Darrell Johnson
Associate Professor, Pastoral Theology, Regent College. BA (University of California, San Diego), MDiv (Fuller).
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Darrell is convinced that the world is changed, primarily, through the preaching of the Word. He thus majors in his teaching at Regent on expository preaching. His books include Fifty-Seven Words that Change the World on prayer, Experiencing the Trinity and Discipleship on the Edge. He is presently working on his newest book, entitled Standing in the Mystery: A Spirituality of Preaching. |
Praying by the Book: How Scripture Shapes the Conversation
As disciples of Jesus Christ we seek to have our whole lives shaped by his Word. We want a Word-shaped understanding of the Triune God: we do not want to be left to our own imagining. We want a Word-shaped understanding of what it means to be human: we do not want to simply guess our way to wholeness. We want a Word-shaped understanding of ethics, morality, economics and politics: we are not smart enough to put all this together on our own. And we want a Word-shaped relationship with the Triune God: we do not want the conversation and communion to be driven only by our needs and circumstances. So we submit our praying to the mentorship of the Word. God has not left us to figure out how to pray on our own! In this course, through lecture, daily times alone and small group time, we will explore what it means to submit our praying (a) to the Psalms, (b) to the prayers of Jesus and (c) to the prayers of the apostle Paul. We will then try to suggest a way to pray in concert with all three “tutors” in prayer.
APPL/SPIR 561: May 12-16, 8:00-11:00 am
1, 2 or 3* graduate credit hours
* The 3-credit option requires attendance at the
Regent Pastors’ Conference, May 6-9. However,
students taking APPL/SPIR 561 for 3 credits are
only required to submit a Summer 2008 Course
Registration Form; they are not required to submit
a Pastors’ Conference Registration Form or pay the
Conference fee. Refer to Fine Print / Praying by
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Mark Labberton
Senior Pastor, First Presbyterian Church, Berkeley, CA. BA (Whitman College), MDiv (Fuller), PhD (Cambridge).
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Mark was a former assistant to John Stott. He completed his doctorate in theology from Cambridge University and is an author of The Dangerous Act of Worship: Living God’s Call to Justice. |
Justice and Worship
Definitions and practices of worship can often have more to do with culture than with God. This course asks, what is the worship God seeks? We will consider this from a biblical and theological point of view in an effort to define and clarify first order concerns about worship from secondary ones. This course will also seek to enlarge and extend individual and communal worship practices to include “our heart, mind, soul, and strength, and our neighbours as ourselves.” Worship as the reordering of reality is the gift and work that transforms us as we live in and seek to enact God’s grace day by day.
APPL 652: May 12-23, 1:15-3:45 pm
2 or 3 graduate credit hours
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Rod Wilson
President and Professor, Counselling and Psychology,
Regent College.
BSc (Toronto), MA, PhD (York University), MTS (Conrad Grebel College, University of Waterloo), DD (Hon.) (Trinity Western University).
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Rod has been involved in the fields of counselling and consulting for over 25 years and held various teaching and administrative positions at Tyndale College and Seminary in Toronto. For six years he was pastor of a growing church
in the suburbs
of Toronto. Rod has written several books, most recently How Do I Help a Hurting Friend? |
Counselling, Community
and Congregational Life
In much of the evangelical world there is a separation between counselling, community and congregational life. The counselling enterprise has become a private sanctioned retreat that has de-emphasized community with the result that the power of congregational life to bring healing has been ignored or negated. Central to this course will be the assumption that communal paradigms for help are not only more consistent with a biblical understanding of people but also more effective. Through the lenses of Scripture, sociology and psychology this course will invite students, whether they are involved in a counselling ministry or congregational life, to explore theoretical issues related to the role of community in the process of healing and to develop practical ways to work this out in congregational life.
APPL 537: May 19-23, 8:00-11:00 am
1 or 2 graduate credit hours
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