Title: “Servant Teaching: Practices for Renewing Christian Higher Education” Presenter/Affiliation: Quentin Schultze, PhD, Professor of Communication (Emeritus), Calvin University Date/Time: Thursday, October 13, 7-8 pm EST Description: Quentin Schultze will reveal some of the top teaching practices from his new book Servant Teaching: Practices for Renewing Christian Higher Education. His goal is to help Christian faculty reduce stress, use time …
Recorded Webinar, “When the Levee Breaks: J. Gresham Machen and The Good Fight of Faith,” with Brandon Knight
Title: When the Levee Breaks: J. Gresham Machen and The Good Fight of Faith Presenter: Brandon Knight, PhD, William Carey University Date/Time: Friday, Sept. 9, 4-5 pm EDT Description: This research analyzes J. Gresham Machen’s final chapel sermon at Princeton Seminary entitled “The Good Fight of Faith” to reconstruct a watershed moment in the American church. During this time of contestation, …
Recorded Webinar, “Silence, Civility, and Sanity: Hope for Humanity in a Digital Age,” by Stephanie Bennett
Title: Silence, Civility, and Sanity: Hope for Humanity in a Digital Age Presenter/Affiliation: Stephanie Bennett, Ph.D., Professor of Communication and Media Ecology, and Director of Wordship, Palm Beach Atlantic University Date/Time: Wed., May 11, 7-8 pm EST Description: Silence, Civility, and Sanity addresses the reclamation of civil communication and healthy public conversation at a time when people are painfully divided. Bennett …
Recorded webinar, “Shift: Catalyzing Creative Change in Innovative Christian Ministry,” by David Wahlstedt
Presenter: David Wahlstedt, Lead Pastor, The Table (Lewisville, TX); CCSN Innovator-in-Residence Date/time: Monday, April 25, 2022, 7-8 pm EST Description: We’re living in a time of profound cultural, political, and religious change. The predictable patterns and practices of the past are being jettisoned at a velocity and magnitude unparalleled in our lifetime. Navigating these rapidly changing cultural currents requires course knowledge, …
Recorded Webinar, Tim Muehlhoff, “Communicating God’s Grace to Weary Students and Faculty”
Title: Communicating God’s Grace to Weary Students and Faculty Presenter/Affiliation: Tim Muehlhoff, PhD, Professor of Communication, Biola University Date/Time: Friday, March 25, 7-8 pm EST Description: The Scriptures call us to be prepared to give an explanation for our Christian hope and worldview (1 Pet. 3:15). In today’s unsettled world, there is much to explain: Where is God during a …
Recorded webinar, Digital Communication, Metaverse, and Sharing the Gospel, with Garrett Gerhart
Title: Digital Communication, Metaverse, and Sharing the Gospel Presenter/Affiliation: Garrett Gerhart, CCSN Practitioner-in-Residence; Creative director and content developer at Life Bible Fellowship Church in California Date/Time: Friday, February 18, 2-3 pm EST Description: There is no doubt that web 2.0 has changed how the world communicates, including how we share the Gospel. What does the future hold? How will web …
Recorded Webinar, “No Future in this Country: The Prophetic Pessimism of Bishop Henry McNeal Turner,” with Andre E. Johnson
Title: No Future in this Country: The Prophetic Pessimism of Bishop Henry McNeal Turner Presenter: Andre E. Johnson, Ph.D., The University of Memphis Affiliation: Associate Professor, Rhetoric and Media Studies, The University of Memphis Date/Time: Monday, January 17, 2022, 6-7 pm EST Description: In my new book, No Future in This Country: The Prophetic Pessimism of Bishop Henry McNeal Turner, …
Recorded webinar, “Speaking to Reconciliation: Voices of Faith Addressing Racial and Cultural Divides,” with John Hatch
Title: “Speaking to Reconciliation: Voices of Faith Addressing Racial and Cultural Divides” Presenter and Affiliation: John Hatch, Ph.D, Eastern University Date/Time: Tuesday December 14, 7:30 pm EST Description: Many societies, including our own, are deeply divided along racial, ethnic, political, or religious lines as a result of violent/oppressive histories. Bridging such divides requires symbolic action that transcends, reframes, redeems, and repairs. …
Recorded Webinar: Voddie Baucham and the Gnostics Who Have No Love: Boundary Work and a Rhetorical Exposé of Social Justice within Evangelicalism, by Brandon Knight
Title: Voddie Baucham and the Gnostics Who Have No Love: Boundary Work and a Rhetorical Exposé of Social Justice within Evangelicalism Presenter and Affiliation: Brandon Knight, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Communication, William Carey University Description: Dr. Voddie Baucham warned of fractures within the evangelical community when delivering a sermon at the 2019 Southeastern Founders’ Conference introducing a newly coined concept …
Upcoming webinar, From Icons to Explainer Videos: Seeking Christ in Media Res, by Chase Mitchell
Title: From Icons to Explainer Videos: Seeking Christ in media res Presenter and Affiliation: Chase Mitchell, Ph.D., East Tennessee State University Date and Time: Friday, October 15, 7 pm EST Description: The Bible Project is a nonprofit animation studio that uses explainer videos—a relatively new genre of digital media—to explore scriptural genres, characters, and themes. The videos have been viewed over …
