2004 Houston Impact Partners' Message
Ezra 7:10
Introduction
- Speaker's Introduction and Apology
- Apology for not winning the baseball world championship
- Praise for the extension ministry in Houston
- God's Method and Corrupt Society
- Clean person in a corrupt society
- Introduction to the concept of grace
Introduction of Ezra
- Ezra's Life and Ministry
- Ezra as a favored friend, little known but greatly honored
- Overview of the book of Ezra
- Two main sections of the book (Chapters 1-6 and 7-10)
Historical Context
- 58-Year Gap Between Chapters
- Significant historical events (Greek battles) during the gap
- Importance of grooming a man for God's work
Key Verse: Ezra 7:10
- Importance of Focus and Aim
- The analogy of seeing a game through a peephole
- Aristotle's quote on hitting the target by seeing it
Ezra's Preparation
- Preparation of Heart
- Passion for seeking the law of God
- Importance of understanding God's purposes and will
- Passion for Truth
- Communicating out of possession, not a vacuum
- Sir Walter Moberly's book and the charge against Christians
Practice and Application
- Living Out the Word
- Balancing knowledge and experience
- Revelation demands response
- Generation Weary of Words
- People seeking reality over rhetoric
Teaching and Sharing
- Passion for Teaching
- Qualifications for teaching: knowing and living the truth
- The word "teach" meaning to cause to learn
- Test of Professorship
- Final test is students' beliefs and convictions
- Famine of the Word of God
- Privilege of faithful preaching and living by congregations
Mission of Dallas Theological Seminary
- Developing Students
- Knowing and experiencing the Word of God
- Sharing the truth across America and the world
- Testimonies from Students
*The above summary is AI-generated, so discrepancies may exist. Please refer to the audio or video file to verify accuracy.
About the Contributors
Howard G. Hendricks
Dr. Howard G. Hendricks, known simply as “Prof,” directly or indirectly touched millions of lives in the evangelical community and beyond. For more than sixty years Prof served on the faculty of Dallas Theological Seminary (DTS), where he taught more than ten thousand students. He served as the chairman of the Center for Christian Leadership for over twenty years. He also ministered in person in more than eighty countries. Through speaking engagements, radio, tapes, films, the sixteen books he authored and coauthored, countless journal and popular-market articles, his service on numerous boards, and his work as a chaplain to the Dallas Cowboys (1976–1984), his reach was and is worldwide.
His legacy, in partnership with Jeanne, his wife of more than sixty-five years, includes four children and six grandchildren. Holding large audiences enthralled at venues such as Billy Graham’s conference center or Promise Keepers’ stadium rallies, Prof would confide, “It’s wonderful to be here with you, but I have a group of delicious students waiting for me back at the seminary.”
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