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News & Upcoming Events
Peter Jones in The Christian Science Monitor
Read Peter Jones' article
commenting on Eckhart Tolle's latest bestselling
book, "A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose" in
The Christian
Science Monitor >>
“Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed” National Movie Release
Martin Ban, WSC alumnus and PCA teaching
elder/pastor/church planter, has for the past several
years been involved with the production of “Expelled: No
Intelligence Allowed.” The movie explores issues of
evolutionism and intelligent design. For more
information, visit
www.expelledthemovie.com.
May 8,
2008, WSC Spanish Club Meeting
The Spanish Club of Westminster Seminary California
presents Associate Pastor Philip Hoadley (WSC alumnus) and
Senior Pastor Juan Arjona, from Mision Vida Nueva. They
will share their experiences with their Escondido ministry. The meeting will be at
12:45 in Classroom 1.This will be the last
presentation for the Spring semester.
April 5-May 10, 2008, Drs. Bergsma, Johnson, Julius Kim, and
Joel Kim at Mind for Missions in Los Angeles, CA
Drs. Derke Bergsma, Dennis E. Johnson, Julius J. Kim, and
Joel E. Kim are guest lecturers at Mind for Missions, a 10
week course focusing on missions. The course is open to the
public and will be held every Saturday from April to June.
Other speakers include WSC alumni.
More
information at www.mindformissions.wordpress.com >>
- April 5: His Story: Creation, Fall, Redemption, and
Consummation - Dr. Derke Bergsma
- April 26: Eschatology, Rapture, and the Kingdom -
Prof. Joel E. Kim
- May 3: Acts, Pentecost, and Missions - Dr. Dennis E.
Johnson
- May 10: Post-Acts: Evangelism in the 21st Century -
Dr. Julius J. Kim
May
16, 2008, Dr. Hywel R. Jones speaking at PRTS Commencement
Dr. Hywel R. Jones
will give the Commencement Address at
Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary's 2008
Commencement in Grand Rapids, MI.
May
17,
2008, The Annual Strimple Classic
On Saturday, May 17, WSC will host the annual Strimple
Classic, the end-of-Spring-semester celebration/softball
game that pits the graduating senior class and faculty
against the junior and middler students. This event is named after
Dr. Robert B. Strimple,
President Emeritus and Professor Emeritus of Systematic
Theology.
The game will be held at
Calvin Christian's softball field at 3 pm.
Afterwards, there will be a pig roast BBQ at the WSC
campus at 5:30pm. The time of fellowship and fun is open
to all students and familes; please
RSVP if you
plan to attend.
May
18, 2008, Dr. R. Scott Clark on WHI: "Selling Jesus"
Dr.
R. Scott Clark was a special guest at a live recording
of the
White Horse Inn in Oceanside, CA
on May 7. Co-host
Dr.
Michael S. Horton was joined by co-hosts: Ken Jones and Rod Rosenbladt.
The topic of the recording was "Selling Jesus: Consumerism &
Market Values in the Church" and will air on May 18.
For more information and topics >>
May 31, 2008, Commencement 2008
The Twenty-seventh Annual Commencement will be on May 31, 2008. This year's Commencement speaker will be Dr. R. C. Sproul.
Read more >>
June 6-8, 2008, Dr. Horton at
Southern California Reformed Fellowship Retreat
Dr. Michael S. Horton
is the featured speaker at the SCRF Summer Retreat at Mount
Kare Retreat Center outside Wrightwood, CA.
More information >>
June 11, 2008, Alumni & Friends Lunch at PCA GA
WSC alumni are invited to attend the WSC Alumni & Friends
Lunch during the PCA’s 36th General Assembly at the Dallas
Hyatt Regency at 12noon on June 11. Dr. Michael Horton will
be the guest speaker. To reserve your seat, contact
alumni@wscal.edu.
Recent Events
May
2-4, 2008, Dr. Horton at Clarus Conference with D. A. Carson
Dr. Michael S. Horton
wass a featured speaker at
Clarus, an
annual conference of Desert Springs Church in Albuquerque,
NM. The conference is dedicated to understanding the
Bible better, enlightening the church, and clarifying
difficult theological issues. This year's conference title
was "Galatians and the Problem of Self Justification."
More information at
www.desertspringschurch.org/clarus >>
April 30, 2008, Warfield Seminar with
Prof. Josh Van Ee
Prof. Josh Van Ee
made a presentation entitled "The Background of Isaiah
11:6-9: Myth or Curse?"
April 24-25, 2008, Drs. Estelle and VanDrunen at OPC Conference
Drs.
Bryan Estelle and
David VanDrunen were featured speakers at the OPC Timothy
Conference on April 24-25 in the WSC Chapel. The
purpose of the OPC Timothy Conference is to seek out and
encourage godly young Orthodox Presbyterian men to consider
the gifts God has given them and whether the Lord of the
church may be calling them to pursue the gospel ministry.
April 25-27, 2008,
President Godfrey at PCRT Dr.
W. Robert Godfrey
was a featured speaker at this year's Philadelphia
Conference on Reformed Theology. Dr. Godfrey delivered
two sessions: "Redeeming Blood" and "Offensive Blood."
More information
at www.alliancenet.org >>
April 22-23, 2008, Special Lectures by Dr.
Sean Michael Lucas
Dr. Sean Michael Lucas,
associate professor of Church
History at Covenant Theological Seminary (St. Louis, MO) and a
scholar of American Christianity, gave several lectures
at WSC.
Dr. Lucas has written and edited volumes on Dabney, Edwards,
and recently,
On Being Presbyterian.
March
20, 2008,
Dr. Michael S. Horton in USA Today Dr. Horton
comments: "People know what sin is; they just don't
believe in it anymore. We mix up happiness and holiness,
and God is no longer the reference point."
Read full article >>
WSC Sponsors
Calvin 500
Westminster Seminary California has joined as an official sponsor
for the 2009 Calvin Quincentenary, a celebration of the life and
work of the Genevan reformer which will culminate with conferences
in Europe and America in 2009. To read the entire news release click
here.
Recent Faculty Book Releases
Job
by Hywel R. JonesThe book of Job has been highly
spoken of by many, both inside the Christian church and out. Thomas
Carlyle, the nineteenth-century man of letters, wrote of it, ‘I call
it, apart from all theories about it, one of the grandest things
ever written with pen....There is nothing written, I think, in the
Bible or out of it, of euqal literary merit.‘ Martin Luther
described it as ‘magnificent and sublime as no other
book of Scripture.‘ As a part of Holy Scripture, it is
imbued with a far higher inspiration than any one of the
world‘s great classics...>>
Order today! Contact The Bookstore at WSC 760/735.2665 (735.BOOK) or order online.
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