The Mission of God in the Gospel of John

C. S. Lewis is widely regarded as one of the most important and accessible Christian writers of recent year. In this lecture, Professor Alister McGrath of Oxford University will speak on how Lewis can help us consolidate and develop our personal faith and resource the preaching and outreach of churches. How can Lewis encourage us and help us to grow in our faith, or even explain our faith to friends and family? How can Lewis help preachers and apologists communicate and commend Christianity? There is growing interest in Lewis as a resource for personal faith development and church outreach. In this lecture, Professor McGrath will explain why and point to ways in which Lewis can enrich the life of faith.

American culture has shifted dramatically in the last decade toward stances which are openly hostile to the Christian faith. Views now aggressively promoted in popular and journalistic media, flourished decades earlier only in elite liberal arts faculties. We need an elite generation of Christian academics to feature in tomorrow’s universities, ensuring that a gospel-centered voice informs every conversation.

Emanuel Tov explains that the Qumran scrolls were produced by highly trained scribes who followed consistent practices in layout, spelling, and correction, revealing an organized scribal culture rather than random copying. These scribal habits help scholars understand how biblical and non-biblical texts were transmitted and preserved in the Second Temple period.

Emanuel Tov explains that the Qumran scrolls were produced by highly trained scribes who followed consistent practices in layout, spelling, and correction, revealing an organized scribal culture rather than random copying. These scribal habits help scholars understand how biblical and non-biblical texts were transmitted and preserved in the Second Temple period.

C.S. Lewis has had a phenomenal impact on the reception of the Christian faith beyond his own lifetime. His writing on the Problem of Pain has been particularly meaningful for people struggling to reconcile a loving God with this pain filled world. In this session we will explore Lewis’ approach to suffering and ask what we can learn from it today and consider how to develop our own responses to the problem of evil and suffering that connect with the cultural moment we find ourselves in.