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64th Annual Meeting Program Draft

WEDNESDAY AM

7:45 AM-8:15 AMMorning PrayerFrontier Airlines Center—102 CLet your day of theology flow from doxology in a service of corporate worship. Join us for a simple worship service of Scripture and Prayer.

PARALLEL SESSION A

(A) 8:30 AM-11:40 AMAdventist Theological Society 1Hyatt—Executive A

Moderator: Stephen Bauer(Southern Adventist University)

8:30 AM—9:10 AMHumberto M. Rasi(General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists)Christians and Environmental Responsibility: A Biblical Worldview Perspective

9:20 AM—10:00 AMWarren A. Shipton(Asia-Pacific International University, Thailand)Ecosystem Community Health Initiatives and Care of Creation

10:10 AM—10:50 AMKenley D Hall(ATS)The Theological Roots of the Emerging New Evangelicalism and its Environmental Focus

11:00 AM—11:40 AMEliezer Gonzalez(Macquarie University)The "Destroyers of the Earth" in Rev. 11:18: Who Are They?

(A) 8:30 AM-11:40 AMNear Eastern Archaeological Society AHilton—Walker

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Moderator: Gary A. Byers(Associates for Bibilical Research)

8:30 AM—9:10 AMRichard D. Lanser, Jr.(Associates for Biblical Research)Satellite Evidence of the Survival of Noah's Ark

9:20 AM—10:00 AMClyde Billington(Northwestern College)Jewish Ketubbah Marriage and the Christmas Story

10:10 AM—10:50 AMCharles Aling(Northwestern College)Did Moses Learn His Monotheism From Akhenaten?

11:00 AM—11:40 AMDouglas Petrovich(University of Toronto)Identifying the Tower of Babel and (Re-)Locating the Site of Its Construction

(A) 8:30 AM-11:40 AMEvangelical Philosophical Society A1Hyatt—Executive B

8:30 AM—9:10 AMJoel Schwartz(Baylor University)I Think To Myself, "What a Wonderful World": Wojtyla on Correcting Perceiving and Valuing Creation

9:20 AM—10:00 AMJames K. Dew, Jr.(Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary)God and the Mind/Body Problem: A Critique of Selected Christian Physicalists

10:10 AM—10:50 AMW. David Beck(Liberty University)Max L. E. AndrewsGod and the Multiverse

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James C. McGlothlin(The Ohio State University)The Logical Euthyphro: Laying Out the Options for God and Logic

(A) 8:30 AM-11:40 AMEvangelical Philosophical Society A2Hyatt—Executive C

8:30 AM—9:10 AMBenjamin H. Arbour(University of Bristol)Curious Conceptions of Creation: Divine Temporality and the Problem of Omnipotence

9:20 AM—10:00 AMMichael Austin(Eastern Kentucky University)On the Need for Analytic Moral Theology

10:10 AM—10:50 AMMatthew Baddorf(University of Rochester)Eternal Functional Subordinationism: Philosophical Notes on a Trinitarian Controversy

11:00 AM—11:40 AMMatthew Flannagan(Thinking Matters Auckland)Peter Singer, Human Dignity and Infanticide

(A) 8:30 AM-11:40 AMEvangelical Philosophical Society A3Hyatt—Lakeshore C

8:30 AM—9:10 AMRoss InmanOn Theism and Unrestricted Composition

9:20 AM—10:50 AMPanel Discussion of Naturalism and Our Knowledge of Reality: Testing Religious Truth-claims, by R. Scott Smith

PanelistsAngus J L Menuge

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(Concordia University Wisconsin)Scott Rae(Talbot School of Theology)Paul Gould(Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary)

RespondentR Scott Smith(Biola University)

11:00 AM—11:40 AMRobert Larmer(University of New Brunswick)Divine Intervention and the Conservation of Energy: A Reply to Evan Fales

(A) 8:30 AM-11:40 AMEvangelical Philosophical Society A4Hyatt—Milwaukee

8:30 AM—9:10 AMJames S. Spiegel(Taylor University)Was Augustine a Proto-Evolutionist?

9:20 AM—10:00 AMGarry DeWeese(Talbot School of Theology)Andy Draycott(Talbot School of Theology, Biola University)Understanding Place: The Beginnings of Creation Care

10:10 AM—10:50 AMGreg Ganssle(Rivendell Institute)Causation and Creation ex nihilo: Bede Rundle and the Possibility of God Creating the Universe

11:00 AM—11:40 AMGary R. Habermas(Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary)Beyond Standard Apologetics Categories: A New Typology of Empirical Evidences

(P) 8:30 AM-11:40 AMHermeneutics

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Current Issues in HermeneuticsFrontier Airlines Center—103 B

Moderator: James B. De Young(Western Seminary)

8:30 AM—9:10 AMKevin J. Vanhoozer(Trinity Evangelical Divinity School)“Exegesis I know, and Theology I know, but who are you?”: Biblical Hermeneutics and the Theological Interpretation of Scripture

9:20 AM—10:00 AMGrant R. Osborne(Trinity Evangelical Divinity School)Hermeneutics and Paul: His Use of the OT in Ephesians 4:8

10:10 AM—10:50 AMAndreas Köstenberger(Southeastern Seminary)Invitation to Biblical Interpretation: Exploring the Hermeneutical Triad of History, Literature, and Theology

11:00 AM—11:40 AMPanel Discussion

Grant R. Osborne(Trinity Evangelical Divinity School)Andreas Köstenberger(Southeastern Seminary)Kevin J. Vanhoozer(Trinity Evangelical Divinity School)

(P) 8:30 AM-11:40 AM

THEOLOGICAL AESTHETICSCaring for CreationFrontier Airlines Center—103 E

Moderator: Paul R. Shockley(Texas A&M University)

8:30 AM—9:10 AMDoug Powell(Selfless Defense)

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General Revelation as a Model for an Aesthetic Approach to Apologetics: Form is Content

9:20 AM—10:00 AMPaul R. Shockley(Texas A&M University)The Aesthetic Value of "Nature" in Everyday Living

10:10 AM—10:50 AMBrian Larsen(Simpson University)The Rainbow and Stained Glass: Creation as Bearer of Theological Meaning

11:00 AM—11:40 AMSteve R. Halla(Union University)Manifold Witness: Encountering the Beauty of Creation through the Art of the Woodcut

(P) 8:30 AM-11:40 AMOld PrincetonOld Princeton RevisitedFrontier Airlines Center—101 C

Moderator: Paul Kjoss Helseth(Northwestern College, MN)

8:30 AM—9:00 AMPaul Kjoss Helseth(Northwestern College, MN)Philosophical Psychology and the Life of the Mind at Old Princeton Seminary

9:05 AM—9:35 AMDavid P. Smith(Covenant Fellowship ARP Church)Conditioned By Creation: B. B. Warfield on Distinguishing Between Being and Knowing in Apologetics

9:40 AM—10:10 AMGary Steward(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary)Old Princeton and the Reform of Nineteenth Century America

10:15 AM—10:45 AMJohn D. Woodbridge(Trinity Evangelical Divinity School)The Presbyterian Controversy: The Untold Story

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10:50 AM—11:40 AMPanel Discussion: The Contemporary State of Old Princeton Studies

Paul Kjoss Helseth(Northwestern College, MN)David P. Smith(Covenant Fellowship ARP Church)Gary Steward(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary)John D. Woodbridge(Trinity Evangelical Divinity School)

(P) 8:30 AM-11:40 AMWesleyan StudiesTheism, Arminianism and Compatibilist Moral ResponsibilityFrontier Airlines Center—101 D

Moderator: Daryl McCarthy(International Institute for Christian Studies)

8:30 AM—9:10 AMKeith Yandell(University of Wisconsin-Madison)Theism and Compatibilist Moral Responsibility

9:20 AM—10:00 AMPanel DiscussionArminius, Theologian of Grace (Oxford University Press)

Thomas H. McCall(Trinity Evangelical Divinity School)Keith D. Stanglin(Austin Graduate School of Theology)

10:10 AM—10:50 AMRespondentsOliver Crisp(Fuller Theological Seminary)Carl Trueman(Westminster Theological Seminary)

11:00 AM—11:40 AMPanel Discussion and Audience Questions

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(P) 8:30 AM-11:40 AMCounseling, Psychology and Pastoral CarePastoral Counseling Preparation in Evangelical SeminariesFrontier Airlines Center—103 A

Moderator: John Auxier(Trinity Western University)

8:30 AM—9:10 AMRobert W. Kellemen(Capital Bible Seminary)Pastoral Counselor Preparation in Evangelical Seminaries: Toward a Best Practice Statement of Purpose, Philosophy, Priority, and Person

9:20 AM—10:00 AMStephen P. Greggo(Trinity Evangelical Divinity School)Counseling Care and Evangelical Pastoral Leadership: Implications for Seminary Education

10:10 AM—10:50 AMIan F. Jones(New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary)Counselor Preparation in Evangelical Seminaries: Reclaiming the Pastoral Counseling Identity

11:00 AM—11:40 AMEstablishing Pastoral Counseling Curriculum and Shaping Outcomes

PanelistsEric L. Johnson(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary)Robert W. Kellemen(Capital Bible Seminary)Stephen P. Greggo(Trinity Evangelical Divinity School)Ian F. Jones(New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary)

(P) 8:30 AM-11:40 AMLuke-ActsFrontier Airlines Center—203 A

Moderator: David G. Shackelford

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(Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary)

8:30 AM—9:10 AMJ. Daniel Hays(Ouachita Baptist University)The Use of Jeremiah in Luke-Acts

9:20 AM—10:00 AMJ. Andrew Cowan(University of St. Andrews)The Politics of Lukan Prose: A Critical Review of Kavin Rowe’s World Upside Down

10:10 AM—10:50 AMBrian Peterson(Lee University)Stephen’s Defence as a Modified Prophetic Rib Formula

11:00 AM—11:40 AMNicholas G. Piotrowski(Crossroads Bible College)Jesus Brings the Jubilee: The Creation of the Eschatological Jubilee Community in Lukan Perspective

(P) 8:30 AM-11:40 AMEcclesiologyHoliness of the ChurchHyatt—Executive D

Moderator: Greg Peters(Biola University)

8:30 AM—9:10 AMJim Larsen(Dallas Theological Seminary)Sanctified in Christ Jesus and Called to Be Holy: Ontological Union and the Holiness of the Church

9:20 AM—10:00 AMTaylor Worley(Union University)“The Splendor of Holiness”: The Church as the Theatre of Divine Beauty

10:10 AM—10:50 AMMatt Jenson(Torrey Honors Institute, Biola University)The Church Curved in on Itself: Sin, Holiness, Communion and Mission

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11:00 AM—11:40 AMKent Eilers(Huntington University)New Monasticism as Retrieval for Ecclesial Renewal

(P) 8:30 AM-11:40 AMMolinism / Middle KnowledgeMiddle Knowledge and the Doctrine of CreationFrontier Airlines Center—201 D

8:30 AM—9:10 AMJohn D. Laing(Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary)Intelligent Design, Middle Knowledge, and the Problem of Creaturely Flaws

9:20 AM—10:00 AMKirk R. MacGregor(Carthage College)The Impossibility of Evolution Apart From a God with Middle Knowledge

10:10 AM—10:50 AMGreg Welty(Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary)Assessing Molinist Doctrines of Creation

11:00 AM—11:40 AMSteven Duby(University of St Andrews)Divine Simplicity and Divine Freedom

(D) 8:30 AM-11:40 AMChurch HistoryPatristicsHyatt—Lakeshore A

8:30 AM—9:10 AMRobert M. Frazier(Geneva College)Civic Friendship in Augustine's Public Square

9:20 AM—10:00 AMDongsun Cho(Southwestern Baptist Theological Semninary)

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Marius Victorinus on Justification by Sola Fide

10:10 AM—10:50 AMJason Scully(Marquette University)The Loving Soul: Basil the Great’s Biblical Conception of the Ascetical Life

11:00 AM—11:40 AMAndrew M. Selby(Baylor University)On the Road to Eternal Generation: Hilary of Poitiers’s Developing Theology of the Son's "Birth"

(D) 8:30 AM-11:40 AMChurch HistoryModern PeriodFrontier Airlines Center—201 B

8:30 AM—9:10 AMCraig Hinkson(Liberty University)Kierkegaard's Teaching on the Will — Liberum Arbitrium or Servum Arbitrium?

9:20 AM—10:00 AMKarla Poewe(University of Calgary)The SS Project to Replace Christianity with Islam as the Source of European Culture

10:10 AM—10:50 AMJason Sexton(Ridley Hall, University of Cambridge)Emphasizing What is Plain or What is Main?: Evangelical Identity, Theological Systems, and the Forgotten Trinity

11:00 AM—11:40 AMKarin Spiecker Stetina(Wheaton Colege)Love Thy Neighbor: Gaudium et spes. Creation Care, and Evangelicalism

(D) 8:30 AM-11:40 AMPractical TheologyMissions, Contextualization, and EvangelismFrontier Airlines Center—103 D

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8:30 AM—9:10 AMWonjoo Hwang(Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary)An Evangelical Evaluation of Charles Kraft’s Missiological Model for Contextualization

9:20 AM—10:00 AMKyle Bushre(Westminster Theological Seminary)Did Jesus Love Without an Agenda? The Influence of John 6 on the Formation of Compassion Ministries

10:10 AM—10:50 AMRichard Trull, Jr.(Faulkner University)Discerning Worldviews: Distinguishing Core Perceptions in Conceptualizing Worldview Distances

11:00 AM—11:40 AMJason A. Poling(New Hope Community Church, Baltimore)Ambassadorial Bible Study: Changing Jewish Perceptions of Evangelicals Through Joint Study of Scripture

(D) 8:30 AM-11:40 AMOld TestamentPentateuchFrontier Airlines Center—201 C

8:30 AM—9:10 AMLance Higginbotham(Trinity Evangelical Divinity School)Wisdom and the Spirit of God: Investigating a Pentateuchal Theme

9:20 AM—10:00 AMJoshua G. Mathews(Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary)Melchizedek and the Royal Message of the Pentateuch

10:10 AM—10:50 AMMark Glanville(Trinity College, Bristol, UK)The ‘Gēr’, ‘Outsider’, in the Festival of the Firstfruits, Deut 26:1-11 – an Ethic of Inclusivism

11:00 AM—11:40 AMKevin Chen(Union University)Laws as "Signs": Circumcision, Passover, and Sabbath as "Signs" of the Future

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(D) 8:30 AM-11:40 AMOld TestamentPoetic LiteratureFrontier Airlines Center—203 D

8:30 AM—9:10 AMBenjamin D. Giffone(University of Stellenbosch)Lamentations' Acrostic Form and Fragmented Judah in the Persian Period

9:20 AM—10:00 AMRyan J. Cook(Asbury Theological Seminary)Psalms and Rhetorical Criticism: Beyond Form Criticism and Stylistics

10:10 AM—10:50 AMAnthony R. Pyles(McMaster Divinity College)Coming Apart at the Seam: A Text-Critical Consideration of Psalm 72

11:00 AM—11:40 AMBenjamin R. Pate(Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary)The Son and the Seed: An Examination of Psalm 112 in Light of Psalms 1-2 and its Context in Book V

(D) 8:30 AM-11:40 AMOld TestamentCovenantFrontier Airlines Center—203 E

8:30 AM—9:10 AMGreg Harris(The Master's Seminary)Did God Fulfill Every Good Promise? Towards a Biblical Understanding of Joshua 21:43-45 (Part 2)

9:20 AM—10:00 AMMatthew McAffee(Free Will Baptist Bible College)The Old Testament Covenant Context of The Good Word and Its Significance for Interpreting Hebrews 6:5

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James A. Meek(Lock Haven, PA)Unpacking the Promise: I Will Be Your God and You Will Be My People

11:00 AM—11:40 AMSusan M. Rieske(Wheaton College)Yahweh the Sadist? An Examination of God’s “Delight” in Destroying Israel in Deuteronomy 28:63

(D) 8:30 AM-11:40 AMExploring the General Baptist TraditionHilton—Mitchell

Moderator: Nathan A. Finn(Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary)

8:30 AM—9:10 AMJoseph Early Jr.(Campbellsville University)Thomas Helwys and John Smyth: Theological Similarities and Differences

9:20 AM—10:00 AMCurtis Freeman(Duke University Divinity School)The Early English General Baptists and the Radical Puritan Underground

10:10 AM—10:50 AMMichael A G Haykin(The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary)A “Perfect Cordiality”: A Debate over Pneumatology between Andrew Fuller and Dan Taylor

11:00 AM—11:40 AMJ. Matthew Pinson(Free Will Baptist Bible College)The Contemporary Legacy of the General Baptist Tradition

(D) 8:30 AM-11:40 AMGod's Providence in Nature - Scientific Observations and Pastoral Considerations of Biblical TextsHilton—Wright A Ballroom

Moderator: Christian T. George(Oklahoma Baptist University)

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PanelistsHugh Ross(Reasons To Believe)Fazale "Fuz" Rana(Reasons To Believe)Gregory Bennett(Solid Rock Lectures)Roy Brown(Oak Tree Software)

