Joseph Baumstarck
Independent Scholar, Louisville, KY
Alexander Campbell, Joseph Smith, and Charles Finney: Comparison and Contrast
Shaun Brown
First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Garland, TX
George Lindbeck: A Biographical and Theological Introduction
Paul Chimhungwe
McMaster Divinity College
Content Contextualizing Worship Responses to the Gospel in Indigenous Cultures: Singing in the Churches of Christ Acappella in the Kingdom of Eswatini
Gary Collier
Institute for the Art of Biblical Conversation
Paul in Conversation: In Search of an Authentic Paul in 1 Thessalonians
Wes Crawford
Abilene Christian University
A Monumental Moment: Carl Spain Takes Center Stage at the 1960 Abilene Christian College Lectureship
William Custer
Cincinnati, OH
More Progress in Evangelical Apologetics: Revelational Theism
David Fletcher
Independent Researcher, Coffee County, TN
Paul's Eschatology in 1 Corinthians 13:12: Knowing Face to Face (Then) Versus Through Enigma (Now)
Jennifer Gash
Fuller Seminary (Isaac Errett Award Winner)
"Let the Children Come" to the Joy Bus
Heather Gorman
Johnson University
The Characterization of Joseph in Matthew: Faithful Jew and Exemplar of Jesus’s Teachings
Stan Helton
Alberta Bible College
The Text of Acts in the Writings of Origen: Results of Research
David Hester
Faulkner University
Did Paul Accept 'The Apocryphon of Jannes & Jambres' as Scripture?
Adam Hogan
Texas Tech
One God, One Nature: An Environmental History of the Stone-Campbell Movement
Joshua Houston
Faulkner University
The Absence of Circumcision and the Abrahamic Covenant in the Book of Hebrews
Christopher Jones
Faulkner University
The Road to Emmaus: Burning Hearts and Broken Bread
Benjamin Lantzer
First Christian Church, Flora, IN
Sound Doctrine and New Creation: Paul's Parabolic Use of Genesis 2-3
Kevin Larsen
Mid-Atlantic Christian University
An Iron Age I Monumental Building . . . could it be?
James McMillan
Disciples of Christ Historical Society
Alexander Campbell, Jr.: Like Father, Like Son?
Matthew Miller
Trinity Bible College and Graduate School
"Proclaiming the Beauteous": Gadamer's Aesthetics and the Christian Kerygma
Aaron Monts
Johnson University
Black Jesus, White Jesus, Colorless Jesus: A Racialized Christology
John Nugent
Great Lakes Christian College
The Politics of Praise: Speaking Peace to Power
Melvin Otey
Faulkner University
The Septuagint and Jesus's Theological Vocabulary
Stewart Penwell
Corydon, IN
The Elder's Conditioning Conditionals in 1 John
Leanna Rierson
Maritime Christian College
Paul’s First Person Singulars vs. Plurals in 2 Corinthians 10-13 and Philippians - Humble or Proud Leadership?
James Sedlacek
Israel Institute of Biblical Studies
The Meaning of αὐθεντεῖν: Some Considerations for 1 Tim 2:12
Nathan Shedd
Johnson University
A Joyful Letter? Reconfiguring the Occasion and Rhetorical Aim of Paul's Letter to the Philippians
Nathan Ward
Florida College
Are Behemoth and Leviathan Two-of-a-Kind?
