Issue #102 | January 27, 2011 |
FAITH FOR LIVING – JOIN THE STUDIO AUDIENCE!
Do you live near the Rock Hill, SC area? Dr. Michael Milton invites you to be a part of the taping of the Faith For Living television program series. The program is being filmed at Westminster Presbyterian Church, 1300 India Hook Road in Rock Hill. You are invited to join the audience for any or all of the tapings. The tapings are done in the church parlor next to the sanctuary. The dates (all Mondays) are as follows: January 31, February 7, February 28, March 7, March 21, March 28. Please call Linda Dixon, receptionist at RTS Charlotte, at 704-366-5066 if you would like to attend any or all of the tapings. Click here for more information.
KISTEMAKER ACADEMIC LECTURE SERIES WILL BE HELD IN ORLANDO IN FEBRUARY
The annual Kistemaker Academic Lecture Series (KALS) is scheduled February 22-23 in the Pamplin Chapel at RTS/Orlando. The speaker is Dr. Richard Bauckham, a biblical scholar and theologian who was the New Testament scholar and professor of New Testament studies at the University of St. Andrews, Scotland, until 2007. He is the author of numerous books, most recently Bible and Ecology – Rediscovering the Community of Creation (June). The lectures will be held on Tuesday and Wednesday, from 11-11:50a.m. and from 1-1:50p.m., on both days. The public is invited.
DR. SAM LARSEN TO SPEAK IN KOREA
Dr. Sam Larsen, professor of missions emeritus, will be one of five plenary speakers at the Two Wings International Conference in Busan, Korea, being held February 22 - 24. This is an interdenominational missions conference with a regular attendance of 20,000. South Korea is second only to the U.S. in the number of foreign missionaries it sends out to the nations.
WHERE ARE OTHER RTS FACULTY SPEAKING?
This week, Dr. Steve Childers, associate professor of practical theology and director of the D.Min. program, will speak at the national Global Church Advancement (GCA) Church Planting and Renewal Conference in Orlando. Dr. Bob Cara, Hugh and Sallie Reaves professor of New Testament and RTS chief academic officer will speak at Grace Presbyterian Church in Cookeville, Tenn. this weekend. Also, Dr. Don Sweeting, president of RTS/Orlando, will speak at the Mid-Winter Conference at Sycamore Presbyterian Church in Richmond, Va. this weekend on "Why the World Desperately Needs the Church". Click here for the latest information on where the faculty will be speaking in the U.S. and overseas this spring.
DR. KISTEMAKER’S BOOK THE CONVERSATIONS OF JESUS ALSO PUBLISHED IN SPANISH
The Conversations of Jesus, by Dr. Sam Kistemaker, (Baker Books Nov 2004), has also been published in Spanish. Click here to order the book. Both versions are available for purchase on MindandHeart.com. (A portion of the proceeds will go to RTS when purchased on MindandHeart.com.)
HE FINISHED THE RACE! AGAIN!
Jim McAlhaney, (M.A.R; M.S.), director of admissions/student services, ran the Charleston “Riverfront” Marathon in South Carolina on January 15. This was a 26.2 mile race to raise additional scholarship funds for RTS/Virtual students. He finished with a chip time of 3:45:09 which is an average of 8:37 a mile. Way to go Jim!
DR. KIDD ON SABBATICAL
Dr. Reggie Kidd, professor of New Testament at RTS/Orlando, will take a sabbatical from January through August 2011, to work on a new book, Theology of the Pastoral Epistles.
RADIO INTERVIEW WITH DR. JOHN FRAME
Listen Feb. 2 to a radio interview on KSIV, St. Louis (David Vaughan) with Dr. John Frame, at 12:00p.m. EST, on his book Doctrine of the Word of God. Listen here
ESV ATLAS GETS ANOTHER TOP RATING FROM A FAN
Matthew Miller of Christianbook.com picked out his top ten list for his choice on books of the year for 2010. No surprise here he has chosen Dr. Currid’s ESV Atlas as one of his picks. The RTS Orlando Bookstore is currently selling the ESV Atlas for $31.99. Also chosen was the RTS/Orlando One School One Book choice, To Change the World. Click here to see the rest.
NEW MATERIAL FROM DR. KNOX CHAMBLIN NOW ON RTS ON ITUNES U
Two courses to check out this month on RTS on iTunes U come from renowned New Testament scholar, Dr. J. Knox Chamblin. In his course on Gospels and Acts, Dr. Chamblin gives a thorough exposition of the first five books of the New Testament, with particular emphasis on the literary art, theological teaching, and historical context of each book.
Also from Dr. Chamblin is a course on the Pauline Epistles. In this course, Dr. Chamblin explains how Paul develops a mature and inspired theology grounded in the Old Testament and Paul's knowledge of the redemptive work of Jesus.
The final highlight from this month's newsletter is a collection that has long been on RTS on iTunes U is Faith for Living with Dr. Michael Milton. In this weekly radio program, Dr. Milton looks at various pastoral, theological, and cultural issues and shares what the Bible has to teach us about them. In addition to being a radio program, RTS is pleased to announce that Faith for Living is debuting this month on the NRB Network, found on channel 378 on DirecTV.