(D) 8:30 AM-11:40 AMJourneys of Faith Book Review SessionFrontier Airlines Center—101 A

Moderator: Robert L. Plummer(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary)

8:35 AM—9:00 AMFrancis J. Beckwith(Baylor University)From Catholic to Evangelical and Back Again: Reflections of a Revert Five Years Later

9:05 AM—9:30 AMGregg R. Allison(The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary)A Compelling Vision of Evangelical Protestantism

9:35 AM—10:00 AMWilbur Ellsworth(Holy Transfiguration Antiochian Orthodox Church)Why I Had to Leave Evangelicalism to Find “Something More”

10:05 AM—10:30 AMCraig Blaising(Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary)Beyond the Journey; Scripture and Salvation in Evangelicalism and Orthodoxy

10:40 AM—11:40 AMQ & A PanelChris Castaldo (Wheaton College)Lyle W. Dorsett(Beeson Divinity School)Robert A. Peterson

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(Covenant Theological Seminary)

(D) 8:30 AM-11:40 AMNew TestamentGospels 1Frontier Airlines Center—203 B

8:30 AM—9:10 AMSteven E. Runge(Logos Bible Software/Stellenbosch University)Evaluating the Significance of Synoptic Differences using Discourse Grammar

9:20 AM—10:00 AMCraig A. Smith(Denver Seminary)Type & Termination: The Impact of Genre Classification on the Text-Critical Problem of Mark’s Ending

10:10 AM—10:50 AMSun Wook Kim(Trinity Evangelical Divinity School)The Narrative Structure of Mark 4:35-8:21 Based on a Cyclic Pattern, Geographical Analysis, and a Boat Motif

11:00 AM—11:40 AMDavid I. Yoon(McMaster Divinity College)A Discourse Analysis of the Lukan Beatitudes: Cohesion and Prominence for Determining Theme

(D) 8:30 AM-11:40 AMNew TestamentGospels 2Frontier Airlines Center—201 A

8:30 AM—9:10 AMJ. D. Atkins(Marquette University)The Stigma of Doubt and the Stigmata of Christ: What the Criterion of Embarrassment and Second-Century Debates over Bodily Resurrection tell us about Luke 24:36-43

9:20 AM—10:00 AMAbner Chou(The Master's College)Where Did David Go?: David’s Wilderness Sojourn and Jesus' Temptations

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10:10 AM—10:50 AMBill Warren(New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary)On the Road to Vaticanus: Another look at P4

11:00 AM—11:40 AMSteven C. Hallam(Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary)Citations from the “Greek” in an Early Syriac Commentary: The Yawnaya (Greek) Text in Ephrem’s Commentary on the Diatessaron (Chester Beatty Syriac MS 709)

(D) 8:30 AM-11:40 AMNew TestamentGospels 4Frontier Airlines Center—202 A

8:30 AM—9:10 AMPhillip J. Long(Grace Bible College)Who Are the “Many from the East and West?” (Matthew 8:11)

9:20 AM—10:00 AMMichael Canham(The Cornerstone Seminary, Vallejo, CA)Thessalonians and Matthew: Overlooked Evidence for Matthean Priority?

10:10 AM—10:50 AMDouglas Estes(Dominican Biblical Institute)Questions in the Gospel of John

11:00 AM—11:40 AMAndrew M. Hassler(The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary)Is the Jesus Tradition Relevant for Pauline Justification? The Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector (Luke 18:9-14) as a Test Case

(D) 8:30 AM-11:40 AMNew TestamentPaul's LettersFrontier Airlines Center—202 E

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8:30 AM—9:10 AMDavid Woodall(Moody Theological Seminary)The Presence of a Corinthian Slogan in 1 Corinthians 6:18b

9:20 AM—10:00 AMRobert D. Marcello(The Center for the Study of New Testament Manuscripts-CSNTM)God Handed Them Over to What?: A Grammatical look at Romans 1:24 and its Implications for Theology and Translation

10:10 AM—10:50 AMJohn Anthony Dunne(The University of St Andrews)The Rhetorical Function of Final Judgment Imagery in Galatians: A Call to Endure Suffering

11:00 AM—11:40 AMDavid A. Croteau(Liberty University)An Analysis of Subjunctive Purpose Clauses: Ephesians as a Test Case

(D) 8:30 AM-11:40 AMNew TestamentHebrewsHilton—Wright B Ballroom

8:30 AM—9:10 AMDana M. Harris(Trinity Evangelical Divinity School)Typological Trajectories and Inheritance Language in Hebrews

9:20 AM—10:00 AMJeff Fisher(Trinity Evangelical Divinity School)Medieval and Reformation Understandings of the Son’s Superiority over Angels: A Comparative Analysis of Christian and Jewish Interpretations of the Psalms Cited in Hebrews 1-2

10:10 AM—10:50 AMKyle D. Rapinchuk(Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary)The Servant Motif and Moses in Hebrews 3:1-6

11:00 AM—11:40 AMRené A. López(Dallas Theological Seminary)

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Present and Future Rulership: Angels, the Son, and His Partners (Hebrews 1:3–3:1)

(D) 8:30 AM-11:40 AMNew TestamentRevelationHilton—Wright C Ballroom

8:30 AM—9:10 AMR. Larry Overstreet(Corban University School of Ministry)Time Within Eternity: Interpreting Revelation 8:1

9:20 AM—10:00 AME. Michael Rusten(Bethlehem College and Seminary)“The Sign of the Son of Man” Against the Background of the Parallels between Matthew 24 and Revelation 6

10:10 AM—10:50 AMBenjamin S. Stubblefield(The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary)An Analysis of the War Motif in the Plot of Revelation and Its Ecclesiological Implications

11:00 AM—11:40 AMRay Pennoyer(The New England School of Theology)Theodicy and the Structure of the Book of Revelation

(D) 8:30 AM-11:40 AMSystematic TheologyBibliologyFrontier Airlines Center—102 E

8:30 AM—9:10 AMRichard Schultz(Wheaton College)“Biblicism,” Inerrancy, and “The Christocentric Hermeneutical Key": Christian Smith’s Misdirected Critique and Flawed Solution

9:20 AM—10:00 AMCarl Mosser(Eastern University)Kenton Sparks’ Epistemology of Biblical Scholarship: Modernism Behind a Postmodern Veil

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10:10 AM—10:50 AMKevin Storer(Duquesne University)Envisioning God’s Use of Scripture as a Foundation for Hermeneutical Reflection: Comparing Kevin Vanhoozer’s Ontology of Divine Authorship with Henri de Lubac’s Ontology of Divine Presence

11:00 AM—11:40 AMTodd A. Scacewater(Westminster Theological Seminary)Do Types Qualify as Predictive Prophecies? John 12:37-43 as a Test Case

(D) 8:30 AM-11:40 AMSystematic TheologyAtonementFrontier Airlines Center—102 B

8:30 AM—9:10 AMT. Robert Baylor(University of Aberdeen)Faithful and Just to Forgive: John Owen and Karl Barth on the Confession and Forgiveness of Sin

9:20 AM—10:00 AMAdam J. Johnson(Cedarville University)Where Demons Fear to Tread: Christ's Atonement and the Unfallen Angels

10:10 AM—10:50 AMPhillip R. Bethancourt(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary)The Atonement as Vicarious Victory: Understanding the Warfare-Oriented Relationship between Penal Substitution and Christus Victor

11:00 AM—11:40 AMMatthew Barrett(California Baptist University)Should Evangelicals Embrace the Doctrine of Purgatory?

(D) 8:30 AM-11:40 AMSystematic TheologyDoctrine of God, Trinity, Christology, PneumatologyFrontier Airlines Center—102 D

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8:30 AM—9:10 AMKevin D. Zuber(Moody Bible Institute)What is the Illumination of the Holy Spirit? Is there a Clear Definition?

9:20 AM—10:00 AMJames D. Gifford, Jr.(New Life Theological Seminary/Liberty University Online)Christological Difficulties for a Deterministic Model of Providence

10:10 AM—10:50 AMSten-Erik Armitage(Dallas Theological Seminary)For All the Beauty of the Earth: Divine Beauty as Incarnational Apologetic

11:00 AM—11:40 AMMatthew A. Wilcoxen(Charles Sturt University)Trinity, Spirituality, and Distance: A Critical Appraisal of Kevin Hector's Theology without Metaphysics

(D) 8:30 AM-11:40 AMPractical TheologyChurch Discipline and CommunionFrontier Airlines Center—103 C

8:30 AM—9:10 AMBruce Compton(Detroit Baptist Theological Seminary)Church Discipline: Separation from a Believer or Excommunication of an Unbeliever? Harmonizing Matt 18:15-17, 1 Cor 5:1-13, and 2 Thess 3:6-15

9:20 AM—10:00 AMRobert Fossett(Trinity Church, Kirkwood, MO)Rethinking the Lutheran and Reformed Debate on the Lord’s Supper: The Role of Context and Narrative in Doctrinal Disagreement

10:10 AM—10:50 AMJames Arcadi(Gordon College)What’s in a Rename? That Which We call Bread, by an Other Name would be Christ’s Body

11:00 AM—11:40 AMDavid Alan Reed(Eau Claire Community Church)

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The Power of the Presence: Toward a Theology a Communion

(T) 8:30 AM-11:40 AMCaring for CreationOT 1Frontier Airlines Center—202 B

Moderator: Dave Deuel(The Master's Academy International)

8:30 AM—9:10 AMDave Deuel(The Master's Academy International)Creation Care as Royal Administration in the Old Testament and the Ancient Near East

9:20 AM—10:00 AMMichael A. Harbin(Taylor University)Creation Care as an Aspect of Israelite (OT) Social Justice

10:10 AM—10:50 AMPeter Oh(Southern California Seminary)Judgment and Salvation through Divine Re-creation: A Theological Reflection on Genesis 6-9

11:00 AM—11:40 AMSeth M. Rodriquez(Taylorsville, KY)The Humane Treatment of Animals, Trees, and the Land: Caring for Creation in the Law of Moses

(T) 8:30 AM-11:40 AMCaring for CreationChurch HistoryFrontier Airlines Center—202 D

8:30 AM—9:10 AMStefana Dan Laing (Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Houston)Providential by Design: The Teleology of Theodoret of Cyrrhus

9:20 AM—10:00 AMDerek James Brown

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(The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary)A Prison House of Riches: Calvin's Theology of the Human Body

10:10 AM—10:50 AMMichael A. Milton(Reformed Theological Seminary)The Green Puritan Party: 17th Century English and American Puritanism and the Pastoral Integration of Theology and Creation

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(T) 8:30 AM-11:40 AMCaring for CreationContemporary Issues and Case Studies 1Hyatt—Lakeshore B

8:30 AM—9:10 AMMark Coppenger(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary)Stewardship of the Wetlands below the Golan Heights: Jewish/Muslim Contrast

9:20 AM—10:00 AMImad Shehadeh(Jordan Evangelical Theological Seminary)God’s Eternal Relationships in Himself as the Source for His Relationships in Creation: Christianity and Islam Contrasted

10:10 AM—10:50 AMGregory S. MaGee(Taylor University)Creation Care: Enhancing the Church’s Witness

11:00 AM—11:40 AMA. Rahel Schafer(Andrews University/Wheaton College)God Created Gaia: An Evangelical Response to Ecofeminism

(T) 8:30 AM-11:40 AMCaring for CreationTheology 3Frontier Airlines Center—101 B

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8:30 AM—9:10 AMJohn Douglas Morrison(Liberty University and Theological Seminary)Human Headship and Creational Community: An Inquiry into the Human-World Link and God’s Eschatological Creation-Care

9:20 AM—10:00 AMArdel B. Caneday(Northwestern College)Reigning in Life over Sin: The Dawn of New Creation in One Man

10:10 AM—10:50 AMTodd S. Beall(Capital Bible Seminary)The Crumbling of Creation: the Cause of the Earth’s Decay and God’s Glorious Cure

11:00 AM—11:40 AMRonald T. Michener(Evangelische Theologische Faculteit, Leuven)Creation as Icon? Reflections on Creation Care through Critical Appropriation of Jean-Luc Marion and Radical Orthodoxy

WEDNESDAY PM

11:45 AM-12:45 PMLunch

11:45 AM-12:45 PMETS Scholarship LunchFrontier Airlines Center—102 A

1:00 PM-1:40 PMETS Business Meeting 1Frontier Airlines Center—Ballroom A

Call to Order and WelcomePaul R. House(Beeson Divinity School)DevotionalThomas R. Schreiner(The Southern Theological Seminary)Adoption of Agenda

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Election of CommitteesNominationsResolutionsAdjournment

1:50 PM-2:40 PMPlenary Session 1Frontier Airlines Center—Ballroom ABC

E. Calvin Beisner(Cornwall Alliance for the Stewardship of Creation)Title TBDLive streaming provided by Zondervanhttp://www.livestream.com/ZondervanAcademic

PARALLEL SESSION B

(A) 3:00 PM-6:10 PMAdventist Theological Society 2Hyatt—Executive B

Moderator: Stephen Bauer(Southern Adventist University)

3:00 PM—3:40 PMMathilde Frey(Adventist Institute of Advanced Studies, Philippines)Caring for Creation: Sabbath and God’s Passion for Life in Exodus 23:12

3:50 PM—4:30 PMRobert Osei-Bonsu(Valley View University, Accra, Ghana)Daniel Bediako(Valley View University, Accra, Ghana)The Biblical Sabbatical Year and Its Implications for Ecology: An Exegesis of Exodus 23:10-11

4:40 PM—5:20 PMRonny Nalin(Geoscience Research Institute)Jacques Doukhan(Andrews University-Theological Seminary)Similar Plan, Similar Response: The Biblical Narration of Planetary Beginnings after Creation and after the Flood

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5:30 PM—6:10 PMJo Ann Davidson(Andrews University Theological Seminary)Creation Care and the Sabbath

(A) 3:00 PM-6:10 PMNear Eastern Archaeological Society BWheaton College's Contributions to Biblical Archaeology: From Joseph P. Free to the PresentHilton—Walker

Moderator: Edwin Yamauchi(Miami University)

3:00 PM—3:30 PMAlfred J. Hoerth(Hope ID)Wheaton College's Contributions to Archaeology: From Joseph P. Free to the Present

3:35 PM—4:05 PMJohn Monson(Trinity Evangelical Divinity School)Biblical Archaeology at Wheaton College: A Legacy of Integration in an Age of Specialization

4:10 PM—4:40 PMTom Davis(Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary)Biblical Archaeology from Albright to Dever: The Collapse of the Paradigm

4:45 PM—5:15 PMDaniel M. Master(Wheaton College)Recent Excavations at the Leon Levy Expedition to Ashkelon

5:20 PM—5:50 PMDarlene L. Brooks Hedstrom(Wittenberg University)Transgressing Early Monastic Narratives: The Revision of Monastic Archaeology in Egypt

(A) 3:00 PM-4:30 PMEvangelical Philosophical SocietyPlenary AddressFrontier Airlines Center—Ballrooms ABC

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Charles Taliaferro

(A) 3:00 PM-6:10 PMEvangelical Philosophical Society B1Hyatt—Executive C

4:40 PM—5:20 PMBrandon L. Rickabaugh(Talbot School of Theology)Consciousness, Maximality, and Mereologically Simple Selves

5:30 PM—6:10 PMJon Loose(Heythrop College, University of London)The Naturalness and Reasonableness of Afterlife Belief

(A) 3:00 PM-6:10 PMEvangelical Philosophical Society B2Hyatt—Lakeshore C

4:40 PM—5:20 PMEdward N. Martin(Liberty University)Mere Immortality, or God, Freedom and Evil?: Reappraisals of the Role of Immortality for the Highest Good in Kant's System

5:30 PM—6:10 PMGary S. Osmundsen (University of Oklahoma)How The Consensus Gentium Argument For The Existence of God Has Been Exhumed By Recent Work in the Epistemology of Disagreement

(A) 3:00 PM-6:10 PMEvangelical Philosophical Society B3Hyatt—Lakeshore A

4:40 PM—5:20 PMChad Meeks(Evangelical Philosophical Society)

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An Inquiry into the Incompleteness Argument

(A) 3:00 PM-6:10 PMEvangelical Philosophical Society B4Hyatt—Milwaukee

4:40 PM—6:10 PMPanel DiscussionMichael Austin(Eastern Kentucky University)R. Douglas Geivett(Biola University)Mary Jo Sharp(Houston Baptist University)Cristian Mihut(Bethel College, IN)Matthew Flannagan(Thinking Matters Auckland)Madeleine Flannagan(Thinking Matters Auckland)

(P) 3:00 PM-6:10 PMExpository Preaching and HermeneuticsPreaching the Gospel of Mark: New DirectionsFrontier Airlines Center—102 A

Moderator: Forrest Weiland(Veritas Evangelical Seminary)

3:00 PM—3:40 PMMark L Strauss(Bethel Seminary San Diego)A Hermeneutical Assessment of Abraham Kuruvilla's Mark: A Theological Commentary for Preachers

3:50 PM—4:30 PMDavid R. Klingler(Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary)A Response from Mark 4 and 5 to Abe Kuruvilla's Mark: A Theological Commentary for Preachers