Virgil Warren
Vermillion Christian Church, Vermillion, KS
Prolegomena to Men and Women in Christ
David White
Johnson University
Beyond Servant Leadership: A New Paradigm for Church Leadership
J. Blair Wilgus
Hope International University
Elisha and the Bears: Using Violent Texts in Ministry Settings
John Young
Amridge University
Truths or Tall Tales? Investigating Two Unusual Anecdotes from Stone-Campbell Movement History
Presiders:
Stan Helton
Alberta Bible College
Intertextual Links Between the Story of Achan and the story of Ananias and Sapphira
Lee Hagewood
Asbury Theological Seminary
Paul's Exemplary Ministry: Acts 20:17-35 and Exempla in Ancient Historiography
Presiders:
Mary Ellen Pereira
Grandview Christian Church
Antidote for Treason: Eusebeia and the Themes of 1 Timothy
Brian Baldwin
Bridges Christian Church, Ashland, KY
Artemis Ephesia and 1 Timothy 2
Presider:
Chris Beard, Johnson University
Laura B. Macias
Johnson University
Fostering Cultural Humility in Short-term Missions
Mike Young
Faulkner University / Johnson University
What a Character: Virtue Formation and Leadership
Presider:
Shaun Brown, First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), Garland, TX
Aaron Monts
Johnson University
Learning the Full Story: Addressing Critical Race Theory, Whiteness, Intersectionality, and Our Assumptions
Collin Packer
Office of Texas State Representative Carl O. Sherman
Lamont Ross
Marsalis Avenue Church of Christ
Racial Unity and Justice in the Aftermath of the Murder of Botham Jean
Presider:
James Gorman, Johnson University
Panel Discussion with Plenary Speakers:
"Continuing the Conversation: Doing History"
Loretta Loretta Hunnicutt Pepperdine University
Douglas A. Foster
Abilene Christian University
Edward Robinson
Texas College
Presiders:
Christopher R. Hutson
Abilene Christian University
"Ordaining Elders in Every City" (Acts 14:23): Anthropological Considerations On Elders in Traditional Societies.
Ethan Johnson
University of St. Andrews
The Lord's Supper and the Logic of Sacrifice
Leanna Rierson
Maritime Christian College
An Analysis of Paul's Boasting in 2 Cor 10-13 Using Contemporary Humility Theories
Presiders:
Rachel Nabulsi
Point University
‘What is this thing you have done?': Questions, Accusations, and Emotion in the Hebrew Bible
Hermann Finch
Asbury Theological Seminary
God Working through Humanity: Exodus 3:1-15 and the Theology of Divine-Human Partnership
Samuel Guy
Emmanuel Christian Seminary at Milligan
Determinism, Intercession, and Theodicy in Daniel and the Book of the Watchers
Presiders:
Bill Thomas
Central Christian College of the Bible
Ministry and Diversity: Preparing Students to Minister Across Lines of Racial, Cultural, and Socio-Economic Differences
Joseph P. Moleski
Great Lakes Christian College
Psychological Safety and the Church
Ron Clark
Kairos Church Planting; George Fox University
Bridging the Gap: Training Church Planter Candidates for Ministry Theologically and as Practitioners"
Presiders:
Tyler Stewart
Lincoln Christian University
A Curious Heresy: The Salvation of Adam in Second Temple Judaism and Early Christianity
Alyssa Elliott
Emory University
Show me your God: Identifying the Christian God in Theophilus of Antioch's Ad Autolycum
Mark Weedman Johnson University Novatian’s use of Philippians 2.6-7 SYNOPTIC GOSPELS
Presider:
Kevin Burr, Kings Crossing Church of Christ, Corpus Christi, TX
Ron Clark
George Fox University
Touched by a Sinner? Sinful Women and the Men Who Exploit or Love Them: A Study of Luke 7:36-50
Eric Brandell
Harding School of Theology
The Sabbath Controversy and the Christological Authority of Jesus: An Exegetical Analysis of Matthew 12:1-8
Tyler Hallstrom
Asbury Theological Seminary
A Den of Thieves? Jesus's Action in the Temple and the Question of Economic Exploitation
Presiders:
Virgil Warren
Vermillion Christian Church, Vermillion, KS
Trimming Back ‘Theology’ by Shedding Natural Depravity
Dennis L. Durst
Kentucky Christian University
Louis Auguste Sabatier and the Subjective Turn in Theological Education
Justin Schwartz
First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), Louisburg, KS
Re-membering Christian Existence: Kierkegaard’s Task and Method
Presider:
Nick Zola
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Fall 2022
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