Thursday, March 17, 2011

FW: Online Apologetics Conference

FYI…

 

Feed: Cranach: The Blog of Veith
Posted on: Thursday, March 17, 2011 4:00 AM
Author: Gene Veith
Subject: Online Apologetics Conference

 

And speaking of Apologetics Conferences, here is one sponsored by Anthony Horvath at Athanatos Ministries.  It will be held completely online, April 7, 8, & 9.  The overall topic will be "Defending Christianity and God's Plan for Marriage, Family, and Life through Creative Arts such as Film and Literature."  I'll be the keynote speaker.  Here is the lineup:

Keynote:

 

Gene Edward Veith, Jr. Provost and Professor of Literature at Patrick Henry College, the Director of the Cranach Institute at Concordia Theological Seminary, and columnist for World Magazine.  Website.  Topic:  "Cultural Apologetics."

Plenaries:

Jason Jones, Co-executive producer of the award winning Bella and president of the Bella Hero Project and humanitarian project, I Am Whole Life

Dallas Jenkins, Producer/Director of Jenkins Entertainment (eg, What If and Though None Go With Me) "How to Convey the Christian Worldview To a Skeptical Audience"

Dick Rolfe,  CEO of the Dove Foundation "Using Hollywood to Win the World."

Dr. Angus Menuge, Concordia University Wisconsin.  "C. S. Lewis on Domesticated Living."

Dr. Ryan MacPherson, Bethany Lutheran College.  President of The Hausvater Project.  "The Biblical Model of Marriage."

Mikel Del Rosario, Apologeticsguy.com.  "Families Under Fire: Defending a Biblical view of Marriage and the Family through the Visual Arts."  Info

Mr. Anthony Horvath, Athanatos Christian Ministries, "The Enduring Impact of the Scopes Monkey Trial on Marriage, Family, and Life Issues."

1st Prize Winner of ACM's Christian Writing Contest.

Workshops

Glenn Jones, apologist.  "Hollywood, Lewis, and Planet Narnia: A Look At The First Three Films"

Holly Ordway, writer and professor. "Family-Friendly Fantasy? Questions of Morality in Twilight and Harry Potter."

Israel Wayne, writer and presenter.  "The Family Culture vs. Pop Culture."

Brian Auten, apologist.  "Tips and Secrets for Creating Apologetics Media Content"

Jamie Greening, pastor and author. "Family in the Trenches… a Pastor's Perspective."

Go to the site to sign up.  It only costs $30.

via Online Apologetics Conference: Casting a vision for promoting the Christian worldview through literature and the arts..


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