How do we begin creating an embodied, resonant performance of a text – one that invites a heartfelt connection between storyteller and listener? Through an intimate, sensory exploration of a story’s words and themes, its characters and their relationships, the storyteller draws the story closer to the personal, forming a profound bond between story and …
View course details “Speaking from the heart: Training from Rae Ellen Bodie, performance coach”

Gain an overview of the basic themes of Christian theology with reference to theological thinkers both from history and in our present day. With a focus on the connection between theology and a number of important areas of faith, we will explore eleven core theological themes: God; creation; the identity of Christ; the work of …
View course details “Christian Theology: An Introduction by Alister McGrath”

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Learn practical strategies that engage your own spirituality and backstory to craft an effective sermon without the stress. Reboot your preaching life & Rediscover the joy of Preaching. You wonder if there’s a better way to prepare your sermons. You’re tired of scrambling for a message at the last minute and then wondering if your message …
View course details “SERMON CAMP FOR PREACHERS”

8:15 a.m. Registration open (Location: lower atrium) 9 :00 a.m. Opening worship 9:15 a.m. Keynote: Dr. Lisa Sung – God’s Intentions for Humanity in Biblical-Theological Perspective: Why Cultivating Multiethnic Ministry Matters. 10:30 a.m. Coffee 10:45 a.m. Keynote: Rev. Daniel Im – Reaching Your Multi-Ethnic Community. 12:00 p.m. Lunch 12:45 p.m. Workshops: Workshop 1: Dr. Lisa …
View course details “Intersection: The Mission of God in an Intercultural World; Ambrose University Pastors Conference 2023”

The concept of heaven has played an important role in Christian thought since the earliest New Testament writings, and the Christian vision of Heaven has influenced the world. How do we intersect with this concept, starting with what we were taught and continuing through the sense-making we’ve done for ourselves around the idea of heaven? …
View course details “Heaven in the Theological Imagination”

This course delves into the mid-eighteenth-century Protestant evangelical revival in New England from the perspective of one of its major figures, Jonathan Edwards, pastor of Northampton, Massachusetts, an epicenter of transatlantic evangelical culture at the time. During the decade from 1734 to 1744, Edwards oversaw two “awakenings” in his congregation and participated in many other …
View course details “The Great Awakening-Era Sermons of Jonathan Edwards, 1734-1744”

This course will study the relation between faith in God and the capacities of human reason.  The main topics will be the relation between faith in God and morality, religious experience, the problem of evil, the nature of faith, the traditional proofs for the existence of God, miracles and science, immortality, and religious pluralism. In all …
View course details “Faith and Reason”

This week-long seminar, directed by Rebecca Konyndyk DeYoung, is designed for preachers, church and campus ministry leaders, professors and others dedicated to work that shapes worship. We will explore questions such as, Why does cultivating Christlike character matter for how we preach? How do virtues such as wisdom and love, humility and gratitude, hope and …
View course details “Does Your Character Preach?”

Theological education for everyone. Explore issues that matter to your faith and community with leading scholars and experienced practitioners. A variety of short courses, most or all available online.