4:40 PM—5:20 PMElliott Johnson(Dallas Theological Seminary)A Hermeneutical Assessment of Mark 12:28-37 in Mark: A Theological Commentary for Preachers

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5:30 PM—6:10 PMRespondent: Abraham Kuruvilla(Dallas Theological Seminary)A Theological Hermeneutic for Preaching the Gospel of Mark: Authorial Response

(P) 3:00 PM-6:10 PMCreationScripture, Geology & the Age of the EarthFrontier Airlines Center—101 B

Moderator: Richard E. Averbeck(Trinity Evangelical Divinity School)

3:00 PM—3:40 PMGregg Davidson(University of Mississippi)A Biblical Worldview and an Ancient Earth

3:50 PM—4:30 PMAndrew Snelling(Answers in Genesis)A Biblical and Geological Defense of a Young Earth and the Global Flood

4:40 PM—5:20 PMDiscussion between Davidson and Snelling

5:30 PM—6:10 PMDavidson and Snelling take questions from the audience

(P) 3:00 PM-6:10 PMOld Testament TheologyOld Testament Theology and ViolenceFrontier Airlines Center—202 E

Moderator: Paul J. Kissling(Lincoln Christian University)

3:00 PM—3:40 PMHeath A. Thomas(Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, USA)(Paideia Centre for Public Theology, Canada)

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Engaging the Warrior: Divine Violence and the Book of Lamentations

3:50 PM—4:30 PMM. Daniel Carroll R.(Denver Seminary)"I will send fire": Wrestling with the Violence of God in Amos

4:40 PM—5:20 PMBecky Josberger(Multnomah University)Divinely Sanctioned Violence and Old Testament Theology

5:30 PM—6:10 PMGordon Matties(Canadian Mennonite University)Texts in Travail: Intertextuality and the ReScribing of Joshua’s Conquest Narratives

(P) 3:00 PM-6:10 PMPatristic and Medieval HistoryRethinking ConstantineFrontier Airlines Center—101 C

Moderator: Edward L. Smither(Columbia International University)

3:00 PM—3:20 PMGeorge Kalantzis(Wheaton College)Constantine through the Eyes of Eusebius

3:20 PM—3:40 PMW. Brian Shelton(Toccoa Falls College)Lactantius as Architect of the Constantinian “Victory Over the Empire” Narrative

3:40 PM—4:00 PMBryan Litfin(Moody Bible Institute)Eusebius on Constantine: Truth and Hagiography at the Milvian Bridge

4:00 PM—4:20 PMDavid C. Alexander(Liberty Theological Seminary)Implications of Constantine's Engagement with the Donatist Schism

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4:20 PM—4:40 PMJonathan J. Armstrong(Moody Bible Institute, Spokane)Constantine's Legacy in Trinitarian Orthodoxy

4:40 PM—5:00 PMPaul Hartog(Faith Baptist Theological Seminary)Constantine, Religious Liberty, and Sunday Worship

5:00 PM—5:20 PMEdward L. Smither(Columbia International University)The Impact of Constantine on Christian Mission

5:20 PM—5:40 PMRespondent: Glen L. Thompson(Asia Lutheran Seminary)St. Constantine, Christian Emperor and/or Divine Emperor?

5:40 PM—6:10 PMPanel and Audience Discussion

(P) 3:00 PM-6:10 PMChristianity and CultureCaring for CreationFrontier Airlines Center—101 D

Moderator: Glenn Kreider(Dallas Theological Seminary)

3:00 PM—3:40 PMTodd Bates(California Baptist University)Creation as Tutor

3:50 PM—4:30 PMGlenn Kreider(Dallas Theological Seminary)The Flood Is as Bad as It Gets: Never Again Will God Destroy the Earth

4:40 PM—5:20 PMR. Todd Mangum(Biblical Theological Seminary)

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The Reformed are Right about Romans 1 . . . well, except . . .

5:30 PM—6:10 PMJoseph A. Kim(Lancaster Bible College)Media Ecology as Creation Care: How McLuhan and Ellul Expand the Theology of Environmental Stewardship

(P) 3:00 PM-6:10 PMTheology of Work and EconomicsIntegral Social DevelopmentFrontier Airlines Center—103 C

Moderator: Stephen Grabill(Acton Institute)

3:00 PM—3:40 PMKelly Monroe Kullberg(Christians for a Sustainable Economy)The Nation Conservancy

3:50 PM—4:30 PMCharles Edward White(Spring Arbor University)Charles Wesley and the Making of the English Working Class

4:40 PM—5:20 PMDavid Gill(Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary)8 Traits Of a Healthy Organizational Culture: How the Beatitudes Can Salt and Light the Workplace?

5:30 PM—6:10 PMJohn Addison Teevan(Grace College and Seminary)How Wise and Moral Can Government Institutions Be in Redistributing Income?

(P) 3:00 PM-6:10 PMTextual Strategies in the Hebrew BibleFrontier Airlines Center—201 D

Moderator: Ray Lubeck(Multnomah University)

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3:00 PM—3:40 PMJoel R. Soza(Malone University)Linking the Woman of Strength of Proverbs and Ruth in the Leningrad Codex

3:50 PM—4:30 PMAbner Chou(The Master's College)The Ten Commandments and Creation Theology: Reexamining the Intertextuality between the Ten Words and Genesis 1–3

4:40 PM—5:20 PMMatthew Y. Emerson(California Baptist University)Intertextuality Between 1 Chronicles 21:1-17 and Genesis 13 and the Problem of David's Census

5:30 PM—6:10 PMRon Haydon(Trinity Evangelical Divinity School)The "Law and the Prophets" in MT Daniel 9:3-19

(P) 3:00 PM-6:10 PMOld Testament Prophets and Apocalyptic LiteratureAncient Near Eastern ProphetsFrontier Airlines Center—202 A

Moderator: Paul Wegner(Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary)

3:00 PM—3:40 PMGary V. Smith(Bethel Seminary)Can one Compare Neo-Assyrian and Israelite Prophecy

3:50 PM—4:30 PMJohn N. Oswalt(Asbury Theological Seminary)Is There Anything Unique Abour Hebrew Prophecy

4:40 PM—5:20 PMJohn W. Hilber(Grand Rapids Theological Seminary)Mesopotamian Prophecy in the Second Millennium

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John D. Currid(Reformed Theological Seminary, Charlotte)Knowing the Will of the Gods: Divine Intervention in Ancient Egypt

(P) 3:00 PM-6:10 PMBiblical TheologyFrontier Airlines Center—103 A

Moderator: Mark Dubis(Union University)

3:00 PM—3:40 PMStephen G. Dempster(Crandall University)The Resurrection of Christ on “The Third Day” According to the Scriptures

3:50 PM—4:30 PMMark T. Catlin(Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary)Who is the Servant of the Servant Songs? Understanding the Servant Typologically

4:40 PM—5:20 PMStephen O. Presley(Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary)Intertextuality as Catechesis in the Early Church

5:30 PM—6:10 PMBenjamin Shaw(Greenville Presbyterian Theological Seminary)Witsius, Edwards, and Robinson: A Survey of Three Early Attempts to Create a “Whole Bible” Biblical Theology

(P) 3:00 PM-6:10 PMAmerican ChristianityExegesis, Particularity, and Diversity in American ChristianityHyatt—Executive D

3:00 PM—3:40 PMDavid P. Barshinger(Trinity Evangelical Divinity School)Jonathan Edwards on Preaching the Gospel from the Psalms

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Daniel Cooley(Trinity Evangelical Divinity School)Jonathan Edwards and a General Atonement

4:40 PM—5:20 PMMatthew J. Hall(The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary)Fighting the Red Menace from Zion: Southern Baptists and the Early Cold War, 1945-1960

5:30 PM—6:10 PMDaniel A. Rodriguez(Pepperdine University)Promised Land or Egypt: The United States from a Hispanic Evangelical Perspective

(P) 3:00 PM-6:10 PMLetter to the HebrewsFrontier Airlines Center—201 C

Moderator: Herb Bateman(Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary)

3:00 PM—3:40 PMMichael Kibbe(Wheaton College)Priesthood and the Sequence of Atonement: A Biblical-Theological Analysis of David Moffitt’s Atonement and the Logic of the Resurrection in the Epistle to the Hebrews

3:50 PM—4:30 PMDaniel P. Bailey(University of Illinois at Chicago)The Evolution of Atonement: Hebrew Sirach 3:30 and a Semantic-Historical Argument against the Sense “Propitiation” for Hilaskesthai in Hebrews 2:17

4:40 PM—5:20 PMBryan R. Dyer(McMaster Divinity College)"Learned from What He Suffered:" The Role of Christ's Suffering and the Wordplay Μαθεῖν-Παθεῖν in Hebrews 5:8

5:30 PM—6:10 PMJesse Coyne(New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary)The Metaphorical World of Wilderness in the Epistle to the Hebrews

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(P) 3:00 PM-6:10 PMChristian EthicsHyatt—Executive A

Moderator: Daniel Heimbach(Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary)

3:00 PM—3:40 PMCraig Vincent Mitchell(Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary)Christian Ethics and Social Welfare Theory

3:50 PM—4:30 PMGuenther (Gene) Haas(Redeemer University College)Can Autonomous Military Robots Be Programmed to Behave Ethically?

4:40 PM—5:20 PMJordan J. Ballor(Acton Institute)Envy and Equality in Theological Perspective

5:30 PM—6:10 PMMark Saucy(Talbot School of Theology)Personal Ethics of the New Covenant: How does the Sprit change us?

(P) 3:00 PM-6:10 PMMethod in Systematic TheologyFrontier Airlines Center—102 E

Moderator: Craig Carter(Tyndale College, Toronto)

3:00 PM—3:40 PMJames R. Gordon(Wheaton College Graduate School)Is It Possible and Desirable for Theologians to Speculate After Barth?

3:50 PM—4:30 PMJohn B. Song(Trinity Evangelical Divinity School)A Theological Interpretation of Mark 14:32-42: The Sorrow of Jesus in Light of Divine Impassibility.

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4:40 PM—5:20 PMAndy Snider(The Master's Seminary)Story and System: Why We Should Not Categorize the Attributes of God

5:30 PM—6:10 PMJessica Wilson(Trinity Evangelical Divinity School)Lost Narrative, Lost Truth? Affirming the Communicative Potential of Systematic Discourse

(P) 3:00 PM-6:10 PMEvangelicals and GenderThe Legacy of Catherine Clark KroegerFrontier Airlines Center—103 E

Moderator: Cynthia Long Westfall(McMaster Divinity College)

Moderator: Alan Myatt(Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary/United World Mission)

3:00 PM—3:40 PMMimi Haddad(CBE)Dr. Catherine Clark Kroeger: An Evangelical Legacy

3:50 PM—4:30 PMDorothy Irvin(St. Paul, MN)Travels with Cathie

4:40 PM—5:20 PMNancy Nason-Clark read by Steve Tracy(University of New Brunswick)Catherine Clark Kroeger: Her Life and Legacy on Issues of Abuse

5:30 PM—6:10 PMAlan Myatt(Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary/United World Mission)Gordon-Conwell Remembers Catherine Clark Kroeger

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PentateuchFrontier Airlines Center—203 C

3:00 PM—3:40 PMDaniel I. Block(Wheaton College)“What do these stones mean?” The Riddle of Deuteronomy 27

3:50 PM—4:30 PMAndrew Lee(Biblical Graduate School of Theology)The Function of the Song of Moses in Deuteronomy 32

4:40 PM—5:20 PMBenjamin J Noonan(Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion)The Exodus and Wilderness Narratives: Foreign Loanwords and Historicity

5:30 PM—6:10 PMIngrid Faro(Trinity Evangelical Divinity School)A Contextual Approach to the Lexical Semantic Use of Evil ( ער ) in Genesis

(P) 3:00 PM-6:10 PMPsalms and Hebrew PoetryFrontier Airlines Center—203 A

3:00 PM—3:40 PMC. Hassell Bullock(Wheaton College)Sketching the Portrait of the Righteous Person: A Paradigm of the Torah Life in Books 1 and 2 of the Psalter

3:50 PM—4:30 PMDavid B. Sloan(Trinity Evangelical Divinity School)The Unity of the Hallel (Pss 113-118) and Its Use of OT Prophecy: Was the Hallel Written to Anticipate the Coming Messiah and New Exodus?

4:40 PM—5:20 PMJoshua E. Stewart(New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary)The Benefits of Text-Linguistics for the Study of the Hebrew Psalter

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H. Jim Keener(Rockford Schools)YHWH's Program for the Care of Humanity and Creation: A Fresh Approach to the Thematic Development of Psalm 8

(P) 3:00 PM-6:10 PMCounseling, Psychology, and Pastoral CareFrontier Airlines Center—103 B

Moderator: Stephen P. Greggo(Trinity Evangelical Divinity School)

3:00 PM—3:40 PMJohn Goodrich(Moody Bible Institute)Be Anxious for Nothing: Biblical and Cognitive-Behavioral Approaches for Treating Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

3:50 PM—4:30 PMMicah S. Meek(Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary)The Role of the Anglican Puritan Pastor in the Moral Formation of the Church

4:40 PM—5:20 PMJason McMartin(Biola University)Sleep, Sloth, and Sanctification

5:30 PM—6:10 PMJohn Auxier(Trinity Western University)Technology and Sanctification

(P) 3:00 PM-6:10 PMSynoptic GospelsFrontier Airlines Center—203 E

3:00 PM—3:40 PMRobert M. Bowman Jr.(Institute for Religious Research)Marginalizing the Golden Rule: The Authenticity of the Golden Rule Logion in Matthew and Luke

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John R. Markley(Liberty University)The Apocalyptic Rhetoric of Jesus’ Private Interaction with the Disciples in Mark’s Gospel

4:40 PM—5:20 PMBenjamin R. Wilson(University of Cambridge)All Crossed Up: Discipleship and the Death of Jesus in Luke's Gospel

5:30 PM—6:10 PMJohn Lee(Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary)Mark’s Refusal of Davidic Terms in Portraying Jesus’ Messiahship (12.35-37)?

(D) 3:00 PM-6:10 PMBook Review Session: Miracles by Craig S. KeenerFrontier Airlines Center—101 A

Moderator: Gary R. Habermas(Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary)

3:00 PM—4:20 PMPanelistsJP Moreland(Biola University)Robert Larmer(University of New Brunswick)Lynn H. Cohick(Wheaton College)Robert L. Plummer(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary)

4:30 PM—5:00 PMRespondent: Craig Keener(Asbury Theological Seminary)

5:00 PM—6:10 PMDiscussion

(D) 3:00 PM-6:10 PMDirections in InerrancyBook Reviews and Discussion

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Frontier Airlines Center—102 C

3:00 PM—3:30 PMA Panel on Vern Poythress's book Inerrancy and Worldview: Answering Modern Challenges to the Bible (2012)

PanelistsGarry DeWeese(Talbot School of Theology)Wayne Grudem(Phoenix Seminary)Albert Mohler(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary)

3:30 PM—3:40 PMAudience Q & A

3:50 PM—4:00 PMRespondent: Vern S. Poythress(Westminster Theological Seminary)

4:00 PM—4:15 PMPanel Discussion


4:40 PM—6:10 PMA Panel on Vern Poythress's book Inerrancy and the Gospels: A God-Centered Approach to the Challenges of Harmonization (2012)

PanelistsGreg Beale(Westminster Theological Seminary)Robert H. Stein(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary)Guy Waters(Reformed Theological Seminary, Jackson)


5:30 PM—5:40 PMRespondent: Vern S. Poythress(Westminster Theological Seminary)

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(D) 3:00 PM-6:10 PMWriting and Reading CommentariesFrontier Airlines Center—201 B

Moderator: E.J. Schnabel(Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary)

3:00 PM—3:20 PME.J. Schnabel(Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary)On Commentary Writing

3:20 PM—3:35 PMStanley E. Porter(McMaster Divinity College)The Linguistic Competence of New Testament Commentaries

3:35 PM—3:50 PMGrant R. Osborne(Trinity Evangelical Divinity School)Commentaries and Students

3:50 PM—4:05 PMCraig Blomberg(Denver Seminary)Genre in Recent New Testament Commentaries

4:05 PM—4:20 PMDouglas S. Huffman(Talbot School of Theology, Biola University)Historical Competence of New Testament Commentaries

4:40 PM—4:55 PMD. A. Carson(Trinity Evangelical Divinity School)The Hermeneutical Competence of New Testament Commentaries

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Robert W. Yarbrough(Covenant Theological Seminary)The Pastoral Relevance of Commentaries

5:10 PM—5:25 PMDarrell L. Bock(Dallas Theological Seminary)The Dilemma of Commentary Writing: For the Academy or the Church or Both?

