Harbor, Pepperdine Bible Lectures

Tim Willis - ”Ears to Hear: A Biblical Call for Genuine Faith”

Wed May 7, 2025 - 9:45 AM
Presenter(s): Tim Willis

Leonard Allen - ”Faithful Defiance (Part 1): A New Look at Marshall Keeble (1878-1968)”

Wed May 7, 2025 - 9:45 AM
Presenter(s): Leonard Allen

Fate Hagood - ”A Kingdom of Wheat & Weeds: An Exposition Of Matthew 13 (Part 1)”

Wed May 7, 2025 - 9:45 AM
Presenter(s): Fate Hagood

David Ayres - ”Holy Insignificance”

Wed May 7, 2025 - 9:45 AM
Presenter(s): David Ayres

Chris Goldman - ”Understanding John Mark Comer’s, ”Practicing the Way” (Part 1)”

Wed May 7, 2025 - 8:30 AM
Presenter(s): Chris Goldman

Dee Dee Mayer and Dan Burgess - ”Becoming a Church that Heals”

Wed May 7, 2025 - 8:30 AM
Presenter(s): Dee Dee Mayer, Dan Burgess

Join us for an honest conversation about the state of ministry in our world today. Our churches are filled with real people struggling with real issues that impact lives and families. In this session you will learn a strategy for promoting an environment in the local church for healing and restoration. You will hear about the implementation of RelateStrong at the Landmark church of Christ and how it has helped them to walk alongside hurting people in their congregation and community.

Rubel Shelly - ”I Just Want to be a Christian (Part 1): A 40-Year Retrospective”

Wed May 7, 2025 - 8:30 AM
Presenter(s): Rubel Shelly

Don McGlaughlin - ”Shouting from the Rooftop: What Progessives Get Wrong About Conservatives and How to Get it Right”

Wed May 7, 2025 - 8:30 AM
Presenter(s): Don McGlaughlin

Tim Spivey - ”Dancing on Eggshells: 6 Truths the Tomorrow’s Church Must Recommit to Today (Part 1)”

Wed May 7, 2025 - 8:30 AM
Presenter(s): Tim Spivey

Contrary to popular belief, the next generation is hungry for missional and doctrinal clarity. This class encourages the church to be bold in claiming these six, "touchy," biblical truths in providing a firm foundation for tomorrow's church.

Russell Heil - ”Jesus and Justice”

Tue May 6, 2025 - 8:45 PM
Presenter(s): Russell Heil

Modern slavery. Human trafficking. Violence against the poor. What does the work of justice look like for the church today? Informed by the insights of the International Justice Mission, we will examine how our faith intersects with the realities of injustice and the church's mission in dismantling oppressive structures. Come participate in a thought-provoking discussion on human rights and practical steps of faith to embody Christ's message of love. We will conclude with a reflective practice of stillness, allowing us to listen for divine inspiration as we recommit to justice in the Kingdom.

Bobby Valentine - ”YHWH MALAK Part 1: God is King as Creator”

Tue May 6, 2025 - 8:45 PM
Presenter(s): Bobby Valentine

YHWH MALAK: Yahweh and God’s Kingdom in the Old Testament. When Jesus appeared preaching the “kingdom of God,” his fellow Jews did not ask what that meant. These classes will look at the overlooked teaching of God’s kingdom in the Old Testament.

Shon Smith - ”The Time is Now: Embracing The Kingdom”

Tue May 6, 2025 - 7:00 PM
Presenter(s): Shon Smith

The Next Generation Speaks - Jeff Walling, NextGen Ambassadors

Teachers:
Jeff Walling, NextGen Ambassadors

Worship Leader:
Won by One

Spurring One Another on in Every Conversation Toward Love and Good Deeds - Kim and Scott Lambert

Did you know that there are four simple elements that make a good conversation great? Join Scott and Kim Lambert as they explore Hebrews 10:24 and share Heather Hollerman’s four mindsets that everyone should consider when having a conversation. This class will have a practical hands-on element so come ready to participate!

