May 30-July 25
6pm-7:00pm
May 30-July 25
6pm-7:00pm
Many of us have doubts about the accuracy of our
Bible and why we should trust that it is actually God’s word.
With these common doubts in mind,
we invite you to join us to hear live interviews each Sunday night with an international team of Bible experts and learn how we got our Bibles.
In Person
First Presbyterian Church | South Charleston, Ohio
Seminar Schedule
May 30 | What is the Bible? | Robert Yarbrough
June 6 | Did the Bible exist before it was written? | David Wenham
June 13 | Who wrote the Old Testament? | Aaron W. White & Scott Redd
June 20 | Who wrote the New Testament? | Stanley Porter
June 27 | Who put the Bible together? Pete Gurry & John Meade
July 4 | No Meeting
July 11 | Why are there so many translations? | Paul R. House
July 18 | What were the early translations of the Bible? | Mark Strauss
July 25 | Are we still translating the Bible? | Don Grigorenko
Contributor Biographies
Robert Yarbrough, professor at Covenant Seminary in St. Louis and former President of The Evangelical Theological Society, is the author of many books including Clash of Visions: Populism and Elitism in New Testament Theology (Mentor, 2019), The Letters to Timothy and Titus in the Pillar New Testament Commentary series (Eerdmans, 2018),1–3 John (2008) in the Baker Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament series, which he co-edits (with Joshua Jipp). He is also co-editor (with Andreas Köstenberger) and authored the widely used textbook Engaging the New Testament (3rd ed. 2013) with Walter Elwell
David Wenham, long-time professor at Oxford (Wycliff Hall), did his doctoral research under F. F. Bruce at the University of Manchester. He is author of many books including From Good News to Gospels: What Did the First Christians Say about Jesus? (Eerdmans, 2018), Paul: Follower of Jesus or Founder of Christianity? (Eerdmans, 1995), Did Paul Get Jesus Right? The Gospel According to Paul (Lion, 2010).
Aaron W. White is author of several books, including, The Prophets Agree: The Function of the Twelve Prophets in Acts (Brill, 2020), and Who Created Christianity? Fresh Approaches to the Relationship Between Jesus and Paul (Hendrickson, 2020) with Craig Evans. He is currently writing a commentary on the book of Judges for Brill. White is the chair of the Luke-Acts steering committee and member of the Septuagint studies steering committee, both with the Evangelical Theological Society.
Scott Redd is the president and an associate professor of Old Testament at the Washington, D.C., campus of Reformed Theological Seminary. Redd did his doctoral dissertation in the Department of Semitic Language and Egyptian Languages and Literatures at the Catholic University of America and is author of many articles and a book called The Wholeness Imperative: How Christ Unifies Our Desires, Identity and Impact in the World (Christian Focus, 2018).
Stanley E. Porter is president, dean, professor of New Testament, and holder of the Roy A. Hope Chair in Christian Worldview at McMaster Divinity College, Hamilton, Ontario. He has authored numerous books, some including How We Got the New Testament: Text, Transmission, Translation (Baker, 2013), Constantine Tischendorf: The Life and Work of a 19th Century Bible Hunter, Including Constantine Tischendorf's When Were Our Gospels Written? (Bloomsbury, 2015).
Peter Gurry is a professor at Phoenix Seminary and co-founder of Text and Canon Institute. Gurry has authored several books including, Myths and Mistakes in New Testament Textual Criticism (co-edited with Elijah Hixson). (IVP, 2019), A New Approach to Textual Criticism: An Introduction to the Coherence-Based Genealogical Method (co-authored with Tommy Wasserman), (SBL Press/Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 2017).
John Meade is a professor at Phoenix Seminary and co-founder of Text and Canon Institute. Meade has published books that include, The Biblical Canon Lists from Early Christianity: Texts and Analysis. (Oxford University Press, 2018) (co-authored Edmon L. Gallagher).
Paul R. House is Professor of Divinity at Beeson Divinity School, and served as 2012 president of the Evangelical Theological Society. House is on the ESV translation committee and has published numerous works, including, Central Themes in Biblical Theology: Mapping Unity in Diversity (Baker, 2007), Old Testament Theology (IVP, 1998), and commentaries on 1 & 2 Kings, Isaiah, Lamentations, Daniel, and Zephaniah.
Mark Strauss, professor of the New Testament at Bethel Seminary in San Diego, is part of the NIV translation committee and former chair of the Luke-Acts Section at The Evangelical Theological Society. Strauss has published many works including, The Essential Bible Companion: Key Insights for Reading God's Word (Zondervan, 2006), and How to Read the Bible in Changing Times: Understanding and Applying God's Word Today (Baker, 2011).
Don Grigorenko is retired professor of theology and mission at Cedarville University, is active with the house church movements in Asia and developing curriculum to support its growth, and has researched topics including, culture research, hermeneutics, and non-Western theologies. He and his family served in South Asia.
Seminar Videos
Video links will be updated no later than Wednesday each week.