KANSAS CITY, Mo—Midwestern Seminary will be represented in 28 presentations at the 77th annual meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society in Boston, Massachusetts through various faculty members, graduates, and current Ph.D. students.
“I am grateful for another strong showing by Midwestern Seminary at this year’s ETS annual meeting,” said President Jason Allen. “It is always encouraging to see our faculty and students present papers at the annual and regional ETS meetings. Our representation continues to demonstrate that we are succeeding in producing scholar pastors and scholar teachers for the church.”
Commenting on the benefit of presenting a paper for doctoral students, Jason Duesing, provost of Midwestern Seminary, said, “This experience fortifies Ph.D. students as they seek to complete their program of study. It also provides further training in how to pursue evangelical scholarship—both to strengthen churches through the doctrinal formation of church leaders and to advance scholarship in specific areas that contribute to developing reliable resources for churches.”
Duesing went on to note that presenting at the Evangelical Theological Society provides all scholars the valuable benefit of sharing their research with peers and receiving constructive feedback.
The presentation times, names of presenters, and topics of each Midwestern Seminary representative taking part in the annual meeting can be seen below.
Tuesday, November 18
| Session Time | Speaker | Topic |
| 9:00–9:40 AM | Andrew King | Married with Children: Adoption in Hosea’s Initial Sign Act |
| 9:00–9:40 AM | Samad Hashmi | A Philosophical Critique of Tawhīd: How Nicene Trinitarianism Solves Perennial Muslim Conundrums |
| 9:00–9:40 AM | Diego Castro | The Liberating Christ in Luke 4:18-19: Christological and Social Implications in Latin America |
| 10:40–11:20 AM | John Meade | Biblia Hebraica Quinta Job and the Greek Editions of Job |
| 10:40–11:20 AM | Patrick Schreiner | Panel Discussion: “AI Use Cases: Practical Applications for Scholars” |
| 11:30 AM–12:10 PM | Patrick Schreiner | Panel Discussion: “The Perils and Possibilities of AI for Academics” |
| 11:30 AM–12:10 PM | Jason G. Duesing | For the Good of the Churches: The Formation of Confessions of Faith in the Baptist Tradition |
| 4:00–4:40 PM | Jared Bumpers | On Beard Trimming and Cattle Breeding: An Evangelical Approach to Preaching Old Testament Law |
Wednesday, November 19
| Session Time | Speaker | Topic |
| 8:30–9:10 AM | Geoffrey Chang | “A Clear and Distinct Declaration of our Principles”: C. H. Spurgeon’s Use of Confessions |
| 8:30–9:10 AM | Timothy Haupt | “You Say You Want a Revolution?”: John Bunyan, Isaac Backus, and the Theology of Revolution |
| 8:30–9:10 AM | Chris Trousdale | Matthew’s Eunuch’s: A Response to “Trans” Interpretations of Matthew 19:12 |
| 8:30–9:10 AM | Daniel Graham | Context in Translation: The Benefit of Discourse Analysis for Studying LXX Translation Technique |
| 9:50–10:20 AM | Patrick Schreiner | Recovering a Medieval Mind: The Philosophy of Language Behind the Fourfold Sense |
| 3:00–3:40 PM | Adam Wiggins | God, Christ, and the Many Sons: A Linguistic Analysis of Sonship in Hebrews 2 and 12 |
| 3:00–3:40 PM | Sung Jin Park | Unequal Penalties? A Study of Judicial Disparities in Deuteronomy 22:13–21 |
| 3:50–4:30 PM | James Lehman | A Holy and Wholly Christian Church: Ecclesiological Implications of Chrysostom’s Exegesis |
| 3:50–4:30 PM | Peter Gurry | The Place for Textual Criticism in a Systematic Theology |
| 4:40–5:20 PM | Miranda Renfro | Ḥesed and Halakhah: Jesus’ Correction of the Pharisaic Understanding of Ḥesed in Matthew 9:9–13 |
| 4:40–5:20 PM | Thorvald Madsen | “Everyone Will be Salted with Fire”: Mark 9:49–50 and the Risk of Persecution |
| 5:30–6:10 PM | Mason Ballard | Retrieving Catholicity: Engaging and Extending the Evangelical Baptist Project |
| 5:30–6:10 PM | Matthew Tabke | The Impact of Deuteronomy 26:1–11 on Biblical Theology |
| 5:30–6:10 PM | Todd R. Chipman | The Upper Room: A Peaceful Dwelling for Systematic and Biblical Theologians |
Thursday, November 21
| Session Time | Speaker | Topic |
| 1:00–1:40 PM | Timothy Hare | Trees & Covenants: The Significance of Trees & Tree Imagery within the Old Testament Covenants |
| 1:00–1:40 PM | Samuel Pirrotta | A Thomistic Metaphysical and Biblical Case for Gendered Souls |
| 1:50–2:30 PM | Jason G. Duesing | Clarity from Controversy: The Context & Content of the 1st English Baptist Confession Reexamined |
| 1:50–2:30 PM | Wesley G. Pastor | Shepherding through a New Creation Anthropology |
| 2:40–3:20 PM | Lucas Whitson | A Nicene Lens for an Ephesian Problem: A Re-Examination of Οὐρανός in Ephesians |
| 2:40–3:20 PM | Christopher Green | Classical Roots, Baptist Branches: The Philosophical Theology of John Gill |
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By Jonathan Lumley
