Fri-Sat, April 27-28:

“Getting to Know
 the Church Fathers”

   Dr. Christopher A. Hall
   Professor of Biblical and
      Theological Studies
   Eastern University

The Lectures

Friday Night (7:00 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.)

Lecture 1: “Who Are the Church Fathers?”
Lecture 2: “The Eight Great Doctors of the Church”

Saturday Morning (9:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.)

Lecture 3: “Reading Scripture with the Church Fathers”
Lecture 4: “The Church Fathers and Today's World”

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Lecture Materials & Links

• Handouts (pdf)
• The Listener's Bible
• Christian History & Biography Magazine
• Christian Classics Ethereal Library---Writings of the Church Fathers

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Promotional Materials

Please use these materials to help promote this event:

• Poster
• Half-Page Bulletin Insert
• Text Blurb

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Selected Books by Prof. Hall

       

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The Speaker

Dr. Christopher A. Hall is provost of Eastern University and dean of the Templeton Honors College, St. Davids, Pennsylvania. Dr. Hall's degrees include:

• BA in history (UCLA),
• MA in biblical studies (Fuller Theological Seminary),
• Th.M. (Regent College, Vancouver, B.C.),
• M.Phil. (Drew University), and
• Ph.D. (Systematic and Historical Theology, Drew University).

Dr. Hall has served in the pastorate overseas (France, 5 years) and in Canada (British Columbia, 2 years). He also served as Director of Pastoral Care at New Jersey's only state gero-psychiatric hospital. He has ministered in Asia, Africa, South America, Europe, the Middle-East, Canada, and the United States.

Dr. Hall is author and editor of a number of books including:

• Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture: The Gospel of Mark, with Thomas C. Oden,
• Reading Scripture with the Church Fathers,
• Realized Religion: Research on Religion and Health, with Theodore Chamberlain,
• Ancient and Postmodern Christianity, with Kenneth Tanner,
• Learning Theology with the Church Fathers,
• The Trinity with Roger Olson, and
• Does God Have a Future: A Debate on Divine Providence, with John Sanders.

He has also authored Making Room for God: Spiritual Formation for Christian Leaders with Dr. David Fraser, a modularized audio and print curriculum recently adopted by the Christian College Coalition.

Dr. Hall is an editor-at-large for Christianity Today, is associate editor of the Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture series, and has published articles and reviews in Christianity Today, Catalyst, Christian History, inMinistry, Books and Culture, Christian Scholars Review, Modern Theology, and Crux.

Dr. Hall is a member of the Episcopal Church (Anglican), and is married. He and his wife Debbie have three children, Nathan (27), Nathalie (24), and Joshua (18).

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Location

Peninsula Bible Church
3505 Middlefield Rd
Palo Alto, CA 94306

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