Symposium

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The Presidential Symposium on
Christ-Centered Higher Education

Audio from the Symposium is now available. Click links below.

Tuesday, March 4, 2008

 
Donald Opitz

 Chapel:
“Leaning and Learning”
10:00 a.m., Zurcher Auditorium, MCA
Sometimes learning falls flat. Other times it really catches. Donald Opitz will connect with students on the common frustrations of college life. Drawing insights from Romans 12:1-2, he will present a vision for “academic faithfulness.” He will help us discover learning as an act of worship and explore what it means to be transformed by the renewing of our minds.
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
  Prayer Breakfast (optional)
7:45 a.m., Habecker Dining Commons Banquet Rooms
$6 at the door. Included in Huntington University student meal plan.


Mark Noll

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 Morning Worship and Plenary I: �
“Developing a Christ-Centered Mind”
9:00 a.m., Merillat Complex Field House
“Christian learning” is not a contradiction in terms. Mark Noll will unpack classical Christian thought, exploring the historic creeds as an orientation for modern scholarship. He will examine the Bible’s encouragement to take the life of learning seriously. Finally, Noll will provide practical examples of how how a classical and evangelical Christology can provide guidance for Christian learning. 
 
 Response to Plenary I
Workshops for Students, Staff, and Faculty
10:45 a.m., various locations

  • Student Workshop with Donald Opitz
    “Mind Love”
    Zurcher Auditorium, MCA
    Beginning with the Great Commandment (Mark 12:28-34), Donald Opitz will lead students in a discussion of “loving God with all our minds.” This workshop will examine faithfulness, giftedness and leadership. Students will be invited to talk together and to offer suggestions for pursuing academic faithfulness at Huntington University.
  • Staff Workshop with Stan Gaede�
    “The Christ-Centered Mind in Practice:�
    Learning to Serve (and Loving It)”
    Longaker Recital Hall, MCA
    Participants will explore the connection between developing a Christ-centered mind and the work of Christian university staff. Stan Gaede will facilitate open dialog about the related issues and concerns faced by Huntington University staff.
  • Faculty Workshop with Mark Noll and Duane Litfin
    Room 150, MCA
    Faculty are invited to discuss additional applications from Plenary I:
     - A principle of particularity as helpful for many disciplines
     - The atonement (as narrative) and scholarship
     - Christology and contingency as an orientation for science
     - Cross and Crown:  politics in its proper place
     
 
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Lunch
12::00 – 1:30 p.m., on your own
  
 » MP3 Audio Q&A with Mark Noll
1:45 p.m., Merillat Complex Field House
Dr. Noll will respond to questions submitted in advance.
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Duane Litfin

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 Plenary II:
“Becoming a Christ-Centered Community”
2:00 p.m., Merillat Complex Field HouseDuane Litfin will address fundamental questions underlying the catch-phrase, “Christ-centered learning.”  What difference does it make for our academic community that we claim the Lordship of Jesus Christ?  No difference? Some difference? Every difference in the world?  Christ-centeredness represents the highest of aspirations, but is it a valid aspiration for an academic institution? Should it even be attempted, and if so, what might it look like across the institution?
 
 

Application Workshops
Breakout Discussions for Students, Staff, and Faculty
3:15 p.m., various locationsAddress these questions:

  • How do the plenary messages apply to our department or team?
  • What are our strengths and weaknesses in Christ-centered thinking and practice?
  • How can we change to improve?

Click here for a list of Application Workshop groups, topics, and locations.
 


All-Campus Dinner
5:30 p.m., Habecker Dining Commons
 


Stan Gaede

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 Evening Worship and Plenary III:
“Living a Christ-Centered Life”
7:00 p.m., Merillat Complex Field HouseWhat does it mean to live the Christ-centered life?  We are told to love the Lord our God with all our heart, mind, soul and strength; and our neighbor, as ourselves.  But what does all this loving have to do with living?  And what do either one of them have to with learning?  “In our culture, these are reasonable questions,” says Stan Gaede. “But in Christ, they don’t make a lick of sense.  Why?  Because in Christ, we love to learn.  In Christ, we learn to live.  And in Christ, we live to love. Indeed, we can do no other.”
 
Thursday, March 6, 2008

 
Donald Opitz

 Chapel:
“One In Ten”
10:00 a.m., Zurcher Auditorium, MCAOf the ten lepers healed by Jesus in Luke 17:11-19, only one returned to offer thanks. In this special chapel, Donald Opitz will ask students to consider their own personal response to the Symposium. Students will be invited to imagine the next steps and concrete actions that they might take this semester and in coming semesters. Opitz will describe “the sociology of faithfulness“ and tell some stories about students who flew and a few who fell.

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