Category: Public Square

Public Square
Feb 12, 2013
Jeffrey BinghamJeffrey BinghamJenny McGillJenny McGillMark L. BaileyMark L. BaileyDarrell L. BockDarrell L. Bock
Importance of Tone in Cultural Confrontations Dr. Bailey, Dr. Bingham, Ms. McGill, and Dr. Bock explore the importance, challenge, and history of tone, as well as lessons on living as a minority.
Public Square
Feb 5, 2013
Jeffrey BinghamJeffrey BinghamJenny McGillJenny McGillMark L. BaileyMark L. BaileyDarrell L. BockDarrell L. Bock
Defining Culture with a Worldwide Perspective Dr. Bailey, Dr. Bingham, Ms. McGill, and Dr. Bock discuss the definition of culture from a worldwide and a theological perspective.
Public Square
Dec 18, 2012
Andy CrouchAndy SeidelAndy SeidelDarrell L. BockDarrell L. Bock
How to Practically Influence Culture Dr. Darrell Bock, Dr. Andy Seidel, and Andy Crouch, author of Culture Making, discuss cultural engagement through the lens of "culture making" and offer ideas on how Christian...
Public Square
Dec 5, 2012
Andy CrouchAndy SeidelAndy SeidelDarrell L. BockDarrell L. Bock
Defining Culture and “Culture Making” Dr. Darrell Bock, Dr. Andy Seidel, and Andy Crouch, author of Culture Making, discuss "culture making" — the act of creating culture rather than critiquing or simply...
Public Square
Oct 24, 2012
Mark L. BaileyMark L. BaileyMark M. YarbroughMark M. YarbroughDarrell L. BockDarrell L. Bock
Personal Goals for the Initiative Dr. Mark Bailey, Dr. Mark Yarbrough, and Dr. Darrell Bock discuss the goals of DTS's new initiative to address cultural engagement. They share their hope that Christians will be...
Public Square
Oct 17, 2012
Mark L. BaileyMark L. BaileyMark M. YarbroughMark M. YarbroughDarrell L. BockDarrell L. Bock
Tone and Goals for this Initiative Dr. Mark Bailey, Dr. Mark Yarbrough, and Dr. Darrell Bock discuss the nature of cultural engagement and how evangelism has changed in recent decades. They explain how Christians...
Public Square
Oct 10, 2012
Mark L. BaileyMark L. BaileyMark M. YarbroughMark M. YarbroughDarrell L. BockDarrell L. Bock
Need for this Initiative at this Time Dr. Mark Bailey, Dr. Mark Yarbrough, and Dr. Darrell Bock develop the rationale for addressing cultural engagement in the context of seminary study. They discuss the need for...
Public Square
Oct 3, 2012
Mark L. BaileyMark L. BaileyMark M. YarbroughMark M. YarbroughDarrell L. BockDarrell L. Bock
Importance of this Initiative at DTS Dr. Mark Bailey, Dr. Mark Yarbrough, and Dr. Darrell Bock introduce the new DTS Cultural Engagement initiative through the Howard G. Hendricks Center for Christian Leadership and...
Public Square
Apr 1, 2010
Jim Pence
Immigrants of the Bible Have you ever considered how many significant Bible characters changed countries at some point in their lives? Here’s a sampling of them.
Public Square
Apr 1, 2010
Alejandro MandesAlejandro Mandes
Thinking Theologically about Immigration Politics and economics often frame the immigration debate in North America. Yet Christ-followers need to reframe immigration with two wider, biblical parameters: the Great...
Public Square
Sep 11, 2007
Michael PocockMichael Pocock
Good Migrations?: Immigration Q&A with Dr. Michael Pocock As immigration policy continues to be a hotly debated issue, read as Dr. Michael Pocock, Senior Professor Emeritus of World Missions and Intercultural Studies at DTS, suggests a...
Public Square
Jul 7, 2006
Kent D. Berghuis
Are the terrorist attacks on America an indication that the return of Christ is near? Anxieties drive people to read biblical prophecies as if they were guidebooks to contemporary events. We have an innate apocalyptic impulse and a desire to know the future. It...
Public Square
Divine Meaning in Natural Disaster
Jul 7, 2006
Ramesh RichardRamesh Richard
Divine Meaning in Natural Disaster On this rainy October day (8, 2005) in Costa Rica, I am overwhelmed as CNN scrolls news about natural disasters on several fronts...
Public Square
Jul 7, 2006
Sandra GlahnSandra Glahn
Vindicate the Villain?

This brief overview will introduce you to the fundamentals of Gnosticism, the philosophy behind the Gospel of Judas.
Public Square
Jul 7, 2006
Sandra GlahnSandra Glahn
Why We Honor the Human Embryo My family gathered after our holiday feast to play Balderdash, a game in which players make up definitions for infrequently used words. The made-up definitions are thrown in with...