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Faith & Life Lecture Series
Fall 2008
What is the Bible, and Where Did It Come From?
Violence Against Women
What is the Bible, and Where Did It Come From?
Instructor: Drew Trotter
Audio recordings of the sessions, below (Week 2 was not recorded):
Week 1: September 17 session (21.3 mb, mp3 file)
Week 3: October 1 session (25.9 mb, mp3 file)
Week 4: October 8 session (33.3 mb, mp3 file)
These lectures/discussions intend to give the interested student an understanding of how the Christian should view the Bible. Our time will be divided between two separate but related issues. First, what are we to
believe about Scripture? Is it God's Word? In what sense? Is it sometimes wrong? How should we as modern Christians understand the authority of the Bible for our beliefs and practices? Secondly, where did the Bible come from? How was it put together? What about manuscripts and what do they mean? Why do different Christian groups have different books in their Bible? What is the Canon and why is it relevant today? Why are there so many translations and why do they some
s differ? These and other related questions will form the substance of our time together.
DREW TROTTER has taught biblical studies, systematic theology and cultural apologetics at the seminary level for more than twenty-five years. He received his Ph.D. in New Testament Studies from Cambridge University and is the author of the forthcoming Show and Tell: How to View a Movie Responsibly (Baker Academic). The author of many articles and reviews, Drew has published in Books & Culture, Christianity Today, Critique, and a number of other publications. He lectures regularly on film and culture at seminaries, churches and colleges throughout the eastern United States.
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Violence Against Women
Instructor: Lindsey Holcomb
Location: Center for Christian Study
This lecture series will explore gender-based violence through the framework of the Christian faith. The series will investigate the Fall and the doctrine of sin as they relate to the various forms of violence against women. The responses of prevention, intervention, and rehabilitation will also be discussed.
 LINDSEY HOLCOMB has a master of science degree in international health from TUI (former Tourou University International, N.Y.) and a bachelor of arts degree in international affairs and Spanish from the University of Virginia. She currently works as a case manager and community advocate for the Sexual Assault Resource Agency. Previously, she worked as a case manager at the Shelter for Help in Emergency, a domestic violence shelter, and she lead, through Catholic Charities, domestic violence prevention counseling sessions for convicted batterers. Lindsey is also the program director for Mosaic, a non-profit organization she and her husband started, which initiates sustainable projects to serve those suffering in southern Sudan and northern Uganda.
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