Teachers:
Kim and Scott Lambert

Why Being Last in a World Trying to be First is the Way of Jesus. - Jeff Hubbard

Trophies. Promotions. Raises. Power. Authority. Honor. Credit... These are all things that the world around us values, pursues, and covets. This year we have yet another election cycle where individuals will be jockeying for votes, offices, and power. We can’t turn on the TV, listen to a podcast, get on a website, or even walk out our front door without being bombarded with the temptation to seek after the same type things. And yet… rather than grasp worldly power, fame, or authority Jesus actually shunned them. Instead he used words like humility, sacrifice, service, and submission. So how do we as Christians in the 21st century, follow the way of Jesus that teaches that an upside down ethic that teaches other first and us second? And how in the world do we get our churches to turn off the political pundits and spend more time living out the Greatest Commands and the Great Commission?

Teacher:
Jeff Hubbard

Preparing for Conversations About Sex with Young Adults - Dori Lansbach

Hosted by the Boone Center for the Family. Sex is a pervasive topic in our society and a very relevant issue for young adults. Statistics show dishearteningly high rates of unmarried young adults and teens are sexually active. Young adults need a safe place to talk about sexual issues, and they need adults in their lives who are willing to talk, listen, understand, and guide. There is so much in our culture that is untrue about sex. God has given us a beautiful gift in our sexuality, and we need to talk about how He does want us to use this gift. Join us as we discuss helpful ways to talk about sex in a way that young adults are likely to hear and understand.

Teacher:
Dori Lansbach

To Fear or Not to Fear? - Kindy DeLong

Jesus' teaching on fear and worry in Luke 12

Teacher:
Kindy DeLong

A Beautiful Resistance: Resilient Discipleship in a Secular Age - Jonathan Storment

Teacher:
Jonathan Storment

Spiritual Blind Spots - Brad Cox

How to be a leader in a valley of dry bones.

Teacher:
Brad Cox

Carrying Weariness - Ben Fike

Have the past few years left you not just tired, but weary? Me too! Let’s talk about it.

Teacher:
Ben Fike

Suffer Well... Hebrews 5:7-10 - Alvin Edington

"We must learn to suffer what we cannot evade; our life, like the harmony of the world, is composed of contrary things, and one part is no less necessary than the other." ~Michel de Montaigne In a world filled with suffering, one may feel it unfair or unnecessary to go through life's turmoils. Maybe it's a terminally ill loved one. Perhaps you feel that systemic conditions have unfairly burdened your life. Why did your marriage dissolve? How is it that your beautiful kids have turned to substance abuse? When will this grief stop? Is there a purpose in our pain? As believers, we must allow the Word to inform our worldview when the world around us makes no sense. In this session, we will look at what it means to Suffer Well.

Teacher:
Alvin Edington

Perspective for Those Who Wonder if They’ve Wasted Their Life - Jason Pagel

In a letter addressed to Robert Hooker in 1675, Isaac Newton wrote what became one of his most famous statements, “If I have seen further than others, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.” Whether we care to admit it or not, we are who we are due in large part to those who have come before us. Some of them we can picture. Others we can name, though having never seen their faces, even in a photograph. Then there are the rest, the majority, whose names and faces we never knew. Their impact endures in us even when we can’t remember them. It's humbling to think that one day we will be just like them…forgotten. But there is a name that will never be lost to the turning pages of history. It is the name that is above every other name.

Teacher:
Jason Pagel

Don’t Give Up: How COVID, a Flood, and a Family Trauma Nearly Took Me Out and how the Lord Held Me Together - Summer Morris

If you feel you have been put through the wringer and nearly given up and you would like to know you are not alone, join me as I share my story of falling and getting back up again.

Teacher:
Summer Morris

Love Your Enemies: Christian Faith and Political Violence (Part 2) - Victor McCracken

Is it possible for followers of Jesus to reconcile faith with the violence of war? In this class, Dr. Vic McCracken will lead attendees through an exploration of the Christian tradition, exploring the church's nonviolent witness as well as the development of the Christian just war tradition.

Teacher:
Victor McCracken

Knowing What You Are Getting Into: An Effective Pre-Membership Class - Buddy Bell

Come explore the benefits of having a required class before membership and how to conduct it.

Teacher:
Buddy Bell