Academic Creativity and Excellence Day
The semi-annual research colloquium at Bushnell founded by Dr. Tim Bergquist.
A Law of Love: The Use of ἐντολή in the New Testament
I will present a basic word study of the use of ἐντολή in the New Testament. Then, I will break down the Old and New Testament separately to analyze where it is most used in each and what that can teach us. Finally, I will conclude with some theological and practical applications.
GRK 302, Advanced Elementary Greek
Dennis Lindsay
Bucher Room (view livestream here)
10 – 10:30 AM
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Welcome & Devotion: Dennis R. Lindsay
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Closing Words and Benediction: President Womack
Noon – 1 PM
The New Testament deals with the activity of God’s Spirit (literally “the Breath of God”) more frequently than the Old Testament. The student of the Spirit is inevitably led to ask, “Where did the New Testament authors get their understanding of the Holy Spirit?” Jesus speaks comparatively infrequently about Him (as little as 6% of NT passages which mention the Spirit are on Jesus’ lips). Were the authors informed by teachings of Jesus which were left unrecorded? Was Paul illuminated on this topic while receiving visions in the third heaven? Or did they get their understanding of the Spirit primarily from the Old Testament? In other words, when comparing the use of “Spirit” in the New Testament with the Old, do we find more continuity or discontinuity? How much pneumatological innovation do we see by the apostles?
The hypothesis to be put to the test in this study is that, rather than fueled by fresh innovation in pneumatology, the understanding of the Holy Spirit by the apostles and New Testament authors is almost completely founded on the Old Testament material, which was then applied to the miraculous outworking of the Spirit which they saw occurring around them in the Church.
PH 693, Supervised Research
Dennis Lindsay
2 – 2:30 PM
Join the Zoom discussion afterward. The presenter and faculty advisor both have the password.
Agape Word Study
This presentation explores the meaning of the Greek word agape as it occurs throughout the New Testament. The presentation discusses the meaning of agape in ancient Greek, the Old Testament, and Judaism. This includes multiple words and interpretations in ancient Greek and both religious and secular understanding of agape in the Old Testament. It identifies the frequency in usage of the word by New Testament authors and the meaning of agape according to Jesus, John, and Paul. From studying these authors, the detailed comprehension of agape is applied to our lives in this presentation.
GRK 301, Elementary Greek
Dennis Lindsay
P114
1 – 1:30 PM
Todah as Communion
Communion is likely one of the most important things that many churches in the world today simply view as a quick practice that is more of an afterthought than something that is central to the life of the believer and the church. However, recapturing the authentic vision that Jesus had for the Eucharist is vital in understanding more fully the life that he wants us to participate in with him. In the church today, it is difficult to pin down exactly what communion is. While most people would agree that communion is the partaking of bread and the drinking of wine to remember what Jesus has done for us on the cross, the practical way that is played out in churches across the world looks drastically different everywhere.
How can we recapture the authentic vision for communion that Jesus undoubtedly had in mind when he instituted it as a practice in the upper room with the disciples in Matthew 26? In order to answer this question, we must look at three aspects of communion. First, we must look at the history of communion, not only in the church, but also in what Hebrew traditions Jesus implemented communion around. Secondly, we must look to the theology of what happened in the upper room when Jesus instituted communion to understand what Jesus intended for communion to look like in practice for his followers. Thirdly, we must take what we learned from the history and theology of communion to know how to successfully integrate it into the practice of church today.
BTM 499, Capstone
Dennis Lindsay
2:30 – 3 PM
P114