Michael Hardin, theologian, author of The Jesus Driven Life and co-founder of Preaching Peace, will speak in three lectures September 28 and 29 in the sanctuary of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Episcopal Church in Keller. Hardin will be addressing questions such as:
- Who is Jesus Christ for us today?
- How did Jesus view scripture? Did he believe every word was divinely inspired?
- Did the early church have the same doctrines we do today?
- Is God bipolar, loving one moment and full of wrath the next?
- Is God’s judgment like the judgment we dish out in our Western legal system?
- Do we believe in the real Jesus or have we made God in our own image?
These lectures are for anyone wanting to think more deeply about God, Scripture, and life.
- Monday, September 28, 7 to 9 pm: How Jesus Read His Bible
- Tuesday, September 29, 10 am to 12 pm: Early Church Theology
- Tuesday, September 29, 7 to 9 pm: Love vs. Wrath, insights into the true nature of God and man
The lectures are open to the public and all are welcome. Childcare will be provided Monday and Tuesday evenings.
About Michael Hardin
Michael Hardin is the co-founder and executive director of Preaching Peace, a non-profit based in Lancaster, PA, whose motto is “Educating the Church in Jesus’ Vision of Peace.” An internationally known speaker, he is one of the earliest members of the Colloquium on Violence and Religion and is a co-founder of Theology and Peace, also based in the United States. Hardin was educated at North Park Theological Seminary in Chicago and is a PhD candidate at Charles Sturt University in Canberra, Australia.
He is the co-editor of Stricken by God?: Nonviolent Identification and the Victory of Christ (Eerdmans, 2007), Peace Be With You (Cascadia 2009), Compassionate Eschatology (Wipf & Stock, 2010), editor of Reading the Bible with Rene Girard (JDL Press 2015) and author of the acclaimed The Jesus Driven Life (JDL Press, 2010), What the Facebook?: Posts from the Edge of Christendom, Volumes 1 & 2 (JDL Press, 2014), and Walking with Grandfather: A Skeptic’s Journey to Spirituality (JDL Press, 2014). He is currently writing his latest books Knowing God and Lamb Up!: The Resurrection Gospel. He has published more than a dozen articles on the mimetic theory of Rene Girard in addition to essays on theology, spirituality, and practical theology. Michael participated in the documentary Hellbound?
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St. Martin-in-the-Fields Episcopal Church
223 S. Pearson Lane, Keller, Texas 76262