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Public Lectures

Our mandate is to educate the whole people of God—and that includes the Christian community of Vancouver and beyond. We offer free public lectures by our own world-class faculty, and by visiting scholars, teachers, and authors from around the world.

We host two regular lecture series—Summer Lectures and the Laing Lectures—as well as special events throughout the year.

Most of our lectures are recorded and available as audio downloads through RegentAudio.com

Summer Lectures

In the Spring and Summer Sessions, we host lectures every week to highlight the research of our regular faculty and our visiting summer lecturers. 

Next Public Lecture
May
29
Monday, 7:30PM

Sanctified Affliction: The Encouragement of Puritan Devotional Literature

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With Adrea Johnson

You’re invited to Regent's 2023 Evening Public Lecture series! Join us in the chapel or tune in online to explore theology, culture, and much more with this year’s summer faculty.

To watch this and other Evening Public Lectures online, visit rgnt.net/live.

About the Lecture

The life of faith is inevitably marked by times of affliction and hardship. Puritan writers in particular were familiar with immense spiritual and physical affliction, and their devotional literature centres on encouragement meant to guide congregations in times of deep sorrow. For the Puritans, however, hardship was not only an experience to be endured but also an important step on the path toward godliness, through which God reveals his grace and sovereignty. When viewed through this hopeful lens, affliction is “sanctified,” leading us to a deeper communion with God. In this lecture, Puritan scholar Adrea Johnson will show how Puritan devotional literature by authors such as John Bunyan and Ann Bradstreet can help us navigate hardship with the encouraging perspective of sanctified affliction.

About the Speaker

Dr. Adrea Johnson is the Puritan Project Assistant at Regent College and works with Allison Library’s Rare Books Collection. She is also an instructor of English at the University of the Fraser Valley. She earned her doctorate in English Literature from the University of Alberta, where she specialized in women’s religious writing of the long nineteenth century. She also holds an MA in Theological Studies from Regent College. Her ongoing research examines the work of Susannah Spurgeon, intersecting with seventeenth-century Puritanism and the writing of John Bunyan. Her article on the hymnologist John Mason Neale appeared in Crux: A Quarterly Journal of Christian Thought and Opinion. She is co-editor, with Holly Faith Nelson, of Negotiating Faith and Feminism in Late Medieval and Early Modern Women’s Lives and Works (forthcoming).

Dr. Johnson is teaching Devotional Poetry: John Donne, George Herbert, and Anne Bradstreet from July 3 to 7 as part of Regent’s 2023 Summer Programs.

How to Attend

Join us in Regent’s chapel, or tune in via livestream. A video recording will be available online for a limited time after the event.

Upcoming Public Lectures
Jun
5
Monday, 7:30PM

"Who Do You Say that I Am?” Being God's Image in an Age of Expressive Individualism

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With Carmen Joy Imes

In this Evening Public Lecture, Old Testament scholar Carmen Joy Imes will explore the meaning and implications of being God’s image in the contemporary world.

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Jun
7
Wednesday, 7:30PM

Listening to the Life of Jesus

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With Michael Card

Singer, songwriter, and author Michael Card will deliver an Evening Public Lecture as part of Regent’s 2023 Summer Programs.

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Jun
10
Saturday, 9:30AM

Bible Saturday with Matt Lynch: The World of Leviticus

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With Matthew Lynch

Join us for Bible Saturday on June 10 at 9:30 am to hear from Matt Lynch, Regent's Associate Professor of Old Testament, teach on "The World of Leviticus."

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Jun
26
Monday, 7:30PM

Faith-Work Integration: New Learning for a New Day

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With Mark D. Roberts

In this Evening Public Lecture, Dr. Mark D. Roberts will discuss new approaches to the integration of faith and our daily work.

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Jul
3
Monday, 7:30PM

The Global Roots of the Christian Faith

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With Vince Bantu

In this Evening Public Lecture, historian Vince Bantu will explore the multiethnic roots of early Christianity and the theological implications of the diverse nature of Christian origins.

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Jul
10
Monday, 7:30PM

Evening Public Lecture with Wesley Hill

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With Wesley Hill

New Testament scholar Wesley Hill will deliver an Evening Public Lecture as part of Regent’s 2023 Summer Programs.

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Jul
12
Wednesday, 7:30PM

What in the World Are We Supposed to Do with the Old Testament?

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With John H. Walton

In this Evening Public Lecture, Old Testament scholar Dr. John Walton will discuss the importance of methodological questions in light of the many possible uses and misuses of the Old Testament.

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Jul
17
Monday, 7:30PM

Everyday Life in a World of Digital Surveillance

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With David Lyon

In this Evening Public Lecture surveillance expert Dr. David Lyon will explore practical possibilities for living faithfully in a surveillance society.

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Jul
24
Monday, 7:30PM

Prophetic "Deconstruction"? Literary Critiques of Cultural Christianity

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With Mary McCampbell

In this Evening Public Lecture, literary scholar Mary McCampbell will discuss the relationship between deconstruction and prophetic critique through the lens of authors such as Frederick Douglass, Charlotte Bronte, Flannery O'Connor, and others.

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Jul
26
Wednesday, 7:30PM

What is the “Good Life” and How Do We Find It? Christianity's Surprising Answer

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With Jonathan Pennington

In this Evening Public Lecture, New Testament scholar Jonathan Pennington will address the topic of true happiness and examine Christianity's paradoxical answer to the greatest of human questions.

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Jul
31
Monday, 7:30PM

Dionysius and Hierarchy: Why Modernity is Oppressive

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With Hans Boersma

In this Evening Public Lecture, theologian Hans Boersma will draw on the work of Dionysius, a sixth-century monk, to challenge the modern rejection of hierarchy.

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Aug
2
Wednesday, 7:30PM

Inklings of Heaven: C.S. Lewis and Eschatology

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With Judith Wolfe

In this Evening Public Lecture, theologian Judith Wolfe will look at how C. S. Lewis imagined the unimaginable and pointed to the centrality of resurrection life for Christian life and hope.

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