: "This class explores the roles of women in Jesus' community and the early church, and the challenges of interpreting the scriptures and applying them to the life of Christians today."
Date: September 23, 2009
Duration: 49 minutes 05 seconds
Creator: Robinson, Thomas
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Constructive Partnerships: Why the Church Must Lead the Way

Description: Lecture given Wednesday, September 23, 2009, 4:00 PM at Abilene Christian University: "Partnership is inherent to the nature of God and to God's creation of humanity. Yet men and women consistently struggle to form constructive partnerships that honor God and one another. This class focuses on development of such partnerships and challenges the church to lead the way in forming them."
Date: September 23, 2009
Duration: 44 minutes 26 seconds
Creator: Reese, Jeanene P.
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Dealing With Difficult Moments: Managing Relationships with Parents and Critics

Description: Lecture given Wednesday, September 23, 2009, 9:00 AM at Abilene Christian University: "Ministry becomes even more complicated when critics enter your life. Ministers need a specific set of skills to manage highly involved parents and well-meaning critics. Joiner will lead a discussion and demonstration of these skills."
Date: September 23, 2009
Duration: 45 minutes 53 seconds
Creator: Joiner, Steve
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A Deeper Kind of Righteousness: Do We Follow Jesus or the Bible?

Description: Lecture given Wednesday, September 23, 2009, 10:00 AM at Abilene Christian University: "Jesus called His disciples to be salt and light in the world. He tells them to do this by putting on display a kind of righteousness vastly different from the traditional religion of their day. He calls us to do the same today."
Date: September 23, 2009
Duration: 41 minutes 59 seconds
Creator: Hodges, Wade
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Dr. Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) and the Christian Faith

Description: Lecture given Wednesday, September 23, 2009, 4:00 PM at Abilene Christian University: "This year marks the tricentennial of the birth of the greatest talker who ever lived and one of the most quotable men in history. He was a defender of the Christian faith and "the first moralist of the age." His English dictionary was a literary triumph, and his published prayers are classics of Christian devotion."
Date: September 23, 2009
Duration: 44 minutes 59 seconds
Creator: Rushford, Jerry
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Falling In and Out of Love With the Church: Why I Want To Leave

Description: Lecture given Wednesday, September 23, 2009, 9:00 AM at Abilene Christian University: "More and more people are disillusioned with church and church people. How might Christians begin to be more honest about our feelings for the church? Hear reflections and ideas for the journey of loving the church through thick and thin."
Date: September 23, 2009
Duration: 43 minutes 09 seconds
Creator: Barton, Sara
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Falling In and Out of Love with the Church: Why I Want to Stay

Description: Lecture given Wednesday, September 23, 2009, 10:00 AM at Abilene Christian University: "More and more people are disillusioned with church and church people. How might Christians begin to be more honest about our feelings for the church? Hear reflections and ideas for the journey of loving the church through thick and thin."
Date: September 23, 2009
Duration: 38 minutes 51 seconds
Creator: Barton, Sara
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From Habit to Harvard Law: Adventures in Imagining with God

Description: Lecture given Wednesday, September 23, 2009, 9:00 AM at Abilene Christian University: "God can do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, through his power at work within us. Hear one person's adventures in dreaming big dreams and responding to God's calling. Re-imagine your life with God."
Date: September 23, 2009
Duration: 43 minutes 45 seconds
Creator: Sullivan, Slade
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Getting Radical

Description: Lecture given Wednesday, September 23, 2009, 1:30 PM at Abilene Christian University: "In a culture where values seem as variable as the weather, how does the Christian navigate this strange world? How do I decide between competing ethical viewpoints?"
Date: September 23, 2009
Duration: 42 minutes 20 seconds
Creator: Harris, Randy
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Grief Is A Verb: Spiritual and Emotional Responses to Loss

Description: Lecture given Wednesday, September 23, 2009, 4:00 PM at Abilene Christian University: "Grieving a major loss is a difficult, jagged trek. Believers often hope that faith will eliminate deep feelings of sorrow and suffering. In reality, faith can provide us the safest place to express sorrow and confront harsh times."
Date: September 23, 2009
Duration: 50 minutes
Creator: Fry, Virgil
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Guess Who Is Coming to Church: A Discussion on How We Accept Differences in the Church

Description: Lecture given Wednesday, September 23, 2009, 10:00 AM at Abilene Christian University: "Often we are surrounded by people who are just like us in socioeconomic status and appearance. We walk into churches filled with Christians with whom we are comfortable; that makes us feel good about being Christians. But what happens when our biggest fear walks into the church building?"
Date: September 23, 2009
Duration: 48 minutes 33 seconds
Creator: Martin, Byron
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Have We Understood Baptism Correctly? What Do Early Christian Art and Archaeology Reveal About Baptism?

Description: Lecture given Wednesday, September 23, 2009, 9:00 AM at Abilene Christian University: "The doctrine and practice of baptism are set against the background of Greco-Roman and Jewish religious washings. This class examines the literary and archaeological evidence of early Christianity in relation to New Testament texts."
Date: September 23, 2009
Duration: 45 minutes 31 seconds
Creator: Ferguson, Everett
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How Can We Sing the Lord's Song? The Psalms as the Church's Hymnal

Description: Lecture given Wednesday, September 23, 2009, 10:00 AM at Abilene Christian University: "The Psalms have always been a major source for the church's theology, vocabulary and practice of worship. We marginalize the Psalms, the fount of the church's worship theology, to our peril. But how can we sing the ancient Psalms in the contemporary church?"
Date: September 23, 2009
Duration: 48 minutes 06 seconds
Creator: Shipp, R. Mark
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