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TowerTalks is a free series of 20-minute videos, produced by Wheaton College, that enables you to experience the latest scholarship being taught on campus from wherever you are in the world. Catch the latest Wheaton College lectures, conferences, concerts, and chapel messages on our YouTube channel:…

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    • Oct 20, 2017 LATEST EPISODE
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    What Do We Mean When We Call God "Father"?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2017 21:09


    In this TowerTalk, Rev. Amy Peeler, Ph.D., articulates the benefits of the familial language of the Bible and the Theology of the Family of God. In calling us sons and daughters of God, the New Testament proclaims our amazingly intimate relationship with God with all the rights and responsibilities therein.

    Facing the Blank Page

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2017 19:05


    At times the blank page represents promise and at other times paralysis. In this TowerTalk, Nicole Mazzarella delves into habits of thinking that prepare one to face the blank page, whether one is writing a novel or a business proposal. Connect with Wheaton: http://www.wheaton.edu http://www.facebook.com/wheatoncollege.il http://www.twitter.com/wheatoncollege http://www.instagram.com/wheatoncollegeil

    The Refugee Crisis: A Church Historian's Response

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2016 22:41


    Dr. Jennifer McNutt's Tower Talk encourages us to reflect upon how the church has dealt with similar refugee challenges in the past in order to gain insight for Christian responses today. Find discussion questions and a bibliography for this TowerTalk at www.wheaton.edu/towertalks/McNutt-1. Learn more about TowerTalks at www.wheaton.edu/towertalks Learn more about Dr. McNutt at http://www.wheaton.edu/Academics/Faculty/M/Jennifer-Powell-McNutt. Connect with Wheaton: http://www.wheaton.edu http://www.facebook.com/wheatoncollege.il http://www.twitter.com/wheatoncollege http://www.instagram.com/wheatoncollegeil

    Speaking Truth to Power

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2016 21:14


    In this TowerTalk, Dr. Theon Hill considers how the prophets and the prophetic tradition equip us with the rhetorical insight to meet the moral and spiritual challenges of contemporary American society. Find discussion questions and a bibliography for this TowerTalk at www.wheaton.edu/towertalks/hill-1. Learn more about TowerTalks at www.wheaton.edu/towertalks Learn more about Dr. Hill at http://www.wheaton.edu/Academics/Faculty/H/Theon-Hill. Connect with Wheaton: http://www.wheaton.edu http://www.facebook.com/wheatoncollege.il http://www.twitter.com/wheatoncollege http://www.instagram.com/wheatoncollegeil

    Speaking Truth to Power

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2016 21:12


    In this TowerTalk, Dr. Theon Hill considers how the prophets and the prophetic tradition equip us with the rhetorical insight to meet the moral and spiritual challenges of contemporary American society. Find discussion questions and a bibliography for this TowerTalk at www.wheaton.edu/towertalks/hill-1. Learn more about TowerTalks at www.wheaton.edu/towertalks Learn more about Dr. Hill at http://www.wheaton.edu/Academics/Faculty/H/Theon-Hill. Connect with Wheaton: http://www.wheaton.edu http://www.facebook.com/wheatoncollege.il http://www.twitter.com/wheatoncollege http://www.instagram.com/wheatoncollegeil

    Why Good Will Always Triumph

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2016 23:08


    Does evil really exist, or is it simply the absence of good? In this TowerTalk, Dr. Sarah Borden '95 explains St. Augustine’s privation theory of evil and unpacks its important implications for our understanding of evil, suffering, and God's work in the world.

    Artists Gone Mild

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2016 23:16


    In this TowerTalk, Dr. Matthew Milliner explores the theme of repentance throughout art history. Although the Romantic notion of the artist as rule breaker is still dominant, a less noticed, but far more pervasive theme, is artists who turned to traditional religion, and gave a record of that conversion in their artwork. Artists illustrating this phenomenon will be four from the Renaissance, and four from modern times.

    Why Good Will Always Triumph

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2016 23:08


    Does evil really exist, or is it simply the absence of good? In this TowerTalk, Dr. Sarah Borden '95 explains St. Augustine’s privation theory of evil and unpacks its important implications for our understanding of evil, suffering, and God's work in the world.

    Mass Incarceration in Theological Perspective

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2016 23:35


    The United States incarcerates a far higher percentage of its citizens than almost every country in the world. In this TowerTalk, Dr. Gregory Lee explores how the perspectives of St. Augustine can help us formulate a Christian response to the problem of mass incarceration.

    Mass Incarceration in Theological Perspective

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2016 23:35


    The United States incarcerates a far higher percentage of its citizens than almost every country in the world. In this TowerTalk, Dr. Gregory Lee explores how the perspectives of St. Augustine can help us formulate a Christian response to the problem of mass incarceration.

    Artists Gone Mild

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 8, 2016 23:17


    In this TowerTalk, Dr. Matthew Milliner explores the theme of repentance throughout art history. Although the Romantic notion of the artist as rule breaker is still dominant, a less noticed, but far more pervasive theme, is artists who turned to traditional religion, and gave a record of that conversion in their artwork. Artists illustrating this phenomenon will be four from the Renaissance, and four from modern times.