5:25 PM—5:40 PML. Dow(McMaster Divinity College)Commentaries on Revelation

5:40 PM—5:55 PMD. G. Reid(Inter-Varsity Press)Commentaries and Commentators from a Publisher’s Perspective

(D) 3:00 PM-6:10 PMChurch HistoryReformationHyatt—Lakeshore B

3:00 PM—3:40 PMLloyd A. Harsch(New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary)Contributions of the Brethren of the Common Life to the Reformation

3:50 PM—4:30 PMMatt Kasper(Grace Atlanta Bible Church)Returning to Marburg to Rethink Martin Luther

4:40 PM—5:20 PMKevin D. Kennedy(Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary)Radical Grace as Displayed in Martin Luther’s Doctrine of the Fall

5:30 PM—6:10 PMMartin I. Klauber(Trinity Evangelical Divinity School)The Lord's Supper in Post-Reformation France: The Case of Michel Le Faucheur

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(D) 3:00 PM-6:10 PMChurch History18th - 19th CenturyFrontier Airlines Center—202 B

3:00 PM—3:40 PMKenneth J. Stewart(Covenant College)Accelerating the Rhythm: Two 18th Century Presbyterians and the Frequency of the Lord’s Supper

3:50 PM—4:30 PMTerry G. Carter(Ouachita Baptist University)The Spirituality of William Carey

4:40 PM—5:20 PMChristian T. George(Oklahoma Baptist University)The Unpublished Sermons of Charles Haddon Spurgeon: A Critical Analysis of His Cambridge Sermons and Outlines, 1849-1854

5:30 PM—6:10 PMChristina Larsen(University of St. Andrews)Jonathan Edwards' Sunlit Soteriology

(D) 3:00 PM-6:10 PMPractical TheologyPhilosophical/Theological HermeneuticsFrontier Airlines Center—103 D

3:00 PM—3:40 PMMark M. Overstreet(T4Global)The “Son of God” Translation Controversy: A Way Forward in the Debate over avoiding Familial Terms for Bible Translations in Muslim Contexts

3:50 PM—4:30 PMRichard Shenk(Bethlehem College and Seminary)What if Marriage Really is a Sacrament? Were Calvin and Luther Wrong?

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Gregory Cochran(Southern Seminary)Bonhoeffer, the Bible, and Christian Persecution: Unraveling the Mystery of Martyrdom

5:30 PM—6:10 PMJames C Wilhoit(Wheaton College)Evan B. Howard(Spirituality Shoppe)Lectio Divina: A Hermeneutic For Everyday Reading

(D) 3:00 PM-6:10 PMOld TestamentWisdomFrontier Airlines Center—201 A

3:00 PM—3:40 PMCristian G. Rata(Torch Trinity Graduate University)The Dating of Ecclesiastes: A Reevaluation

3:50 PM—4:30 PMSun Myung Lyu(Korean Presbyterian Church of Ann Arbor)From Catastrophe to Carpe Diem – Qohelet’s Eschatology and His Final Poem

4:40 PM—5:20 PMHee Suk Kim(Chongshin Theological Seminary)“Ruah” as an Interpretive Marker for the Book of Ecclesiastes

5:30 PM—6:10 PMStephen B. Putney(Liberty University)Toward a Biblical Theology of the Mind of Wisdom in Proverbs

(D) 3:00 PM-6:10 PMThe Dogmatic Significance of the Doctrine of Eternal GenerationHilton—Mitchell

3:00 PM—3:40 PMMichel R. Barnes

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(Marquette University)The Dogmatic Significance of Eternal Generation for Patristic Theology

3:40 PM—4:20 PMBrannon Ellis(InterVarsity Press)The Dogmatic Significance of Eternal Generation for Calvin

4:20 PM—5:00 PMFred Sanders(Biola University)The Dogmatic Significance of Eternal Generation for Soteriology

5:00 PM—5:40 PMOliver Crisp(Fuller Theological Seminary)The Dogmatic Significance of Eternal Generation: an Analytic Perspective

5:40 PM—6:10 PMModerator: Keith E. Johnson(Reformed Theological Seminary, Orlando)

Panel Discussion: The Contemporary Significance of the Doctrine of Eternal Generation

(D) 3:00 PM-6:10 PMNew TestamentGospels 3Frontier Airlines Center—203 B

3:00 PM—3:40 PMRobert A. Peterson(Covenant Theological Seminary)Union with Christ in the Gospel of John

3:50 PM—4:30 PMDaniel S. Steffen(Wayland Baptist University)The Paradox of the New Testament Concept of Unmerited Divine Grace and Conditional Forgiveness in Matthew’s Gospel

4:40 PM—5:20 PMJames A. Borland(Liberty University)

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The Textual Criticism of Luke 24:53 and Its Implications

5:30 PM—6:10 PMBrian Tabb(Bethlehem College and Seminary)Is the Lukan Jesus a “Martyr”? A Critical Assessment of a Scholarly Consensus

(D) 3:00 PM-6:10 PMNew TestamentTextual CriticismFrontier Airlines Center—203 D

3:00 PM—3:40 PMAbidan Paul Shah(Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary)Twenty Years since the "Orthodox Corruption" - A Survey of Responses and Developments

3:50 PM—4:30 PMDoug Burleson(Freed-Hardeman University)Scribal Traits in Direct-Copy New Testament Manuscripts

4:40 PM—5:20 PMRadu Gheorghita(Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary)The Scribal Habits in Handling the Old Testament Quotations Displayed in the Major Codices

5:30 PM—6:10 PMJohn H. Niemelä(Rocky Mountain Bible College and Seminary)Early Publishing Technology: Scrolls versus Codices

(D) 3:00 PM-6:10 PMSystematic TheologyAnthropologyFrontier Airlines Center—102 B

3:00 PM—3:40 PMJames K. Dew, Jr.(Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary)Christianity and the Human Soul: A Theological Critique of Selected Christian Materialists

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Joseph McGarry(University of Aberdeen)Theological Anthropology beyond Metaphysics: Dietrich Bonhoeffer's Anthropology and Formation in Christ

4:40 PM—5:20 PMHans Madueme(Covenant College)Sinning with Soul: Against Anti-Dualistic Biblical Scholarship

5:30 PM—6:10 PMRyan S. Peterson(Cedarville University)The Imago Dei, Ethics, and Pornography

(D) 3:00 PM-6:10 PMSystematic TheologyEschatologyFrontier Airlines Center—102 D

3:00 PM—3:40 PMShawn Bawulski(St Mary's School of Divinity, University of St Andrews)A Theology of Hell and a Better Traditionalism: Reconciliation through Eternal Punishment

3:50 PM—4:30 PMMichael J. Svigel(Dallas Theological Seminary)Extreme Makeover—Heaven and Earth Edition: Will God Annihilate and Re-Create the World?

4:40 PM—5:20 PMAdam Co(California Baptist University)The Case for a ‘Thick Description’ in the Eschatological Climax of the Drama of Redemption: A Call for a Theological Rapprochement on the Doctrine of the Anti-Christ Based on Revelation 13

5:30 PM—6:10 PMBen Elliott(Jaffray Theological College Jakarta)Once there were Two Trees in a Garden: Telling the Story of Damnation with Younger Evangelicals

(T) 3:00 PM-6:10 PMCaring for Creation

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Theologians and Theological TraditionsHilton—Wright A Ballroom

3:00 PM—3:40 PMOwen Strachan(Boyce College)Is the Christic Reconciliation of “All Things” in Colossians 1 a Mandate for Rehabilitative Creation Care? An Engagement with Douglas Moo, Michael Horton, and Kathleen Nielson

3:50 PM—4:30 PMJoseph D. Wooddell(Criswell College)C. S. Lewis on Caring for Creation

4:40 PM—5:20 PMCarl Sanders(Washington Bible College)It’s All Going to Burn Anyway: Rethinking Dispensational Creation Care

5:30 PM—6:10 PMMark D. Liederbach(Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary)“Serve and Protect” or “Worship and Obey”? An interaction with Cal DeWitt and Stephen Bouma-Prediger’s take on Genesis 2:15 and the Implications for Environmental Ethics

(T) 3:00 PM-6:10 PMCaring for CreationContemporary Issues and Case Studies 2Hilton—Wright B Ballroom

3:00 PM—3:40 PMLael Caesar(Andrews University)CA, NAE and the Environment: Toward a More Christian Posture

3:50 PM—4:30 PMMatthew Arbo(Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary)The Economy of Creation

4:40 PM—5:20 PMGary S. Elkins(Toccoa Falls College)What’s so Bad about Making People Better?

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5:30 PM—6:10 PMJeffrey B. Riley(New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary)Rhyne R. Putman(New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary)Is Overpopulation a Christian Concern? ‘Be Fruitful and Multiply’ in Redemptive-Movement and Theodramatic Perspectives

WEDNESDAY EVENING


Russell Moore(The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary)Title TBDLive streaming provided by Zondervanhttp://www.livestream.com/ZondervanAcademic

8:00 PM-10:00 PMEvangelical Philosophical Society ReceptionHyatt—Executive ABC

Address byJP Moreland(Biola University)

THURSDAY AM

6:30 AM-7:30 AMETS Regional Officers BreakfastFrontier Airlines Center—102 A


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PARALLEL SESSION C

(A) 8:30 AM-11:40 AMNear Eastern Archaeological Society CHilton—Mitchell


8:30 AM—9:10 AMRandall Price(Liberty University)Report on the Ark Search LLC Expedition to Mt. Ararat (Season 4)

9:20 AM—10:00 AMMorten Hoerning Jensen(Lutheran School of Theology, Aarhus)Religious Motivation in the Archaeological Record of First-century Israel

10:10 AM—10:50 AMHelmuth Pehlke(SWBTS)Metallurgy (metal working) from Neolithic Times till Early Bronze

11:00 AM—11:40 AMSteven Ortiz(Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary)Gezer Excavations: The Search for Solomon

(A) 8:30 AM-11:40 AMEvangelical Philosophical Society C1Hyatt—Milwaukee

8:30 AM—9:10 AMJack Bates(Talbot School of Theology)Prayer as Theosis: A Solution to the Problem of Petitionary Prayer

9:20 AM—10:00 AMPaul Gould(Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary)The Problem of Universals, Realism, and God

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10:10 AM—10:50 AMPhilip Stewart(Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München)Eternity as a Temporal Category

(A) 8:30 AM-11:40 AMEvangelical Philosophical Society C2Frontier Airlines Center—102 A

8:30 AM—9:10 AMDonald T. Williams(Toccoa Falls College)A Tryst with the Transcendentals: C. S. Lewis on Beauty, Truth, and Goodness, Part II: Truth

9:20 AM—10:00 AMThomas A. Provenzola(Liberty University)Whose Myth? Which Axiom? The Transforming Virtue of Sub-Creation in J. R. R. Tolkein's Mythology

10:10 AM—10:50 AMKraig Martin(Evangelical Philosophical Society)Valuing Creation: A Dilemma for the Naturalist Environmentalist

(A) 8:30 AM-11:40 AMEvangelical Philosophical Society C3Frontier Airlines Center—102 E

8:30 AM—9:10 AMR. J. Snell(Evangelical Philosophical Society)Boredom is a Heresy: Creation Mandates, the Ontology of Boredom, and Creation Care

9:20 AM—10:00 AMAngus J L Menuge(Concordia University Wisconsin)Stewardship is Work for Rational Souls

10:10 AM—10:50 AMWilliam Lane Craig(Talbot School of Theology)Truth--Who Needs It?

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(A) 11:00 AM-11:40 AMEvangelical Philosophical SocietyPresidential AddressFrontier Airlines Center—Ballroom ABC

Paul Copan(Palm Beach Atlantic University)An Acts to Grind with Contemporary Culture: Apologetics, Worldviews, and the Relevance of Paul's Mars Hill Speech

(P) 8:30 AM-11:40 AMBioethicsFrontier Airlines Center—101 C

Moderator: Brad Mellon(Bethel Seminary of the East)

Moderator: John F. Kilner(Trinity Evangelical Divinity School)

8:30 AM—9:10 AMJohn S. Feinberg(Trinity Evangelical Divinity School)Wanted: A Criterion, Test, and Argument for Personhood

9:20 AM—10:00 AMMoses Audi(The Nigerian Baptist Theological Seminary, Ogbomoso)Extinction, Preservation, Reproduction and the Bible: A Theological Reflection

10:10 AM—10:50 AMFrancis J. Beckwith(Baylor University)The Case for After-Birth Abortion in the Journal of Medical Ethics: A Critique

11:00 AM—11:40 AMBrent Waters(Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary)Worshipping Bodies and Building Temples: Or Should it be the other Way Around?

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General EpistlesBiblical TheologyFrontier Airlines Center—203 A

Moderator: Herb Bateman(Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary)

8:30 AM—9:10 AMJon C. Laansma(Wheaton College and Graduate School)Reading Hebrews from the Perspective of Biblical Theology

9:20 AM—10:00 AMWilliam R. Baker(Hope International University)Mercy: Theologically Centering the Epistle of James

10:10 AM—10:50 AMGary W. Derickson(Corban University)The Johannine Concept of Abiding as Developed in His Epistles

11:00 AM—11:40 AMHerb Bateman(Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary)Rebellion, Its Not a Good Idea: A Biblical Theology of Jude

(P) 8:30 AM-11:40 AMModels of GodAnalogy and Metaphor in Biblical Language About GodFrontier Airlines Center—103 A

Moderator: Dennis W. Jowers(Faith Evangelical College & Seminary)

8:30 AM—9:10 AMScott Harrower(Melbourne School of Theology)The Analogical Character of All Discourse about God

9:20 AM—10:00 AMJonathan L. Master(Cairn University)Criteria for Distinguishing Metaphorical from Literal Predication in Scriptural Language About God

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10:10 AM—10:50 AMRob Lister(Talbot School of Theology)The Metaphor of Divine Repentance

11:00 AM—11:40 AMArdel B. Caneday(Northwestern College)Glory in Suffering: The Metaphor of Divine Suffering

(P) 8:30 AM-11:40 AMNew Testament Canon, Textual Criticism, and Apocryphal LiteratureImplications of Canonical Formation on InterpretationFrontier Airlines Center—203 D

Moderator: Stanley E. Porter(McMaster Divinity College)

8:30 AM—9:10 AMArmin D. Baum(Freie Theologische Hochschule Gießen)Does the Pericope Adulterae (John 7:53-8:11) have Canonical Authority? An Interdenominational Approach

9:20 AM—10:00 AMTomas Bokedal(University of Aberdeen)Implications of Canonical Date for Scriptural Interpretation

10:10 AM—10:50 AMDavid I. Yoon(McMaster Divinity College)Canonical Criteria: A Diachronic Analysis of the Early Church's Recognition of the New Testament Canon

11:00 AM—11:40 AMPanel DiscussionDavid I. Yoon(McMaster Divinity College)Tomas Bokedal(University of Aberdeen)Armin D. Baum(Freie Theologische Hochschule Gießen)

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(P) 8:30 AM-11:40 AMBiblical WorshipWorship and the TrinityFrontier Airlines Center—103 B

Moderator: Ronald E. Man(Worship Resources International)

8:30 AM—9:10 AMJohn D. Witvliet(Calvin Institute of Christian Worship/Calvin College)The Doctrine of the Trinity and Contemporary Celebrations of Christ's Birth, Death, and Resurrection

9:20 AM—10:00 AMLester Ruth(Duke Divinity School)Trinitarian Similarities and Differences in Evangelical Song: Old and New

10:10 AM—10:50 AMMichael Farley(Covenant Theological Seminary)A Trinitarian View of the Lord's Supper

11:00 AM—11:40 AMPanel DiscussionJohn D. Witvliet(Calvin Institute of Christian Worship/Calvin College)Lester Ruth(Duke Divinity School)Michael Farley(Covenant Theological Seminary)

(P) 8:30 AM-11:40 AMChristian History and Thought Since 1500John Stott's Influence in North America and BeyondFrontier Airlines Center—102 B

8:30 AM—9:30 AMJohn Stott in North America

Moderator: Kenneth J. Stewart(Covenant College)

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8:30 AM—8:50 AMAlister Chapman(Westmont College)I Would Crawl Over Broken Glass to Hear Him: John Stott's Popularity in North America

8:50 AM—9:10 AMAndy LePeau(InterVarsity Press)John Stott's Influence Through Publishing

9:10 AM—9:30 AMGreg R. Scharf(Trinity Evangelical Divinity School)John Stott: Teacher of Double Listening

10:00 AM—11:40 AMJohn Stott's Wider Influence

10:00 AM—10:30 AMA Donald MacLeod(Tyndale Theological Seminary, Toronto, Ontario)John Stott Theological Educator

10:50 AM—11:40 AMCarl Trueman(Westminster Theological Seminary)Stott's Influence on Today's Evangelical Theology

(P) 8:30 AM-11:40 AMLiterature of the BibleLiterary Portrayals of Creation and Re-CreationFrontier Airlines Center—201 D

Moderator: Daniel J. Estes(Cedarville University)

8:30 AM—9:10 AMGene C. Fant, Jr.(Union University)Creation and the Poetics of Inbreaking: Why Poetry Matters in Genesis 1

9:20 AM—10:00 AMMichael Travers(Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary)

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"Light out of Darkness" and "Good [out] of Evil": Creation and Fall in John Milton's Paradise Lost

10:10 AM—10:50 AMMichelle A. Stinson(Simpson University)The Undoing of Creation: Psalm 105’s Depiction of Divine Judgment in the Egyptian Plagues

11:00 AM—11:40 AMGary V. Smith(Bethel Seminary)Isaiah 65-66: The Destiny of God's Servants in a New Creation

