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Lund Lecture

Video: Empty Speculations and Froth: The Reformers and Allegorical Reading—Fall 2016 Lund Lecture

September 29, 2016

Provan shifts the focus from the “literal” reading of Scripture toward more allegorical or spiritual interpretive modalities. He contends that while a …

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Iain Provan

Gray-haired male professor gives presentation from behind pulpit in seminary chapel

Lund Lecture

Video: On the Meaning of Words: The Literal, the Spiritual, and the Plain Confusing—Fall 2016 Lund Lecture

September 29, 2016

Dr. Provan begins by exploring how words carry meaning in biblical texts, arguing that the language of Scripture cannot be reduced to mere labels or …

Iain Provan

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Symposium 2016

Video: Forming Identities of Grace

September 29, 2016

In Session 2, Dr. Michael Spezio argues that Christian identity is cultivated through grace-shaped practices that form stable dispositions (habitus) …

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Michael Spezio

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Symposium 2016

Video: Evolutionary Psychology and Romans 5-7

September 29, 2016

In Session 1, Dr. Paul Allen proposes that insights from evolutionary psychology—especially research on addiction—offer a contemporary framework for …