Spring Preaching Conference 2007
Preaching, Pain, and Pastoral Identity

8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
Calvin Seminary Chapel

This day long conference is aimed at what it means to proclaim "Christ crucified" from an awareness of what it means to be suffering, hurting, and wounded pastors and preachers.

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8:00 a.m.Check-in and coffee
8:30 - 9:30 a.m.Opening Worship
Cornelius Plantinga, Jr., preaching
9:45 - 10:45 a.m.Session One
Paul, the Cross, and the Crucified Preacher
Michael Knowles
10:45 - 11:10 a.m.Break
11:10 - 12:10 p.m.Session Two
Unredeeming Pain in the Pulpit
Ron Nydam
12:10 - 1:00 p.m.Lunch (in the Seminary Student Center)
1:00 - 2:00 p.m.Session Three
Treasure in Clay Jars: Preaching as Trouble and Grace
Michael Knowles
2:00 - 2:15 p.m.Break
2:15 - 3:15 p.m.Session Four and Wrap-Up
Redeeming Pain in the Pulpit
Ron Nydam
3:15 - 3:30 p.m.Closing Prayers

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Michael Knowles
Michael Knowles
As an ordained minister in the Anglican Church of Canada, Michael P. Knowles teaches courses at McMaster Divinity College in both Christian ministry and biblical studies in a way that integrates ministry application with sound biblical exegesis. He has published a study of Matthew's Gospel, as well as a number of adult education resources and scholarly articles. Dr. Knowles currently serves as Administrator of the D. Min. program.
 
Ron Nydam
Ron Nydam
Ron Nydam is professor of Pastoral Care at Calvin Theological Seminary. Ron's education and experience in psychotherapy and theology are the backdrop to his teaching. Rev. Nydam served as a pastor at Third Christian Reformed Church of Denver, Colorado for ten years and as the agency director of Pastoral Counseling for Denver for fourteen years. He is the author of Adoptees Come of Age: Living Within Two Families, and has a special interest in the study of relinquishment and adoption.

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