(P) 8:30 AM-11:40 AMPastoral TheologyHyatt—Executive B

Moderator: John E. Johnson(Western Seminary)

8:30 AM—9:10 AMMel Lawrenz(Elmbrook Church)Spiritual Influence as a Paradigm of Ministry and Leadership

9:20 AM—10:00 AMJohn E. Johnson(Western Seminary)Creating Effective Leadership for an Increasingly Multicultural Church

10:10 AM—10:50 AMW. Bingham Hunter(Phoenix Seminary)Prayer as Argument: Uncomfortable Reflections on the Prayers of Moses and Jesus with Implications for How Believers are Taught to Pray

11:00 AM—11:40 AMEric W. Moore(Moody Theological Seminary-Michigan)Current Trends in Church Ministry: An Evaluation of the Multi-Campus, Virtual Church and Missional Church Movement Phenomena

(P) 8:30 AM-11:40 AMNew Testament Backgrounds

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Frontier Airlines Center—203 B

Moderator: Terry Wilder(Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary)

8:30 AM—9:10 AMRichard Bauckham(University of St. Andrews)Naming Practices in Jewish Palestine in the Late Second Period and Their Relevance for the New Testament

9:20 AM—10:00 AMKarelynne Gerber Ayayo(Palm Beach Atlantic University)Magical Expectations and the Two-Stage Healing of Mark 8

10:10 AM—10:50 AMAmy Peeler(Wheaton College)“Appointed Heir of All Things”: Inheritance in the Epistle to the Hebrews

11:00 AM—11:40 AMDonald Kim(Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary)Oikonomia or Economy? Understanding the Currency of Grace

(P) 8:30 AM-11:40 AMOther Voices in InterpretationFrontier Airlines Center—101 D

Moderator: Chip M. Anderson(New England School of Theology)

8:30 AM—9:10 AMWoodrow E. Walton(General Council of the Assemblies of God)Caring for a Groaning Creation

Moderator: Woodrow E. Walton(General Council of the Assemblies of God)

9:20 AM—10:00 AMChip M. Anderson(New England School of Theology)

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Prelude to Judgment: The Beelzebul Confrontation (Mk 3:22-28) and Its Significance for Evangelistic Social Action

10:10 AM—10:50 AMPanel on “An Evangelical Statement on the Trinity,” Part 1: Introduction to Its Contents and Significance

Moderator: Aída Besançon Spencer(Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary)

Mimi Haddad(CBE)Why I Suggested Such a Statement Needed to be Forged

William David Spencer(Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary)The Impact of Athanasius on ‘An Evangelical Statement on the Trinity’

Alan Myatt(Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary/United World Mission)The Significance of Adding the Ending Phrase to the Statement: “such that no person has eternal primacy over the others.”

11:00 AM—11:40 AMPanel on An Evangelical Statement on the Trinity, Part 2: Application to the On-going Discussion on the Trinity

Kevin Giles(Victoria, Australia)The Trinity Statement and the Creeds and Confessions

Steve Tracy(University of New Brunswick)The Trinity Statement Is not just an Egalitarian Concern: Why Complementarians Should Be Supportive of the Trinity Statement

11:45 AM—1:15 PMOther Voices in Biblical Interpretation Business MeetingModerator: Howard Carl

(P) 8:30 AM-11:40 AMPuritan StudiesPreparation by Grace for Grace: The Puritan View of God's Way of Leading Sinners to Christ

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Frontier Airlines Center—103 E

Moderator: J. Stephen Yuille(Grace Community Church, TX)

8:30 AM—9:10 AMJoel R. Beeke(Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary)Preparationism or Preparatory Grace?: The Puritans on Preparation for Conversion

9:20 AM—10:00 AMJ. Stephen Yuille(Grace Community Church, TX)Ready to Receive: Humbling and Softening in William Perkins’s Preparation of the Heart

10:10 AM—10:50 AMTom Schwanda(Wheaton College)The Dynamics of Grace in John Owen's 'The Grace and Duty of Being Spiritually Minded'

11:00 AM—11:40 AMPeter Beck(Charleston Southern University)Solomon Stoddard's 'A Guide to Christ': The Pope of the Connecticut Valley and the Work of Conversion

(P) 8:30 AM-11:40 AMReformed TheologyPanel Review of Michael Horton's "The Christian Faith" (Zondervan, 2011)Frontier Airlines Center—103 C

Moderator: Mark Bowald(Redeemer University College)

PanelistsKeith L. Johnson(Wheaton College)Craig Carter(Tyndale College, Toronto)Thomas H. McCall(Trinity Evangelical Divinity School)J. Todd Billings(Western Theological Seminary)

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Michael Horton(Westminster Seminary, CA)

(P) 8:30 AM-11:40 AMNew Testament Greek Language and ExegesisWhere Exegesis and Theology Collide: Pursuing Exegetical Honesty in New Testament InterpretationFrontier Airlines Center—203 E

Moderator: Martin Culy(Briercrest College and Seminary)

8:30 AM—9:10 AMWilliam Varner(The Master's College)Who is Resisting – the Righteous One or Someone Else? James 4:6 and 5:6

9:20 AM—10:00 AML. Scott Kellum(Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary)John 21:15-19 and Revelation 3:10: Reconsidering Two Common Johannine Texts

10:10 AM—10:50 AMConstantine R. Campbell(Moore Theological College)Theological Systems and (Mis)reading Prepositions: Case Studies on Romans 4:25 and 1 Corinthians 15:22

11:00 AM—11:40 AMPanel DiscussionWilliam Varner(The Master's College)L. Scott Kellum(Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary)Constantine R. Campbell(Moore Theological College)

(P) 8:30 AM-11:40 AMOld Testament Narrative LiteratureChallenging Ethical Issues in Narrative LiteratureFrontier Airlines Center—202 A

Moderator: Michael A. Grisanti

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8:30 AM—9:10 AMWilliam J. Webb(Tyndale Seminary, Toronto)Corporate Solidarity: An (In)justice in Holy War

9:20 AM—10:00 AMJens Bruun Kofoed(Copenhagen Lutheran School of Theology)Individual Rights and Societal Responsibilities

10:10 AM—10:50 AMGary E. Schnittjer(Cairn University)Individual versus Collective Retribution in the Chronicler’s Ideology of Exile

11:00 AM—11:40 AMRobert B. Chisholm, Jr.(Dallas Theological Seminary)Rizpah's Torment: When God Punishes the Children for the Father's Sin(s)

(P) 8:30 AM-11:40 AMSpiritual Formation / SanctificationHilton—Walker

Moderator: John H. Coe(Institute for Spiritual Formation, Talbot School of Theology)

8:30 AM—9:10 AMSteve Porter(Talbot School of Theology, Biola University)Sanctification and the Evidential Value of Spiritual Maturity

9:20 AM—10:00 AMEric L. Johnson(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary)Learning How to Read a Two-Edged Sword: The Subversive Function of Scripture

10:10 AM—10:50 AMKenneth Berding(Talbot School of Theology, Biola University)At the Intersection of Mission and Spiritual Formation in the Letters of Paul

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Thomas J. Sappington(Talbot School of Theology, Biola University)Deliverance, Inner Healing and the Process of Spiritual Formation: A Suggested Paradigm

(P) 8:30 AM-11:40 AMApplied Linguistics and Biblical HebrewDirections for the Future, including a Panel Discussion on Where to Set the Bar in Biblical Language Training?Frontier Airlines Center—202 E

Moderator: Hélène Dallaire(Denver Seminary)

8:30 AM—9:10 AMBrian Schultz(Fresno Pacific University)Psycholinguistic Research on Reading, Including Its Interaction with Speaking

9:20 AM—10:00 AMRandall Buth(Biblical Language Center, Israel)Performance Criticism: Learning from a Presentation of Philippians

10:10 AM—11:40 AMPanel Discussion: Where to Set the Bar in Biblical Language Training?

Lee Fields(MidAtlantic Christian University)M. Daniel Carroll R.(Denver Seminary)Buist Fanning(Dallas Theological Seminary)

(P) 8:30 AM-11:40 AMAmerican ChristianityTrends in American Historical Theology: 18th and 19th CenturiesHyatt—Executive C

8:30 AM—9:10 AMRobert Caldwell(Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary)Becoming a Christian in Colonial America: A Sketch of Three Revival Theologies in the First Great Awakening

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9:20 AM—10:00 AMZach Bowden(Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary)Exercising Edwards: Nathanael Emmons and the Edwardsean Lexicon

10:10 AM—10:50 AMMark Rogers(Trinity Evangelical Divinity School)An Edwardsian Second Great Awakening: The Calvinist Revivals of Edward Dorr Griffin

11:00 AM—11:40 AMGregory A. Wills(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary)Evangelicals, the Enlightenment, and the American Revolution: John Witherspoon’s Vision of Christian America

(P) 8:30 AM-11:40 AMPatristic and Medieval HistoryHyatt—Lakeshore C

Moderator: Paul Hartog(Faith Baptist Theological Seminary)

8:30 AM—9:10 AMCarl B. Smith II(Cedarville University)Human Self and Divine Salvation: Gnosis and Theosis as Comparative Models of Salvation

9:20 AM—10:00 AMAshish J. Naidu(Talbot School of Theology, Biola University)The Transformation of Fallen Creation: Cyril of Alexandria and John Chrysostom on the Sacramental Implications of Christ’s Baptism

10:10 AM—10:50 AMFrancis X. Gumerlock(Providence Theological Seminary)Carolingian Apocalypse Commentaries: Fifteen Commentaries on the Book of Revelation from the Early Middle Ages, What They Contain, and Where to Find Them

11:00 AM—11:40 AMTony Lane(London School of Theology)New Light from Old Truths: Lessons for Today from Bernard of Clairvaux on the Cross

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(P) 8:30 AM-11:40 AMPauline StudiesPaul & Hellenistic-Roman Imperial InfluencesFrontier Airlines Center—201 C

Moderator: Verlyn Verbrugge(Zondervan Academic Publishing)

8:30 AM—9:10 AMJoel R. White(Freie Theologische Hochschule Giessen)“Peace and Security” (1 Thess 5:3): A Roman Slogan?

9:20 AM—10:00 AMGary Steven Shogren(Seminario ESEPA, San Jose, Costa Rica)Were Thessalonians “Meddling in Divine Matters?” A Re-Reading of 2 Thess 3:11

10:10 AM—10:50 AMDaniel P. Bailey(University of Illinois at Chicago)Evangelicals and the Mercy-Seat Interpretation of Romans 3:25

11:00 AM—11:40 AMRachel Marcello(Grace Bible Church)Reconciliation and the Roman Emperor: An Examination of 2 Corinthians 5.18-20 in Light of Imperial Influences

(P) 8:30 AM-11:40 AMLuke-ActsA Review and Discussion of Darrell L. Bock’s, “A Theology of Luke and Acts. God’s Promised Program, Realized for All Nations” (Zondervan)Frontier Airlines Center—202 B

Moderator: Mark L Strauss(Bethel Seminary San Diego)

8:30 AM—9:10 AMDarrell L. Bock(Dallas Theological Seminary)

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Introducing a Theology of Luke-Acts: Why This Corpus Is Important

9:20 AM—10:00 AMJoshua Jipp(Trinity Evangelical Divinity School)A Review and Response to Darrell Bock's A Theology of Luke-Acts

10:10 AM—10:50 AMMichael A. Salmeier(Life Pacific College)A Review of Darrell Bock's A Theology of Luke-Acts

11:00 AM—11:40 AMPanel Discussion

(P) 8:30 AM-11:40 AMPentateuchGrace in Leviticus-NumbersFrontier Airlines Center—202 D

Moderator: Peter T. Vogt(Bethel Seminary)

8:30 AM—9:10 AMKenneth Mathews(Beeson Divinity School)Lifting the Down and Out in Leviticus

9:20 AM—10:00 AMJoe M. Sprinkle(Crossroads College)Holiness and Love in Leviticus 19

10:10 AM—10:50 AMJay Sklar(Covenant Theological Seminary)The Lord’s Grace in Leviticus: The Testimony of the Sacrificial System

11:00 AM—11:40 AMPanel Discussion with Presenters

(P) 8:30 AM-11:40 AM

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Christian EthicsDoes God Require the State to Redistribute Wealth?Frontier Airlines Center—101 A

Moderator: Daniel Heimbach(Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary)

8:30 AM—9:10 AMCraig Vincent Mitchell(Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary)Justice, Righteousness and Redistribution

9:20 AM—10:00 AMArt Lindsley(Institute for Faith, Work & Economics)Why Would Anyone Think God Requires the State to Redistribute Wealth?

10:10 AM—10:50 AMScott Rae(Talbot School of Theology)God Requires Provision of a Safety Net for the Poor

11:00 AM—11:40 AMWayne Grudem(Phoenix Seminary)God Does Not Require or Even Authorize the State to Redistribute Wealth (Except for a Welfare 'Safety Net')

(P) 8:30 AM-11:40 AMPastoral EpistlesFrontier Airlines Center—201 A

Moderator: Ray Van Neste(Union University)

8:30 AM—9:10 AMBenjamin L. Merkle(Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary)Are the Qualifications for Elders or Overseers Negotiable?

9:20 AM—10:00 AML. Timothy Swinson(Liberty University)"Saved by Means of Childbearing": 1 Tim 2:15 as a Reflection of Paul's Reading of Gen 3-4

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10:10 AM—10:50 AMGregory S. MaGee(Taylor University)Anchored in Israel’s Faith: Paul and the Old Testament in 2 Timothy

11:00 AM—11:40 AMGregory A. Couser(Cedarville University)Paul and the Conscience

(P) 8:30 AM-11:40 AMWorld ChristianityHyatt—Executive D

Moderator: Chris Chun(Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary)

8:30 AM—9:00 AMJeffrey Salako(Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary)Southern Baptist Influence in Nigeria: Developing an Indigenous Mission Strategy

Moderator: Soong-Chan Rah(North Park Theological Seminary)

9:10 AM—9:40 AMRandy Woodley(Eagle's Wings Minsitry)Land Purpose in Western and Indigenous Origin Narratives: Searching for Common Ground

9:50 AM—10:20 AMGary VanderPol(Denver Seminary)Tree Planting in Zimbabwe: An Evangelical Appraisal of Marthinus Daneel as Missional Maverick

Moderator: Allen Yeh(Biola University)

10:30 AM—11:00 AMChristine Gutleben(The Humane Society of the United States)The History of the Development of the Evangelical Declaration on Animals

Moderator: Mark Shaw

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11:10 AM—11:40 AMAllen Yeh(Biola University)The Mayan 2012 'Prophecy': A Contextual Theology of Religion, Creation Care, and Eschatology

(D) 8:30 AM-11:40 AMEngaging New Testament Theology with Greg BealeFrontier Airlines Center—102 C

Moderator: Kurt Richardson(McMaster University, Canada)

PanelistsMark Boda(McMaster Divinity College, McMaster University)Craig Evans(Acadia Divinity College)Scott Hafemann(University of St. Andrews)Grant R. Osborne(Trinity Evangelical Divinity School)

RespondentGreg Beale(Westminster Theological Seminary)

(D) 8:30 AM-11:40 AMSystematic TheologyDoctrine of GodFrontier Airlines Center—103 D

8:30 AM—9:10 AMNaomi Noguchi Reese(Trinity Evangelical Divinity School)Colin E. Gunton's Trinitarian Doctrine of Divine Providence in Light of Social Theory

9:20 AM—10:00 AMJames B. De Young(Western Seminary)Is Wright Right or Wrong on Romans 1:17? With a Survey of the "Righteousness of God" in Recent Study

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10:10 AM—10:50 AMWilliam T. Chandler(Liberty University)Re-Imaging Election: Reflections on a Reformulated Perspective on the Doctrine

11:00 AM—11:40 AMWalter Schultz(Northwestern College)Jonathan Edwards' Argument That God's End in Creation must Manifest His Supreme Self-regard

(D) 8:30 AM-11:40 AMSystematic TheologyTheologiansFrontier Airlines Center—203 C

8:30 AM—9:10 AMDongsoo Han(Trinity Evangelical Divinity School)Jonathan Edwards on the Work of the Holy Spirit: Holiness

9:20 AM—10:00 AMMichael Brautigam(University of Edinburgh)Between “Yes” and “No”: Adolf Schlatter and Karl Barth on Natural Theology

10:10 AM—10:50 AMTimothy S Yoder(Cairn University)Platonism in the Thought of CS Lewis: A Study of The Silver Chair and The Great Divorce

11:00 AM—11:40 AMBrian L. Goard(Liberty University)Critical Realism in the Thought of Alister E. McGrath

(T) 8:30 AM-11:40 AMCaring for CreationContemporary Issues and Case Studies 3Frontier Airlines Center—102 D

8:30 AM—9:10 AM

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Page Brooks(New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary)God, Allah, and Creation: Can Muslims and Evangelicals Have a Common Environmental Ethic?

9:20 AM—10:00 AMWillie Honeycutt(Liberty University)Dominion and Care: A Biblical Inquiry into the Human Relationship to Animals

10:10 AM—10:50 AMDennis M. Swanson(The Master's Seminary)Global Warming, Climate Change, or Just a Lot of Hot Air: What is an "Evangelical" Climate Initiative?

