The title of my presentation is Love Wins: Evangelical Universalism in the Churches of Christ. I'll be presenting on Thursday (8:30) and Friday (8:30) in Stauffer Chapel.
Joking aside, I'm hoping for a fruitful conversation. We'll see how it goes. For my part, I'm less interested in offering an apology for universal reconciliation than discussing why this generation is asking hard questions about the traditional account of hell and what an evangelical-style universalism would have to accomplish--theologically speaking--to become a minority voice within the Churches of Christ.
Also, on Tuesday night (9:00 to 10:00 in Raitt Recital Hall) my friend (and frequent theological consultant) Mark Love and I will be having a dialog entitled "A Psychologist and a Theologian Walk Into a...". The conversation should be pretty wide ranging, focusing a lot on our respective theological journeys and locations where psychology and theology can connect in ways that might benefit the church.
The theme for the lectures overall, as you can see from the picture, is the book of Revelation. I've suggested to my friend Mike Cope, director of the lectures, that we need to have a costume ball one evening, where we come dressed as characters from the book of Revelation. How awesome would that be!
I have this great Whore of Babylon costume that I've been working on for myself. Poor Jana has been perplexed about why I keep picking through her shoes...
