Midwestern Seminary at ETS
Midwestern Seminary faculty and Ph.D. students will be represented in 25+ sessions at the 77th annual meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society held on November 18-20 in Boston, Massachusetts. Seminary representatives will present scholarly papers and moderate sessions on the theme of this year’s meeting, “Celebrating Nicaea: 1700th Anniversary of the Council of Nicaea.”
Scroll down to learn more about the papers being presented by MBTS faculty, Ph.D. students, and graduates at this year’s annual meeting.
Tuesday, Nov. 18th
| Session Time | Speaker | Topic |
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9:00–9:40 AM |
Andrew King | Married with Children: Adoption in Hosea’s Initial Sign Act |
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9:00–9:40 AM |
Samad Hashmi | A Philosophical Critique of Tawhīd: How Nicene Trinitarianism Solves Perennial Muslim Conundrums |
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09:00–09:40 AM |
Diego Castro | The Liberating Christ in Luke 4:18-19: Christological and Social Implications in Latin America |
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10:40–11:20 AM |
John Meade | Biblia Hebraica Quinta Job and the Greek Editions of Job |
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10:40–11:20 AM |
Patrick Schreiner | Panel Discussion: “AI Use Cases: Practical Applications for Scholars” |
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11:30–12:10 PM |
Patrick Schreiner | Panel Discussion: “The Perils and Possibilities of AI for Academics” |
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11:30–12:10 PM |
Jason Duesing | “For the Good of the Churches: The Formation of Confessions of Faith in the Baptist Tradition” |
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04:00–04:40 PM |
Jared Bumpers | On Beard Trimming and Cattle Breeding: An Evangelical Approach to Preaching Old Testament Law |
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04:00–04:40 PM |
Michael Brooks | Between Sectarian and Secular: Calvinism, the New Divinity, and the 19th Century Baptist Academia |
Wednesday, Nov. 19th
| Session Time | Speaker | Topic |
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08:30–9:10 AM |
Geoffrey Chang | “A Clear and Distinct Declaration of our Principles”: C. H. Spurgeon’s Use of Confessions |
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08:30–9:10 AM |
Timothy Haupt | “You Say You Want a Revolution?”: John Bunyan, Isaac Backus, and the Theology of Revolution |
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08:30–9:10 AM |
Chris Trousdale | Matthew’s Eunuch’s: A Response to “Trans” Interpretations of Matthew 19:12 |
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08:30–09:10 AM |
Daniel Graham | Context in Translation: The Benefit of Discourse Analysis for Studying LXX Translation Technique |
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09:50–10:20 AM |
Patrick Schreiner | Recovering a Medieval Mind: The Philosophy of Language Behind the Fourfold Sense |
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03:00–03:40 PM |
Adam Wiggins | God, Christ, and the Many Sons: A Linguistic Analysis of Sonship in Hebrews 2 and 12 |
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03:00–03:40 PM |
Sung Jin Park | Unequal Penalties? A Study of Judicial Disparities in Deuteronomy 22:13–21 |
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03:50–04:30 PM |
James Lehman | A Holy and Wholly Christian Church: Ecclesiological Implications of Chrysostom’s Exegesis |
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03:50–04:30 PM |
Peter Gurry | The Place for Textual Criticism in a Systematic Theology |
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04:40–05:20 PM |
Miranda Renfro | Ḥesed and Halakhah: Jesus’ Correction of the Pharisaic Understanding of Ḥesed in Matthew 9:9-13 |
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04:40–05:20 PM |
Thorvald Madsen | “Everyone Will be Salted with Fire”: Mark 9:49-50 and the Risk of Persecution |
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05:30–06:10 PM |
Mason Ballard | Retrieving Catholicity: Engaging and Extending the Evangelical Baptist Project |
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05:30–06:10 PM |
Matthew Tabke | The Impact of Deuteronomy 26:1-11 on Biblical Theology |
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05:30–06:10 PM |
Todd R. Chipman | The Upper Room: A Peaceful Dwelling for Systematic and Biblical Theologians |
Thursday, Nov. 20th
| Session Time | Speaker | Topic |
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01:00–01:40 PM |
Timothy Hare | Trees & Covenants: The Significance of Trees & Tree Imagery within the Old Testament Covenants |
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01:00–01:40 PM |
Samuel Pirrotta | A Thomistic Metaphysical and Biblical Case for Gendered Souls |
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01:50–02:30 PM |
Jason G. Duesing | Clarity from Controversy: The Context & Content of the 1st English Baptist Confession Reexamined |
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01:50–02:30 PM |
Wesley G. Pastor | Shepherding through a New Creation Anthropology |
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02:40–03:20 PM |
Lucas Whitson | A Nicene Lens for an Ephesian Problem: A Re-Examination of Οὐρανός in Ephesians |
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02:40–03:20 PM |
Christopher Green | Classical Roots, Baptist Branches: The Philosophical Theology of John Gill |