11:00 AM—11:40 AMJerry A. Johnson(Criswell College)When Pro-Animal Becomes Anti-Human: Peter Singer vs. Imago Dei

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1:20 PM-1:40 PMWorshipFrontier Airlines Center—Ballroom ABCAll are invited for a time of corporate worship including Scripture reading, singing, and prayer. Join us as we glorify God together and pray for the work of ETS, the ministries of her members, and the church as a whole.


Richard Bauckham(Title TBDLive streaming provided by Zondervanhttp://www.livestream.com/ZondervanAcademic

PARALLEL SESSION D

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(A) 3:00 PM-6:10 PMNear Eastern Archaeological Society DHilton—Walker


3:00 PM—3:40 PMRandall Price(Liberty University)Report on the Final Season of Excavation on the Qumran Plateau

3:50 PM—4:30 PMDaniel Warner(New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary)Is the Ark of the Covenant Buried In the Gezer Water System

4:40 PM—5:20 PMSeth M. Rodriquez(Taylorsville, KY)The One Who Trains My Fingers for War: Archaeological Insights into Psalm 144

5:30 PM—6:10 PMSuzanne Lattimer(Tidewater Bible College)Donald McNeeley(Tidewater Bible College)Grooming Biblical Archaeologists in the Home School

(A) 3:00 PM-6:10 PMEvangelical Philosophical Society D1Hyatt—Executive A

3:00 PM—3:40 PMMarc Belcastro(Taylor University)Some Suggestions for Annihilationists: A Response to Shawn Bawulski

3:50 PM—4:30 PMChristopher Lilley(Princeton Theological Seminary)Adam's Duty: Evolution and Human Responsibility

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Cristian Mihut(Bethel College, IN)It Bears All Things, Endures All Things, Hopes All Things: The Virtue of Forgiveness and Proactive Attitudes

5:30 PM—6:10 PMTimothy S Yoder(Cairn University)Pragmatic Ethics, Idealistic Ethics, the Bible and Environmental Ethics

(A) 3:00 PM-6:10 PMEvangelical Philosophical Society D2Hyatt—Executive B

3:00 PM—3:40 PMDavid Baggett(Liberty University)On a Paradox about the Good - Retitled to "Goodness, Teleology, and Divine Resemblance"

3:50 PM—4:30 PMJeffrey Koperski(Saginaw Valley State University)Divine Action, Intervention, and the Laws of Nature

4:40 PM—5:20 PMTim Pickavance(Biola University)Daniel Eaton(The University of Texas)Wagering on Interest Relative Invariantism

5:30 PM—6:10 PMJames Lee(Evangelical Philosophical Society)His Ways (of Being) Are Not Our Ways

(A) 3:00 PM-6:10 PMEvangelical Philosophical Society D3Hyatt—Executive C

4:40 PM—5:20 PMC. Donald Smedley(Rivendell Institute at Yale University)

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Objective Pluralism: A Response to the New Religious Pluralism

(A) 3:00 PM-6:10 PMEvangelical Philosophical Society D4Hyatt—Lakeshore C

3:00 PM—3:40 PMMichael Licona(Evangelical Philosophical Society)Viewing the Gospels as Ancient Biographies Resolves Many Perceived Contradictions

3:50 PM—4:30 PMChad Meister(Bethel College)Divine Hiddenness, Manifest Creation, and Reasonable Nonbelief

(P) 3:00 PM-6:10 PMAnalytic TheologyReligious LanguageHyatt—Executive D

Moderator: Thomas H. McCall(Trinity Evangelical Divinity School)

3:00 PM—3:40 PMMeghan Sullivan(University of Notre Dame)Semantic Pollution and Religious Testimony

3:50 PM—4:30 PMOliver Crisp(Fuller Theological Seminary)Who's Afraid of Univocity?

4:40 PM—5:20 PMMichael Rea(University of Notre Dame)Theology Without Idolatry or Violence: A Critical Response to Kevin Hector's Theology Without Metaphysics

5:30 PM—6:10 PMKevin W. Hector(University of Chicago Divinity School)

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God, Language, and the Spirit of Recognition

(P) 3:00 PM-6:10 PMBiblical TheologyRecent Whole-Bible Biblical TheologiesFrontier Airlines Center—102 E

Moderator: Stephen G. Dempster(Crandall University)

3:00 PM—3:40 PMJim Hamilton(Southern Seminary)Why "God's Glory in Salvation through Judgment: A Biblical Theology"?

3:50 PM—4:30 PMPeter J. Gentry(Southern Seminary)Kingdom through Covenant and the Glory of God

3:50 PM—4:30 PMSteve Wellum(Southern Seminary)From Biblical to Systematic Theology: What "Kingdom through Covenant" is Seeking to Contribute

4:40 PM—5:00 PMRespondent: Mark Boda(McMaster Divinity College, McMaster University)Response to James M. Hamilton’s God’s Glory in Salvation through Judgment: A Biblical Theology

5:00 PM—5:20 PMRespondent: Elmer A. Martens(Fresno Pacific Biblical Seminary)Response to Peter Gentry and Stephen Wellum’s Kingdom through Covenant: A Biblical-Theological Understanding of the Covenants


Mark Boda(McMaster Divinity College, McMaster University)Stanley K. Fowler(Heritage Theological Seminary)Peter J. Gentry(Southern Seminary)

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Jim Hamilton(Southern Seminary)Elmer A. Martens(Fresno Pacific Biblical Seminary)Steve Wellum(Southern Seminary)Craig Carter(Tyndale College, Toronto)

(P) 3:00 PM-6:10 PMSpiritual Formation / SanctificationContemplation & Contemplative Prayer: A Theological, Historical & Evangelical ExplorationFrontier Airlines Center—102 A

Moderator: John H. Coe(Institute for Spiritual Formation, Talbot School of Theology)

3:00 PM—3:40 PMEvan B. Howard(Spirituality Shoppe: An Evangelical Center for the Study of Christian Spirituality)Is Thoughtless Prayer Really Christian?: A Biblical/Evangelical Response to Evagrius of Ponticus

3:50 PM—4:30 PMJohn H. Coe(Institute for Spiritual Formation, Talbot School of Theology)Contemplative Prayer: A Philosophical/Theological Understanding and Response to Its New Age Counterpart

4:40 PM—5:20 PMTom Schwanda(Wheaton College)Gaze with joy upon His Person, And unceasingly adore': The Evangelical Resistance and Retrieval of Contemplation

5:30 PM—6:10 PMJames C Wilhoit(Wheaton College)Contemplative and Centering Prayer

(P) 3:00 PM-6:10 PMBook of RevelationJesus and Revelation

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Frontier Airlines Center—203 E

Moderator: David A. Croteau(Liberty University)

3:00 PM—3:40 PMMark Wilson(Regent University/Asia Minor Research Center)Erchomai-nia in the Churches of Asia: Revelation’s Response to Eschatological Imminency

3:50 PM—4:30 PMAlan D. Hultberg(Talbot School of Theology, Biola University)Recent Research into the Christology of Revelation (1992-2012)

4:40 PM—5:20 PMRob Dalrymple(Cornerstone Fellowship)The New Jerusalem as the Fulfillment of the Temple: A Matrix for Interpreting Scripture?

5:30 PM—6:10 PMPanel DiscussionJesus and John's Apocalypse

(P) 3:00 PM-6:10 PMScripture and Theology in Global ContextChristology in Global PerspectiveFrontier Airlines Center—103 A

Moderator: Stephen Pardue(Asia Graduate School of Theology)

Moderator: Gene Green(Wheaton College)

3:00 PM—3:30 PMKevin J. Vanhoozer(Trinity Evangelical Divinity School)Christology in the West: Conversations in Europe and N. America

3:40 PM—4:10 PMTimoteo D. Gener(Asian Theological Seminary)Christologies in Asia: Trends and Reflections

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4:20 PM—4:50 PMVictor I. Ezigbo(Bethel University)Jesus as God's Communicative and Hermeneutical Acts: Conversing with African Christologies

5:10 PM—5:40 PMJules A. Martinez-Olivieri(Seminario Teológico de Puerto Rico)"¿Quién vive? ¡Cristo!": The Shape of Christology in Latin American Perspectives

5:50 PM—6:10 PMQuestion and Answer

(P) 3:00 PM-6:10 PMSynoptic GospelsFrontier Airlines Center—201 A-B

3:00 PM—4:10 PMCosmic Catastrophe in the Synoptic Gospels

Moderator: Darrell L. Bock(Dallas Theological Seminary)

3:00 PM—3:25 PMN.T. Wright(University of St. Andrews)The Stars Will Fall from Heaven: Cosmic Catastrophe in the Synoptic Gospels

3:25 PM—3:40 PMRespondent: Craig Keener(Asbury Theological Seminary)

3:40 PM—3:55 PMDialogue: Wright, Keener, Bock

3:55 PM—4:10 PMQuestions from the floor

4:10 PM—5:20 PMRecent Significant Commentaries

Moderator: Darrell L. Bock(Dallas Theological Seminary)

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4:10 PM—4:25 PMDavid L. Turner(Grand Rapids Theological Seminary)An Evaluation of Grant Osborne's Commentary on Matthew (Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament)

4:25 PM—4:35 PMRespondent: Grant R. Osborne(Trinity Evangelical Divinity School)

4:35 PM—4:50 PMRobert H. Stein(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary)An Evaluation of Camille Focant's Commentary on Mark (Wipf and Stock)

4:50 PM—5:00 PMRespondent: Ronald V. Huggins(Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary)

5:00 PM—5:10 PMPanel Discussion on Recent Commentaries on the Synoptic Gospels with Turner, Osborne, Stein, & Huggins


5:20 PM—6:10 PMGerald L. Borchert's Jesus of Nazareth: Background, Witnesses and Significance (Mercer)

Moderator: Mark L Strauss(Bethel Seminary San Diego)

5:20 PM—5:40 PMCharles Quarles(Louisiana College)An Evaluation of Gerald L. Borchert's Jesus of Nazareth

5:40 PM—5:55 PMRespondent: Gerald L. Borchert(Northern Baptist Theological Seminary, Carson-Newman College)

5:55 PM—6:05 PMDialogue: Quarles, Borchert, Strauss

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(P) 3:00 PM—6:10 PMOld Testament Backgrounds and Ancient Near EastCaring for and Managing Creation in the Old Testament and the Ancient Near EastFrontier Airlines Center—202 A

Moderator: Dave Deuel(The Master's Academy International)

3:00 PM—3:40 PMRoy E. Gane(Andrews University)Care for Holy Land According to Leviticus

3:50 PM—4:30 PMSandra Richter(Wesley Biblical Seminary)Environmental Law: Wisdom from the Ancients

4:40 PM—5:20 PMChristopher J. H. Wright(Langham Partnership International)The Goodness, Glory and Goal of Creation in Biblical Perspective


Roy E. Gane(Andrews University)Sandra Richter(Wesley Biblical Seminary)Christopher J. H. Wright(Langham Partnership International)

(P) 3:00 PM-6:10 PMReformation StudiesReformers and Pastoral MinistryFrontier Airlines Center—101 D

Moderator: David Hall

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(Powder Springs, GA)

3:00 PM—3:40 PMJoel R. Beeke(Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary)Laurence Chaderton: An Early Puritan Vision for Church and School

3:50 PM—4:30 PMRyan Glomsrud(Westminster Seminary California)Confessing Before Barmen: Karl Barth’s Early Lectures on the Reformed Confessions

4:40 PM—5:20 PMCarl Trueman(Westminster Theological Seminary)The State of Reformation Studies

5:30 PM—6:10 PMMichael Parsons(Paternoster / Spurgeons College, London)Luther's Insights into Grief: His Pastoral Letters

(P) 3:00 PM-6:10 PMJohannine LiteratureLiterary Issues in JohnFrontier Airlines Center—203 D

Moderator: Paul Hoskins(Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary)

3:00 PM—3:40 PMBrian Larsen(Simpson University)Obfuscation or Illumination: Background Information and Literary/Theological Interpretation in the Gospel of John

3:50 PM—4:30 PMRon C. Fay(Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary)Foreshadowing in John: Is It for First Time Readers?

4:40 PM—5:20 PMStanley E. Porter(McMaster Divinity College)Study of John's Gospel: New Directions or the Same Old Paths?

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5:30 PM—6:10 PMGary Manning(Talbot School of Theology, Biola University)The "Character" of Scripture in the Fourth Gospel: A Literary Analysis

(P) 3:00 PM-6:10 PMChristian History and Thought Since 1500Frontier Airlines Center—103 E

Moderator: Alan Gomes(Talbot Theological Seminary)

3:00 PM—3:40 PMNathan T. Parker(Durham University)“I see All lies at stake” – Exploring Soteriological Continuity and Disruption between Early Puritanism and the Great Awakening

3:50 PM—4:30 PMIan J Maddock(Sydney Missionary and Bible College)George Whitefield: Christian Perfectionist?

4:40 PM—5:20 PMDavid L. Puckett(The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary)Wilberforce on “Lesser” Evils and the Christian Response

5:30 PM—6:10 PMJonathan S. Marko(Cornerstone University)John Locke, Natural Religion, and Deism: A Corrective

(P) 3:00 PM-6:10 PMBiblical WorshipFrontier Airlines Center—101 C

Moderator: Michael Farley(Covenant Theological Seminary)

3:00 PM—3:40 PMPaul Jacobs

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(Liberty University)Sing Unto The Lord A New Song: A Theological Evaluation and Analysis Of The Top 20 Contemporary Christian Songs for 2011

3:50 PM—4:30 PMAmy F. Davis(Nyack College)Communion: Confession and Contrition or a Redemption Celebration?

4:40 PM—5:20 PMJames B. Jordan(Biblical Theological Seminary of St. Petersburg, Russia)From Bread to Wine: Why the Ritual Sequence is Important

5:30 PM—6:10 PMJohn Shouse(Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary)Baptism and the Lord’s Supper as Enacted Parables: A Narratological Study

(P) 3:00 PM-6:10 PMPsalms and Hebrew PoetryCreation in the PsalmsFrontier Airlines Center—203 B

Moderator: Andrew J. Schmutzer(Moody Bible Institute)

3:00 PM—3:40 PMDaniel J. Estes(Cedarville University)Creation Theology in Psalm 148

3:50 PM—4:30 PMRichard E. Averbeck(Trinity Evangelical Divinity School)Psalm 104 and Creation in the Psalms

4:40 PM—5:20 PMBrian G. Toews(Cairn University)Creation, the Psalter (Book IV), and 1 Chronicles 16: Creation Songs for the Hopeful

5:30 PM—6:10 PMFrederic Clarke Putnam(Templeton Honors College / Eastern University)

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The Innocence of Creation

(P) 3:00 PM-6:10 PMEvangelicals and GenderFrontier Airlines Center—103 B

Moderator: Alan Myatt(Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary/United World Mission)

Moderator: Cynthia Long Westfall(McMaster Divinity College)

3:00 PM—3:40 PMDenny Burk(The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary)Is There Really Such Thing as Male and Female? The Challenge of Intersex to a Complementarian Understanding of Gender

3:50 PM—4:30 PMKevin Giles(Victoria, Australian)The Orthodox Doctrine of the Trinity

4:40 PM—5:20 PMDavid E. Malick(The Sunday Study)An Examination of Jesus’ View of Women through Three Intercalations in the Gospel of Mark

5:30 PM—6:10 PMDoug Walker(Lindenhurst, IL)Complementarians, Egalitarians, and Unicorns: What Are They, and Do They Exist?