DR. PAYNE'S BOOK NOW AVAILABLE IN SPANISH
Dr. Jon D. Payne's (M.A. '98, D.Min. '04) book on Reformed worship titled In the Splendor of Holiness: Rediscovering the Beauty of Reformed Worship for the 21st Century (Tolle Lege Press, 2008) is now available in Spanish. Dr. Payne is also a guest lecturer in practical theology at RTS/Atlanta. To obtain copies of "Esplendor" for your ministry please contact Mr. Brandon Vallorani at brandon@reformationbookstore.com
CAMPUS EVENTS
Spring Semester begins Feb. 1
RTS/ATLANTA
This spring, the class “Acts & Romans” will be held at the historic First Presbyterian Church in Rome, GA. Dr. Bruce Lowe will teach on four Saturdays: Feb. 5, 12 and April 9, 30.
RTS/HOUSTON
Two classes will be offered for the upcoming Spring Term:
Scripture/Theology/Anthropology (5ST508/01 ST I) will be taught by Dr. Derek W. H. Thomas for 3 credit hours. This class will meet on Friday evenings (7 to 9pm) and on Saturdays (8am - 4pm): Jan. 28-29, March 11-12, Apr. 15-16 and May 6-7.
Apologetics (5ST530/01), taught by Dr. James Anderson, will be offered for 2 credit hours. This class meets on Friday evenings (7 to 9pm) and on Saturdays (8 am - 4pm): Feb 4-5, March 4-5, and Apr. 8-9.
Contact Tim McKeown here admissions.houston@rts.edu for more information about classes scheduled for the spring semester, or call 800-752-4382 or click here.
RTS/ORLANDO
Feb. 1 - Spring Picnic at RTS
Feb. 9 - Worship Seminar with Jeremy Casella
Feb. 10 - Scholar’s Forum
Feb. 10 – Presidential Inauguration - Dr. Don Sweeting will be inaugurated as president of the Orlando campus of Reformed 
Theological Seminary on Feb. 10. Click here for more details.
The RTS Orlando Bookstore will have books available for purchase from many of the speakers including two of Dr. Sweeting’s father’s books. His father, Dr. George Sweeting was the president of Moody Bible Institute from 1971-1986.
Feb. 22-23 Kistemaker Academic Lecture Series with Dr. Richard Bauckham.
March 4-6 – Women in Ministry Retreat held at SynergyToday 2011.
RTS/CHARLOTTE
Feb. 25 – Talent Show
April 1-2 - Fourth Annual Women's Conference: “Women to Women: Ministering to Women’s Hearts, Minds and Souls” will be held at RTS.
RTS/VIRTUAL
Upcoming dates for Orientation Seminars are:
Feb. 21-23, 2011
April 18-20, 2011
June 20-22, 2011
RTS/JACKSON
March 7-8 - Marriage conference hosted at Grace Chapel. Dr. John Cox (MAMFT '84), a practicing psychologist, will host and teach on "Marriage and Character: Grounding Your marriage in the Image of God." There will be three sessions for the conference:
Session 1: March 7, 6:30pm: Becoming the kind of spouse you wish you were married to (or hoping to find)
Session 2: March 7, 8:00pm: Needs and marriage
Session 3: March 8, 6:30pm: Leadership and submission
Dr. Cox received his B.A. in psychology and English from Ole Miss, an M.A. in MFT from RTS, and Ph.D. from Rosemond School of Psychology in Los Angeles. He now has a clinical psychology practice here in Jackson and serves as a deacon at First Presbyterian church in downtown Jackson.
The Summer Institute for Biblical Languages (SIBL) has been created in order to provide thorough, intensive introductions to all three biblical languages. Hebrew and Greek will be offered each year during the summer, five days a week, three hours per day, for seven weeks. During this seven week period, students will complete a full year of language study (Hebrew 1 and 2 or Greek 1 and 2). Aramaic can be offered every other year or as needed by request (two hours a day, five days per week for three weeks – 2 credit hours). Read more here.
“Perspectives on the World Christian Movement” will be taught Monday evenings, Jan 17 - Apr 24. Professors from Belhaven College, Mississippi College, Wesley Biblical Seminary, and Reformed Theological Seminary (our own Elias Medeiros and Ligon Duncan) are teaming up to offer this course that has been taught all over the world in the last 20 years. For more information on what the course has to offer, visit www.perspectives.org or contact Joe Martin (Belhaven Biblical Studies Professor) at jmartin@belhaven.edu.
ALUMNI SNIPPETS
Do you have an alumni snippet to share? Have you published a new book? Send it to the editor, here.
Dan Claire (M.Div. '99) is a Rwandan missionary to Washington D.C. through AMiA. He started the Church of the Resurrection on Capitol Hill and is planting other churches in the DC area through what he calls the RenewDC movement. (Dan was also the executive director of Washington, D.C., back in 1999.) He and his recently celebrated the birth of their fifth child, Eden Renee, born January 16, 2011, at Georgetown. Mom & baby are well. Click here to read more.
Roddey Caughman (M.Div. '09) and his wife, Becky, served as missionaries among the deaf in Buenos Aires, Argentina, from 1999 to 2001. In 2009, they moved to Zambia to work with a Christian orphanage and met Paul and Ann Rachel who worked with the deaf in Kabwe for Grace Ministries International (GMI). Roddey plans to take a short-term missions trip to Zambia, Africa, in April, 2011, in order to meet the deaf and to explore the possibility of a long-term ministry there in the future.