    Politics as Christian Witness: Modeling a Different Way

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2015 24:21


    Dr. Amy Black • American politics is often characterized more by angry shouting matches than by thoughtful discussions. How can Christians be a witness for Christ in this arena? In this TowerTalk, Associate Professor of Political Science Amy E. Black encourages us to re-imagine politics as a form of Christian witness and discusses ways we can model Christian virtues in contemporary politics.

    Politics as Christian Witness: Modeling a Different Way

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2015 24:21


    Dr. Amy Black • American politics is often characterized more by angry shouting matches than by thoughtful discussions. How can Christians be a witness for Christ in this arena? In this TowerTalk, Associate Professor of Political Science Amy E. Black encourages us to re-imagine politics as a form of Christian witness and discusses ways we can model Christian virtues in contemporary politics.

    Better Buy-ology: The Keys to Navigating Life in the Marketplace

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2015 23:36


    Dr. Bruce Howard • Dr. Howard, Carl R. Hendrickson Professor of Business, explores the ways we can become intentional in our economic choices and bring God-honoring values to the marketplace.

    Better Buy-ology: The Keys to Navigating Life in the Marketplace

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2015 23:34


    Dr. Bruce Howard • Dr. Howard, Carl R. Hendrickson Professor of Business, explores the ways we can become intentional in our economic choices and bring God-honoring values to the marketplace.

    Towards a Theology of Story: Hemingway’s Baby Shoes

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2015 23:55


    Dr. Christina Bieber Lake • Are stories inherently theological? In this presentation, Professor of English Dr. Christina Bieber Lake considers a famous short story by Ernest Hemingway in the light of this question, drawing from the riches of the Christian philosophical tradition known as personalism.

    Towards a Theology of Story: Hemingway’s Baby Shoes

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2015 23:56


    Dr. Christina Bieber Lake • Are stories inherently theological? In this presentation, Professor of English Dr. Christina Bieber Lake considers a famous short story by Ernest Hemingway in the light of this question, drawing from the riches of the Christian philosophical tradition known as personalism.

    The Treasures of Wisdom and Knowledge

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2015 34:50


    Dr. Arthur Holmes • This chapel address, delivered by the late Dr. Art Holmes ('50, MA '52; Professor of Philosophy, faculty 1951-1994), powerfully and eloquently restates the central conviction that guided him over the course of his 43 years of teaching at Wheaton. In this lecture – we might call it a sermon – Professor Holmes emphasizes that through Christ, all things, including our hearts, minds, and spirits, are being reconciled to God. The message features an introduction by the Arthur F. Holmes Professor of Faith and Learning: Dr. Roger Lundin '71, faculty since 1978.

    The Treasures of Wisdom and Knowledge

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2015 34:50


    Dr. Arthur Holmes • This chapel address, delivered by the late Dr. Art Holmes ('50, MA '52; Professor of Philosophy, faculty 1951-1994), powerfully and eloquently restates the central conviction that guided him over the course of his 43 years of teaching at Wheaton. In this lecture – we might call it a sermon – Professor Holmes emphasizes that through Christ, all things, including our hearts, minds, and spirits, are being reconciled to God. The message features an introduction by the Arthur F. Holmes Professor of Faith and Learning: Dr. Roger Lundin '71, faculty since 1978.

    Confessions of Defiance (Or Why I've Started Praying the Lord's Prayer Again)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2015 21:02


    Dr. Nicholas Perrin • Dean Perrin explores how he recently became convinced of the importance of regularly praying the Lord's prayer as a protest against reality as we know it and a call for God to usher in His superior reality through the actualization of the kingdom of God.

    Confessions of Defiance (Or Why I've Started Praying the Lord's Prayer Again)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2015 21:01


    Dr. Nicholas Perrin • Dean Perrin explores how he recently became convinced of the importance of regularly praying the Lord's prayer as a protest against reality as we know it and a call for God to usher in His superior reality through the actualization of the kingdom of God.

    The Problem of Random Events

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2015 31:31


    Dr. Terry Perciante • When turbulent events touch our lives, we may think that impactful phenomena are capricious, utterly random, and largely unpredictable. Recent mathematical experiments pointedly suggest that all random and chaotic behaviors are in fact deeply structured. Exposing the intricacies of underlying design in the midst of chaotic phenomena is a problem of human detection especially when virulent preconceptions impede our vision.

    The Problem of Random Events

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2015 31:32


    Dr. Terry Perciante • When turbulent events touch our lives, we may think that impactful phenomena are capricious, utterly random, and largely unpredictable. Recent mathematical experiments pointedly suggest that all random and chaotic behaviors are in fact deeply structured. Exposing the intricacies of underlying design in the midst of chaotic phenomena is a problem of human detection especially when virulent preconceptions impede our vision.

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