(P) 3:00 PM-6:10 PMAsian / Asian-American TheologyFrontier Airlines Center—201 D

Moderator: Sung Wook Chung(Denver Seminary)

3:00 PM—3:40 PMSung Wook Chung(Denver Seminary)

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The Current State of Historic Premillennialism in Asian Context

3:50 PM—4:30 PMSheryl Takagi Silzer(Wycliffe Bible Translators/Talbot School of Theology)Caring for the Community: Asian Face Saving

4:40 PM—5:20 PMVictor (Sung Yul) Rhee(Talbot School of Theology)Christology in Hebrews: Preexistence, Incarnation, and Exaltation of Christ

5:30 PM—6:10 PMTimothy T. Chong(Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary)What’s In a Name?: Diaspora vs. Global

(P) 3:00 PM-6:10 PMOld Testament Narrative LiteratureFrontier Airlines Center—201 C

Moderator: Michael A. Grisanti(The Master's Seminary)

3:00 PM—3:40 PMMichael A. Grisanti(The Master's Seminary)Recent Archaeological Discoveries that Lend Credence to the Historicity of the Scriptures

3:50 PM—4:30 PMSteven H. Sanchez(Emmaus Bible College)Saul of Benjamin and the Law of the King (Deut 17:14-20)

4:40 PM—5:20 PMPaul S. Evans(McMaster Divinity College)The Elevation of an Imprisoned Exile as Presaging an Exodus: The Function of the Jehoiachin Epilogue in light of Parallels with the Joseph Story

5:30 PM—6:10 PMJoshua Williams(Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary)The Chronicler’s Textual Strategy and Theological Method in the Account of Sennacherib’s Defeat

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(P) 3:00 PM-6:10 PMHermeneuticsFrontier Airlines Center—102 D

Moderator: W. Edward Glenny(Northwestern College)

3:00 PM—3:40 PMVern S. Poythress(Westminster Theological Seminary)Presuppositions and Harmonization: Luke 23:47 as a Test Case

3:50 PM—4:30 PMW. Edward Glenny(Northwestern College)The Relationship of the Two Amos Quotations in Acts

4:40 PM—5:20 PMTomas Bokedal(University of Aberdeen, Scotland)The Hermeneutics of H.-G. Gadamer and New Testament Interpretation

5:30 PM—6:10 PME. Ray Clendenen(B&H Publishing)Optimal Equivalence and Bible Translation

(P) 3:00 PM-6:10 PMNew Testament Canon, Textual Criticism, and Apocryphal LiteratureFrontier Airlines Center—203 A

3:00 PM—3:40 PMBenjamin Laird(University of Aberdeen)Hebrews and the Circulation of the Pauline Corpus in Early Christianity

3:50 PM—4:30 PMJonathan C. Borland(Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary)Identifying Real Orthodox Corruptions of Scripture: Some Guidelines based on Probable Orthodox Corruptions from the Gospel of Matthew

4:40 PM—5:20 PM

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Paul Hartog(Faith Baptist Theological Seminary)1 Corinthians 2:9 and Related Traditions in the Apostolic Fathers

5:30 PM—6:10 PMTroy A. Griffitts(Institut für Neutestamentliche Textforschung)Editing The Greek New Testament In A Digital Era

(P) 3:00 PM-6:10 PMOld Testament Wisdom LiteratureWisdom Theology—A Critical Review of Craig G. Bartholomew and Ryan P. O’Dowd, Old Testament Wisdom Literature: A Theological Introduction (Downers Grove: IVP, 2011)Frontier Airlines Center—203 C

3:00 PM—3:05 PMIntroduction of topic and presenters

Moderator: Richard Schultz(Wheaton College)

3:05 PM—3:30 PMTremper Longman III(Westmont College)The Theological Contribution of the Comparative Analysis of ANE Wisdom Texts—Job as a Case Study

3:30 PM—3:55 PMChris Ansberry(Wheaton College)The Unique Theological Contributions of Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and Job

4:05 PM—4:30 PMGordon Johnston(Dallas Theological Seminary)Wisdom Theology Then and Now—More than Creation Theology

4:30 PM—4:55 PME.J. Schnabel(Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary)Jesus the Sage and NT Wisdom: Continuity or Discontinuity?

5:05 PM—6:10 PMResponses and open discussion

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RespondentsRyan O'Dowd(Cornell University)Craig Bartholomew(Redeemer University College)

(D) 3:00 PM-6:10 PMUnderstanding and Engaging End-of-Life Challenges: A Multidisciplinary ApproachFrontier Airlines Center—101 B

Moderator: John F. Kilner(Trinity Evangelical Divinity School)

3:00 PM—3:25 PMD. A. Carson(Trinity Evangelical Divinity School)Wisdom from the New Testament

3:25 PM—3:40 PMPanel Responses & Q/A

3:50 PM—4:15 PMJohn T. Dunlop(Zion Clinic)Wisdom from Health Care


4:40 PM—5:05 PMSteven C. Roy(Trinity Evangelical Divinity School)Wisdom from Pastoral Ministry


5:30 PM—5:45 PMJohn F. Kilner(Trinity Evangelical Divinity School)Bioethics and Multidisciplinary Engagement

5:45 PM—6:10 PM

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Discussion with Panel

(D) 3:00 PM-6:10 PMAbraham Kuyper, Common Grace, and the KingdomHyatt—Lakeshore B

3:00 PM—3:40 PMNelson D. Kloosterman(Worldview Resources International)Noah's Altar as Symbol and Starting Point: Abraham Kuyper's View of History in Common Grace, vol. 1

3:50 PM—4:30 PMNathan A. Jacobs(John Brown University)The Uncommon Grace of Christian Art: An Assessment and Critique of Abraham Kuyper on the Arts

4:40 PM—5:20 PMVincent E. Bacote(Wheaton College)Beyond ‘Faithful Presence’: Kuyper’s Legacy for Today and Tomorrow


Vincent E. Bacote(Wheaton College)Nelson D. Kloosterman(Worldview Resources International)Nathan A. Jacobs(John Brown University)Stephen Grabill(Acton Institute)

(D) 3:00 PM-6:10 PMIntroducing Karl Barth to Evangelicals: A Discussion of Michael Allen, Karl Barth’s Church Dogmatics: An Introduction and ReaderHilton—Mitchell

Moderator: Ben Rhodes(Talbot School of Theology)

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3:00 PM—3:40 PMMichael Allen(Knox Theological Seminary)Introducing Karl Barth to Evangelicals: Challenges and Approaches

3:50 PM—4:30 PMMarc Cortez(Western Seminary)Introducing Karl Barth to Evangelicals: Universalism as a Test Case

4:40 PM—5:20 PMMatt Jenson(Torrey Honors Institute, Biola University)Introducing Karl Barth to Evangelicals: Ecclesiology as a Test Case

5:30 PM—6:10 PMKeith L. Johnson(Wheaton College)Introducing Karl Barth to Evangelicals: Nature and Grace as a Test Case

(D) 3:00 PM-6:10 PMChurch HistoryHistorical TheologyHyatt—Milwaukee

3:00 PM—3:40 PMGavril Andreicut(Elmhurst College)Love in Augustine’s Arguments for Unity

3:50 PM—4:30 PMAndre A. Gazal(Northland Graduate School)A Christian Prince Hath the Charge of Both Tables: John Jewel’s Biblical Doctrine of the Royal Supremacy

4:40 PM—5:20 PMStephen Bagby(Durham University)Orthodoxy and Heresy in Medieval Ecclesiastical Historiography

5:30 PM—6:10 PMChris Castaldo

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(Wheaton College)Crossing the Tiber: Reasons for Conversion at the Catholic/Protestant Intersection

(D) 3:00 PM-6:10 PMOld TestamentHistorical BooksFrontier Airlines Center—202 E

3:00 PM—3:40 PMMatthew H. Patton(Wheaton College Graduate School)A Crown in the Dust: Literary Patterning and Jehoiachin’s Rehabilitation in 2 Kings 25:27–30

3:50 PM—4:30 PMChristopher Jero(Mars Hill Academy)Mother-Child Narratives and the Kingdom of God: Authorial use of Typology as an Interpretive Device in Samuel-Kings

4:40 PM—5:20 PMPaul J. Kissling(Lincoln Christian University)The Application of the Torah’s Wilderness Rules in the Book of Joshua: A Narrative Approach

5:30 PM—6:10 PMJoAnna Hoyt(Dallas Theological Seminary)Time Frame in the Direct Speech of Kings

(D) 3:00 PM-6:10 PMOld TestamentPsalmsFrontier Airlines Center—202 B

3:00 PM—3:40 PMMichael S. Heiser(Logos Bible Software)Israelite Religion in Service to New Testament Interpretation: A Different View of the Citation of Psalm 82:6 in John 10:34

3:50 PM—4:30 PMRaju D. Kunjummen(Moody Theological Seminary-Michigan)

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Two Kinds of Righteousness and Two Kinds of Israel? The Evidence in Psalm 24 and Echoes in Paul.

4:40 PM—5:20 PMAndrew Sargent(Biblical Literacy Ministries)The Ideological Underpinnings of Chaoskampf Motifs in the Psalms & Prophets

5:30 PM—6:10 PMKit Barker(Sydney Missionary and Bible College)A Theological Interpretation of Imprecation

(D) 3:00 PM-6:10 PMNew TestamentRomans 2Frontier Airlines Center—202 C

3:00 PM—3:40 PMJoshua F. Walker(McMaster Divinity College)Δικαιοσύνη Θεοῦ, The New Perspective, and Romans 1:16–17: A Linguistic Approach

3:50 PM—4:30 PMFrank Thielman(Beeson Divinity School)Paul’s Use of Psalm 32 in Romans 4:1-9

4:40 PM—5:20 PMDennis W. Jowers(Faith Evangelical College & Seminary)Circumcision in Romans 4 and Genesis 17: Conflict or Continuity?

5:30 PM—6:10 PMChanning L. Crisler(Anderson University, SC)The "I" Who Laments: Understanding the Enigmatic "I" of Romans 7:7-25 in Light of Old Testament Lament Language

(D) 3:00 PM-6:10 PMNew TestamentPaul's Letters 2Frontier Airlines Center—202 D

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3:00 PM—3:40 PMPreston Sprinkle(Eternity Bible College)Way Outside the Box: Why Paul’s Doctrine of Justification Was Risky, Offensive, and Unparalleled in Early Judaism

3:50 PM—4:30 PMJohn Frederick(University of St Andrews)The Problem with the Proposal of a Peripatetic Provenance for The Lexical & Conceptual Source of Paul’s Ethical Catalogues in Colossians 3:5, 8, 12-14, and a Proposal of ‘Two Ways’ Forward.

4:40 PM—5:20 PMCharles T. Martin, Jr.(Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary)Widow Directives in 1 Timothy 5:3-16: Evidence of a Familial Paradigm?

5:30 PM—6:10 PMRobert Milliman(Cedarville University)Romans 13:1-7 from an Anabaptist Perspective

(D) 3:00 PM-6:10 PMNew TestamentGeneralHilton—Wright A Ballroom

3:00 PM—3:40 PMErvin Starwalt(Theological College of Northern Nigeria)Connectors in 1 Peter 2:11-3:12

3:50 PM—4:30 PMRyan E. Stokes(Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary)The Early History of Demons and Evil Spirits

4:40 PM—5:20 PMBenjamin Reaoch(Three Rivers Grace Church, Pittsburgh, PA)Does the New Testament Endorse Slavery?

5:30 PM—6:10 PMDouglas Holm(Trinity College)

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Holy Engagement: 'Doing Good’ as a Missional Response in 1 Peter

(D) 3:00 PM-6:10 PMSystematic TheologyChristologyFrontier Airlines Center—102 B

3:00 PM—3:40 PMHans Madueme(Covenant College)Jonathan King(Trinity Evangelical Divinity School)Original Sin, Christology, and the Virgin Birth: A New Response to an Old Conundrum

3:50 PM—4:30 PMGeorge W Ziegler(University of Aberdeen)The Spirit in the Son – Jesus’ Spirit-Enabled Humanity

4:40 PM—5:20 PMUche Anizor(Talbot School of Theology)Jesus, the Royal-Priestly "Reader": Another Look at the Threefold Office of Christ

5:30 PM—6:10 PMJoshua Kira(The Master's College)Christ as the Mediator between Speech and Revelation

(D) 3:00 PM-6:10 PMSystematic TheologySoteriologyFrontier Airlines Center—101 A

3:00 PM—3:40 PMJordan P. Barrett(Wheaton College)Biblical Judgments and Theological Concepts: Toward a Defense of Imputed Righteousness

3:50 PM—4:30 PMWilliam B. Evans(Erskine College)Current Models of Union with Christ

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4:40 PM—5:20 PMJim Larsen(Dallas Theological Seminary)A New Creation In Christ: Evangelical Theologies of Salvation and Church, and the Ontology of Union with Christ

5:30 PM—6:10 PMBen C. Blackwell(Houston Baptist University)Situating God and Humanity: Theosis and the Creator-Created Distinction

(T) 3:00 PM-6:10 PMCaring for CreationBiblically Informed Environmental DecisionsFrontier Airlines Center—103 C

3:00 PM—3:40 PMDaniel I. Block(Wheaton College)Jeffrey Greenberg, et al.Dimensions of Dominion: Toward a Reasoned Biblical Approach to Environmental Decision-Making

3:50 PM—4:30 PMGarry DeWeese(Talbot School of Theology)Avoiding Extremes: A Theocentric Environmental Ethic

4:40 PM—5:20 PMJacob Shatzer(Marquette University)Tools: A Theological Evaluation of Technology and the Problem of Creation Care

5:30 PM—6:10 PMJason Stanghelle(Trinity Evangelical Divinity School)Zion and Technology: Towards an Ethical Appropriation of Creation

(T) 3:00 PM-6:10 PMCaring for CreationEnvironmental Activism, Economic and Social JusticeFrontier Airlines Center—102 C

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3:00 PM—3:40 PMMichael Andres(Northwestern College, Iowa)Consumer Theology, Economic Justice, and the Roots of Environmental Degradation

3:50 PM—4:30 PMC. Fred Smith(Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary)“Go Ye, Therefore, and Save the Whales”: Is Environmental Activism Compatible with Christian Discipleship?

4:40 PM—5:20 PMWayne Grudem(Phoenix Seminary)The Global Warming Hoax Makes You Pay More for Everything and Threatens Your Freedom: A Biblical Response to Global Warming Claims

5:30 PM—6:10 PMStephen S. Kim(Multnomah Biblical Seminary)God and Global Warming–Getting Beyond the Science: Biblical/Theological Points to Framework the Discussion

(T) 3:00 PM-6:10 PMCaring for CreationTheology 1Hilton—Wright C Ballroom

3:00 PM—3:40 PMKevin King(Liberty University Baptist Theological Seminary)Caring for Creation: Adopting the Special Needs Child: A Changed Perspective

3:50 PM—4:30 PMJames Watkins(University of St Andrews)God as Craftsman and Care for Creation: Breathing New Life into an Old Model

4:40 PM—5:20 PMBrian C. Dennert(Loyola University Chicago)Shepherding Our Kin: Theological Reflections on Our Duties to Animals

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William D. Barrick(The Master's Seminary)The Noachic Covenant’s Impact on Caring for Creation

THURSDAY EVENING

7:00 PM-8:00 PMBanquetFrontier Airlines Center—Ballroom ABC

8:00 PM-9:00 PMPresidential AddressPaul R. House(Beeson Divinity School)

FRIDAY AM

6:30 AM-7:30 AMETS Program Unit Chairs BreakfastFrontier Airlines Center—101 A


8:30 AM-9:00 AMETS Business Meeting 2Frontier Airlines Center—Ballroom A

Call to Order and WelcomePaul R. House(Beeson Divinity School)DevotionalThomas R. Schreiner(The Southern Theological Seminary)ResolutionsNominationsOther BusinessAdjournment

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8:30 AM-9:00 AMEvangelical Philosophical SocietyBusiness MeetingHyatt—Lakeshore AB

9:10 AM-10:00 AMPlenary Session 4Frontier Airlines Center—Ballroom ABC

Douglas Moo(Wessner Chair of Biblical Studies, Wheaton College)Title TBDLive streaming provided by Zondervanhttp://www.livestream.com/ZondervanAcademic

10:10 AM-11:40 AMPanel DiscussionFrontier Airlines Center—Ballroom ABC

E. Calvin Beisner(Cornwall Alliance for the Stewardship of Creation)Russell Moore(The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary)Richard Bauckham(Douglas Moo(Wessner Chair of Biblical Studies, Wheaton College)Title TBDLive streaming provided by Zondervanhttp://www.livestream.com/ZondervanAcademic

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(A) 12:50 PM-4:00 PMNear Eastern Archaeological Society EHilton—Walker


12:50 PM—1:30 PMHeiko Wenzel(Freie Theologische Hochschule, Germany)A Possible Old Testament Background for Acts 1:10-12?

