Rikk Watts

Rikk Watts will giving a main stage address in the Regency Ballroom, Big Room Two on Saturday, November 9 from 7:30 - 9:30 pm. Rediscover Jesus, the person at the centre of the Christian story and our affections.

Rikk Watts is a professor of New Testament at Regent College who initially trained as an aeronautical engineer and worked a number of years for IBM in large retail systems engineering while undertaking a degree in philosophy, art history, and sociology. He later joined a parachurch organization engaged in Christian awareness projects in public schools and in providing crisis accommodation and various rehabilitation programs for the urban poor. He was a founding member of On Being, a major Australian Christian magazine, and supported himself and his family as a professional drummer. He presently attends New Life Community Church Burnaby where he is the main speaker at a service for university-age young adults.

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Audio Sample: "Paul, Jesus, and Following the Rock (1 Cor. 1:10): Why Guessing and God Do Not Go Together"

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Hear more of Rikk Watts at www.regentaudio.com

Listen to Rikk speak about how the Biblical story has shaped his life:

Interested in delving deeper into who Jesus is? 

Check out Rikk Watts’ course at Regent this summer, God's Faithful Character: The Key to the New Testament's Use of the Old.

How do we read the New Testament’s use of the Old Testament, especially those passages that seem to disregard the context, treat Scripture atomistically, or allegorize it? Attempts to "save" the New Testament authors have contributed to a range of different strategies, but this course takes a much more straightforward approach beginning with the central concern of the Scriptures: the revelation of God's faithful saving character.

Rikk will be teaching May 12-23. For a preview of all our 2014 summer courses visit our Summer Programs website.