ACADEMICS

WINTERIM DISTINGUISHED SCHOLARS LECTURE SERIES

2012 Distinguished Scholar Series – January 9-14, 2012

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Dr. John Feinberg

Our visiting scholar for the 2012 Distinguished Scholars Lecture Series is chair of the Department of Biblical and Systematic Theology at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois.
Dr. Feinberg has authored numerous articles and books and has served as a consultant for academic books with Crossway publishing since 1985. Dr. Feinberg and his wife, Patricia, reside in Vernon Hills, Illinois. They have three children. In his spare time, Dr. Feinberg is an avid sports fan who also enjoys photography, music, and travel.


Issues in Christian Ethics

How can a Christian know what ethical rules are right and how to defend them? For example, is it morally permissible to forego procedures like kidney dialysis or to withdraw life support from people who have had a stroke or heart attack and are unconscious? Or, is there nothing the church can say about homosexuality since science has proved that those who practice this lifestyle are genetically programmed to do so? Or has this actually been proved? And, what if a couple wants desperately to have a child but cannot by natural means? Because so many couples have succeeded in having a child using in vitro fertilization technology, does that mean this way of having a baby is morally acceptable? And finally, divorce and remarriage are rampant even in the church today. Is divorce ever mandated or even allowed by Scripture, and if so, in what instances? What does Jesus teach about divorce and remarriage, and is there any explanation of why the rules on this matter are what Scripture presents? Join us for a week of careful consideration of the Christian approach to such issues.


John S. Feinberg (2012)
Contemporary Ethics

Charlie Dyer (2011)
Exposition of Jeremiah and Lamentations

Bruce Ware (2010)
The Universal Reign of the Triune God

Daniel Block (2009)
For the Glory of God: A Biblical Theology of Worship

Douglas Moo (2008)
The Letter of James: A Call to Wholistic Christianity

John Hannah (2007)
Readings in the Life and Writings of Jonathan Edwards, America's Premiere Christian Thinker

Ralph Alexander (2006)
A Study of Ezekiel

R. Kent Hughes (2005)
The Ministry in Second Corinthians

Steven Lawson (2004)
Preaching the Psalms

Wayne A. Grudem (2003)
Biblical Manhood and Womanhood

Harold Hoehner (2002)
Exposition of Ephesians

Eugene Merrill (2001)
Theology of the Pentateuch

Thomas R. Edgar (2000)
Gifts of the Holy Spirit in Acts and First Corinithians

John S. Feinberg (1999)
Continuity and Discontinuity Between the Testaments

George W. Knight III (1998)
Studies in the Pastoral Epistles

Walter C. Kaiser (1997)
Old Testament Ethics

Stanley D. Toussaint (1996)
Exposition of Galatians

John Woodbridge (1995)
History of Evangelicalism and Fundamentalism

John A. Sproule (1994)
Exposition of Hebrews

Kenneth L. Barker (1993)
Scope of OT Theology as Fulfilled in Christ's First and Second Advent

Robert L. Saucy (1992)
Dispensational Theology

Homer A. Kent Jr. (1991)
Exposition of the Book of Acts

S. Lewis Johnson Jr. (1990)
Use of the Old Testament in the New Testament

Since 1990 The Master's Seminary has offered a special course in the "winterim" period between the Fall and Spring semesters. Entitled the Distinguished Scholars Lecture Series, the seminary invites outstanding evangelical scholars from the areas of New Testament, Old Testament, Theology, and Bible Exposition to lecture on specialized topics in their area of expertise. The classes are open to current students and graduates and offer two units of academic credit.

The Winterim series is open to all TMS students, and, as always, TMS graduates may take advantage of this exciting opportunity tuition-free. Contact Dana Waller at the seminary (dwaller@tms.edu, or 818-909-5642) for more information.