1:40 PM—2:20 PMNathan S. McConnell(Trinity International University)“Practice These Things:” Why First Timothy Informs Theology in Domestic Settings

2:30 PM—3:10 PMCristian G. Rata(Torch Trinity Graduate University)The Emergence of Israel and the Canaanites

3:20 PM—4:00 PMPeter Walker(Wycliffe Hall, University of Oxford)An Early Date for the Pastoral Epistles

(A) 12:50 PM-4:00 PMEvangelical Philosophical Society E1Hyatt—Executive D

12:50 PM—1:30 PMR Scott Smith(Biola University)Craig's Nominalism Extended: Implications for Our Being Morally Virtuous

1:40 PM—2:20 PMRyan West(Baylor University)Body-Soul Interaction and the Theism-Naturalism Divide

2:30 PM—3:10 PMChad Bogosian(University of Arkansas)

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Can't We All Just Get Along? Friendly Atheism and the Epistemology of Religious Disagreement

3:20 PM—4:00 PMJames Arcadi(Gordon College)A Theory of Consecration: A Philosophical Exposition of a Biblical Phenomena

(A) 12:50 PM-4:00 PMEvangelical Philosophical Society E2Hyatt—Executive A

12:50 PM—1:30 PMMichael S. Jones(Liberty University)An Abrahamic Tradition: The Influence of Medieval Jewish and Muslim Scholarship on Christian Philosophy

1:40 PM—2:20 PMJohn B. Howell, III(Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary)Kierkegaardian Forgiveness and the Condonation Objection

2:30 PM—3:10 PMNathan A. Jacobs(John Brown University)Are Angels and Souls Composed of Matter and Form? An Argument for Pneumatic Hylomorphism

3:20 PM—4:00 PMWarren (J.R.) Shrader (Indiana University South Bend)Subjectivity and the Nonsubstantial Self

(A) 12:50 PM-4:00 PMEvangelical Philosophical Society E3Hyatt—Executive B

12:50 PM—1:30 PMDavid C. Cramer(Baylor University)Does (Church) Practice Make Perfect (Christians)? MacIntyre, Yoder, and the Moral Significance of the Sacraments

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Evan C. Rosa(Biola University)Care, Control, and the Limits of Technology

2:30 PM—3:10 PMGregory S. Poore(Baylor University)Wise Ignorance: Wendell Berry on Caring for Creation

3:20 PM—4:00 PMTimothy Paul Erdel(Bethel College, Indiana)The Great War, the "Good War," and Their Challenges to Christian Pacifism

(A) 12:50 PM-4:00 PMEvangelical Philosophical Society E4Hyatt—Milwaukee

12:50 PM—4:00 PMPanel Discussion: Purgatory: The Logic of Total Transformation by Jerry Walls (OUP, 2012)

Moderator: Mark W. Foreman(Liberty University)

Author: Jerry L. Walls(Houston Baptist University)

PanelistsFrancis J. Beckwith(Baylor University)Roman Catholic Response

Steven B. Cowan(Louisiana College)Protestant-Reformed Response

Fred Sanders(Biola University)Protestant-Weslyan Response

(P) 12:50 PM-4:00 PM

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Method in Systematic TheologyPanel Review of Kevin W. Hector's Theology Without Metaphysics (Cambridge, 2011)Frontier Airlines Center—101 B

Moderator: Kurt Richardson(McMaster University, Canada)

PanelistsOliver Crisp(Fuller Theological Seminary)Mark Bowald(Redeemer University College)D. Stephen Long(Marquette University)Kevin J. Vanhoozer(Trinity Evangelical Divinity School)

Respondent: Kevin W. Hector(University of Chicago Divinity School)

(P) 12:50 PM-4:00 PMLetter to the HebrewsBiblical Theology of HebrewsFrontier Airlines Center—203 A

Moderator: Jon C. Laansma(Wheaton College and Graduate School)

12:50 PM—1:30 PMDavid Moffitt(Campbell University Divinity School)Jesus, the Law, and the Heavenly Priesthood: Reassessing Hebrews' Supersessionism

1:40 PM—2:20 PMGareth Lee Cockerill(Wesley Biblical Seminary)“ . . . in One who is Son”—The OT and the Pre-Existence of the Son in the Letter to the Hebrews

2:30 PM—3:10 PMAmy Peeler(Wheaton College)"I Will Be a Father": Paternal Theology in the Epistle to the Hebrews

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Respondent: Michael Horton(Westminster Seminary, California)

(P) 12:50 PM-4:00 PMPauline StudiesPaul and His Interpreters: Analysis & the Way ForwardFrontier Airlines Center—203 E

Moderator: Linda Belleville(Grand Rapids Theological Seminary)

Moderator: Stanley E. Porter(McMaster Divinity College)

12:50 PM—1:30 PMStanley E. Porter(McMaster Divinity College)Commentaries on Romans: The Good, the Bad and the Disappointing

1:40 PM—2:20 PMLinda Belleville(Grand Rapids Theological Seminary)"Where's the Beef?": Pastorals Christology that Commentaries Overlook in the Authorship Debate

2:30 PM—3:10 PMDaniel I. Block(Wheaton College)Who do Commentators say “the Lord” is? The Scandalous Rock of Romans 10:13

3:20 PM—4:00 PMDaniel J. Treier(Wheaton College)Christology and Commentaries: What's Still Missing on Philippians 2:5-11?

(D) 12:50 PM-4:00 PMChurch HistoryGeneral StudiesHyatt—Lakeshore A

12:50 PM—1:30 PMEd Steele(New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary)Armistice in the Music Worship War: Learning from Conflict and Controversy

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1:40 PM—2:20 PMJ. Ryan West(The Andrew Fuller Center for Baptist Studies)William Ward's Unintended Undermining of the Baptist Missionary Society: The Controversial 'Persian Pamphlet'

2:30 PM—3:10 PMHoon J. Lee(Trinity International University)Accommodation Confused: How Accommodation Was Understood Throughout the History of the Church and Where It Has Gone Wrong Today

3:20 PM—4:00 PMGeorge Hancock-Stefan(Palmer Theological Seminary)How Far Are We Willing to Carry Our Cross?

(D) 12:50 PM-4:00 PMChurch HistoryGeneral Studies 2Hyatt—Lakeshore C

12:50 PM—1:30 PMMicah S. Meek(Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary)The Centrality of the Conscience in Moral Development for English Puritans from 1559-1662

1:40 PM—2:20 PMSteve Weaver(The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary)The Puritan Argument for the Immersion of Believers: How Seventeenth-Century Baptists Utilized the Regulative Principle of Worship

2:30 PM—3:10 PMNathaniel A. Warne(Durham University)Puritan Eudaimonism

3:20 PM—4:00 PMMark A. Blackwelder(Freed-Hardeman University)A Comparison of Aquinas and Zwingli on the Providence of God

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(P) 12:50 PM-4:00 PMPractical TheologySpiritual Formation 1Frontier Airlines Center—102 E

12:50 PM—1:30 PMGisela H. Kreglinger(Beeson Divinity School)I AM the Vine, You are the Branches: Towards a Biblical Creation Spirituality

1:40 PM—2:20 PMKyle Strobel(Grand Canyon University)The Ground and Possibility of Contemplation

2:30 PM—3:10 PMKenneth C. Harper(Green Valley Presbyterian Church, Henderson NV)Narrative Theology, Literary Genres, and Spirituality: The Legacy of James F. Hopewell and Howard L. Rice

3:20 PM—4:00 PMMichael L Parrott(Cedarville University)Peter’s Transformational Growth Process as a Transformational Learning Theory for Christian Education

(D) 12:50 PM-4:00 PMPractical TheologySpiritual Formation 2Frontier Airlines Center—101 D

12:50 PM—1:30 PMStanley K. Fowler(Heritage Theological Seminary)Baptism and Church Membership: John Piper's Proposal

1:40 PM—2:20 PMSteve Porter(Talbot School of Theology, Biola University)Christian Spirituality and the Social Justice Turn

2:30 PM—3:10 PMRodrick Durst(Golden Gate Baptist Seminary)

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Trinitarian Patterns in Worship

3:20 PM—4:00 PMKevan C. Barley(Larkin Bryant Institute)Understanding Participatory Culture and Weighing Its Value to the American Church

(D) 12:50 PM-4:00 PMOld TestamentGenesisFrontier Airlines Center—203 D

12:50 PM—1:30 PMJoshua D. Wilson(Missouri Baptist University)Syntactical Features of the Genitive Clause in Biblical Hebrew and Their Implications for Translating Genesis 1:1

1:40 PM—2:20 PMJoe Henderson(Biola University)Did Isaac Bear the Cross?

2:30 PM—3:10 PMPeter A. Green(Wheaton College)Noah’s Vineyard: Its Narrative Significance and New Creation Trajectory

3:20 PM—4:00 PMJohn Makujina(Erskine College)Obstetric Plausibility Scenarios for the Twin Births in Genesis: A Response to Critics

(D) 12:50 PM-4:00 PMOld TestamentProphetsFrontier Airlines Center—201 D

12:50 PM—1:30 PMAndrew Abernethy(Ridley Melbourne Mission and Ministry College)Theological Patterning in Jeremiah: A Message to All Generations

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1:40 PM—2:20 PMAndrew Carter Marquez(Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary)The Singular Seed of Consolation: A Text-Critical and Structural Analysis of Jeremiah 33:14-26

2:30 PM—3:10 PMForrest Weiland(Veritas Evangelical Seminary)Teaching and Preaching Christ’s Second Coming from Zachariah’s Second Burden (Zachariah 14:1-9)

3:20 PM—4:00 PMByron G. Curtis(Geneva College)Crowns (?), Thrones (?), and the Zemah in Zechariah 6: A Modest Proposal

(D) 12:50 PM-4:00 PMOld TestamentLexical and Linguistic StudiesFrontier Airlines Center—201 A

12:50 PM—1:30 PME. Ray Clendenen(B&H Publishing)Text Linguistics and Hebrew Poetry: The Book of Nahum

1:40 PM—2:20 PMDaniel L Kim(Covenant Theological Seminary)Hebrew Narrative Speeches Through a High Context Lens

2:30 PM—3:10 PMJoAnna Hoyt(Dallas Theological Seminary)Discourse Types and a Semantic Verbal Theory Combined

3:20 PM—4:00 PMNeal A. Huddleston(Trinity Evangelical Divinity School)Hittite’ as a Poly-Ethnicon in the Hebrew Bible: Historiographic Tradition versus Modern Assumption

(D) 12:50 PM-4:00 PMOld TestamentGeneral Studies

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12:50 PM—1:30 PMWendy Widder(Grand Rapids Theological Seminary)Thematic Correspondences between the Zedekiah Texts of Jeremiah (Jer 21–24; 37–38)

1:40 PM—2:20 PMMatthew Newkirk(Wheaton College)Succession by Deception? A Reconsideration of the Role of Deception in Solomon’s Ascent to the Throne

2:30 PM—3:10 PMSuk-il Ahn(McMaster Divinity College)Luther and Calvin's Understanding of Isaiah 53

3:20 PM—4:00 PMJoshua M Philpot(The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary)The Place of the Name in Deuteronomy 12: A Response to Sandra Richter

(D) 12:50 PM-4:00 PMNew TestamentGeneral StudiesFrontier Airlines Center—201 C

12:50 PM—1:30 PMDon West(Trinity Theological College, Perth, Western Australia)The Appropriation of Psalm 2 in Acts 4:23–31

1:40 PM—2:20 PMMaurice A. Robinson(Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary)De Facto Conjecture in the Main Text of NA27: A Further Consideration

2:30 PM—3:10 PMDavid H. Wenkel(Independent Researcher)How the Apostles Became Kings: Ruling and Judging the Twelve Tribes of Israel in the Book of Acts

3:20 PM—4:00 PMRobert M. Bowman Jr.(Institute for Religious Research)

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The Personhood of the Holy Spirit in John and Acts: A Narrative Approach

(D) 12:50 PM-4:00 PMNew TestamentRomansFrontier Airlines Center—201 B

12:50 PM—1:30 PMTom Schreiner(The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary)Original Sin and Original Death: Romans 5:12-19

1:40 PM—2:20 PMErin M. Heim(University of Otago)An Apocalyptic Reading of the Adoption Metaphor in Romans 8: The Epistemological Shift and Its Implications for Eschatology

2:30 PM—3:10 PMWilliam A. Simmons(Lee University)Pauline Cosmology as Anthropology in Romans 8:18-23

3:20 PM—4:00 PMVictor A Copan(Palm Beach Atlantic University)Exploring Creational Allusions in Romans 8:18-27 and their Interpretive Significance for Understanding Verses 28-30

(D) 12:50 PM-4:00 PMSystematic TheologyChristian LifeFrontier Airlines Center—101 C

12:50 PM—1:30 PMDavid D. Feiser(Trinity Evangelical Divinity School)Proclamation In Word And Deed: Is The Witness Of “Ordinary” Believers Proclamation of Jesus Christ?

1:40 PM—2:20 PMJordan Hillebert(University of Aberdeen)The Mystery of Faith and the Mystical Theology of Henri de Lubac

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2:30 PM—3:10 PMH. Dennis Fisher(RBC Ministries, Grand Rapids MI)Ethics and Afterlife: The Moral Instruction of Thomas Aquinas and C. S. Lewis

3:20 PM—4:00 PMJohn A. Studebaker(Hillsdale College)Recovering a Trinitarian Framework for Human Life

(D) 12:50 PM-4:00 PMSystematic TheologyDoctrine of God - TrinityFrontier Airlines Center—103 A

12:50 PM—1:30 PMBruce A. Ware(The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary)Does Affirming an Eternal Authority-Submission Relationship in the Trinity Entail a Denial of Homoousios? A Response to Millard Erickson and Tom McCall

1:40 PM—2:20 PMMark Bird(God's Bible School and College)Thomas Torrance vs Colin Gunton on Structure in the Trinity

2:30 PM—3:10 PMKeith E. Johnson(Reformed Theological Seminary, Orlando)Imitatio Trinitatis: How Should We Imitate the Trinity?

3:20 PM—4:00 PMMyk Habets(Carey Graduate School)The Relational Ontology of Third Article Theology

(D) 12:50 PM-4:00 PMSystematic TheologyCulture and LanguageFrontier Airlines Center—103 E

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R. Douglas Geivett(Biola University)The Problem of Divine Hiddenness in Contemporary Film

1:40 PM—2:20 PMNathaniel M. Claiborne(International Community School)Hollywood, Geneva, and Athens: Toward a Reformed Philosophy of Film

2:30 PM—3:10 PMJohn Warwick Montgomery(Patrick Henry College & International Academy of Apologetics)How Much Evidence to Justify Religious Conversion? Some Thoughts on Burden and Standard of Proof vis-à-vis Christian Commitment

3:20 PM—4:00 PMDavid S. Kotter(The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary)Taking a Stand against Rand: A Biblical Evaluation of Ayn Rand’s Capitalism

(D) 12:50 PM-4:00 PMSystematic TheologyGeneralFrontier Airlines Center—102 A

12:50 PM—1:30 PMRobert C. Kurka(Lincoln Christian University)If Adam is "Razed" is Our Faith in Vain?

1:40 PM—2:20 PMJames E. Bruce(John Brown University)Union with Adam, Union with Christ: Answering a Complaint against Penal Substitution

2:30 PM—3:10 PMRandal Rauser(Taylor Seminary)Is Penal Substitution too Provincial?

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(D) 12:50 PM-4:00 PMSystematic TheologyTranslation and InterpretationHyatt—Lakeshore B

12:50 PM—1:30 PMGrant D. Taylor(Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary)Caring for God’s Vineyard: The Vineyard Songs of Isaiah and Jesus

1:40 PM—2:20 PMDave Brunn(New Tribes Mission)English Bible Versions: Competing or Complementing?

2:30 PM—3:10 PMLarry W. Caldwell(Sioux Falls Seminary)Bible Interpretation that Hears from and Speaks to the Whole Church

3:20 PM—4:00 PMOndrej Hron(Canadian Southern Baptist Seminary)The Defence Has Rested Too Long: Nonstarters on the Path to the Cultural Containment of the NT

(T) 12:50 PM-4:00 PMCaring for CreationOT 2Frontier Airlines Center—103 B

12:50 PM—1:30 PMJohn Wind(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary)Is Creation Care ‘Authorized’ by the Old Testament?: Examining Christopher Wright’s Paradigmatic Approach to Old Testament Ethics

1:40 PM—2:20 PMAndrew J. Schmutzer(Moody Bible Institute)The Nobility of Work in Creation Theology

2:30 PM—3:10 PMAndy Woodring(LeTourneau University)

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Genesis 3 Curse on Creation: Absence of the Tree of Life?

3:20 PM—4:00 PMKyle C. Dunham(Central Baptist Theological Seminary of Virginia Beach)Tree-Hugging the Tree of Life: Is the Creation Theology of Proverbs Paradigmatic for a Robust Christian Environmentalism?

(T) 12:50 PM-4:00 PMCaring for CreationNTFrontier Airlines Center—103 D

12:50 PM—1:30 PMRon C. Fay(Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary)Creation and Renewal: Romans 8:19-22 in Context

1:40 PM—2:20 PMChristopher Vena(Toccoa Falls College)Love thy Neighbor: How the Great Commandment is Foundational for Creation Care

2:30 PM—3:10 PMChanning L. Crisler(Anderson University, SC)Caring for Creation by Hearing its Lament: The Use of Old Testament Lament Language in New Testament Texts

3:20 PM—4:00 PMJonathan D. Worthington(Free Church of Scotland)Creativity Ex Nihilo: Romans 4.17c and God’s Power over Non-Existence

(T) 12:50 PM-4:00 PMCaring for CreationTheology 2Hilton—Mitchell

12:50 PM—1:30 PMSteven R. Guthrie(Belmont University)“In the Rustling Grass I Hear Him Pass”: Music and the Care of Creation

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1:40 PM—2:20 PMJonathan Blackmon(Missouri Baptist University)Creation Care in Recent Christian Hymnody: Biblical Art or Ideological Agenda?

2:30 PM—3:10 PMMichael Wittmer(Grand Rapids Theological Seminary)This Is My Father’s (Evil) World? Why the Moral—Metaphysical Distinction Is Essential for Creation Care

3:20 PM—4:00 PMMark A Seifrid(The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary)Righteousness as the Gift and Hope of Creation

(T) 12:50 PM-4:00 PMCaring for CreationTheology 4Frontier Airlines Center—203 B

12:50 PM—1:30 PMWesley Vander Lugt(University of St Andrews)Creation as Stage and Participant in the Drama of Redemption

1:40 PM—2:20 PMAndy Draycott(Talbot School of Theology, Biola University)Green Preaching in a Plastic Church: Prophetic Speech for Creation groaning toward New Creation

2:30 PM—3:10 PMBruce Little(Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary)Creation and Creative Responsibility

3:20 PM—4:00 PMTBDTBD

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