Wesley Biblical Seminary Academics

Faculty Speakers Bureau

The Faculty and Administration of Wesley Biblical Seminary offer teaching workshops, lectures, or seminars on a wide range of topics and themes that have captured their attention within their fields of study. They have designed these presentations specifically for local churches, church conferences, or clergy/lay leadership development.

Below is a list of the available speakers with a line-up of current topics. If you are interested in a speaker or topic, make direct contact with that person to discuss scheduling availability, speaker's fee and expenses, resources, and other pertinent information.

Click a speaker's name to see their list of topics and find out how to contact them.

Steve Blakemore

Assistant Professor of Philosophy
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Topics:

  • Understanding Unbelief: Why Don't People Believe in God and What Can We Do?
  • The Worldview of Young Adults: Why Young Adults Walk Away from a Faith they Never Grasped
  • The Authority of Scripture: Why the Bible Still Matters in the 21st Century
  • Faith and Science: Why Science Needs Christianity and Christianity Needs Science
  • Biblical theology & current affairs: I John as a Guide for 21st century Spirituality in the Church
  • What Has Jesus Done for You Lately: Understanding the Incarnation and Atonement
  • Why Should We Worry about Doctrine?
  • Sexuality and the Image of God: Monogamy, Marriage, Homosexuality and the Christian Tradition
  • What Does It Mean to be the Church?
  • Loving, Confident Faith: Evidences for the Truth of Christianity
  • How to think like a Christian
  • Topics in Christian Ethics
  • Stem Cell Research
  • War & Peace
  • Inter-religious conflict
  • What is Social Justice?

Dan Burnett

Director of Library Services / Assistant Professor of Pastoral Ministry
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Topics:

  • John Wesley and the Power of Aldersgate: Lessons in Dynamic Holiness and Cultural Transformation

Ray Easley

Vice President for Academic Affairs / Prof. of Pastoral Ministry
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Topics:

  • Paul's Letter to the Philippians: Adopting a Christ-like Attitude
  • Death of Christendom: Tracing the Rise and Fall of Christendom in the midst of the Triumph of Christianity
  • Four Lessons from Revelation: Introduction & Overview; Sequence & Symbols, Numbers, and Images; Worship: Two Trinities & Two Cities; The Seals, Trumpets, and Bowls
  • A Five-Point Agenda for Today's Church from the Book of Revelation: Suffering, Conflict, Worship, Fellowship, and Restoration
  • Five Purposes of the Church: Share, Teach, Adore, Reach, Touch
  • Discovering your S.H.A.P.E.: Learning More About Yourself for Effective Service
  • Trends in Global Christianity: Understanding Our Times and Opportunities
  • Effective Teaching of Adults: Teaching with Style
  • Healthy Churches: Understanding Eight Qualities of Natural Church Development

Sandra Richter

Professor of Old Testament
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Topics:

  • God's Original and Final Intent for Humanity
  • Israelite society and the concept of Redemption

Steve Tsoukalas

Assistant Professor of Apologetics and Christian Thought
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Topics:

  • Introduction to the Cults: Definitions, Descriptions and Popular Doctrines
  • Introduction to the Jehovah's Witnesses: Understanding Basic Beliefs and Ways of Responding
  • Introduction to Mormonism: Understanding Basic Beliefs and Ways of Responding

Bill Ury

Professor of Systematic and Historical Theology
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Topics:

  • Basic Theology 101: Loving God with Our All
  • Turning Points in Christian History
  • Forgiveness from the Heart
  • The Importance of an Inerrant Word for a Thinking Church
  • The Trinity and the Regular Christian
  • Jesus: The Only Thing That Has Ever Really Happened
  • The Relationship between the Incarnation and the Atonement
  • Understanding the Atonement
  • The Image of God - Being a Real Person in an Unreal World
  • Why Holiness Really Matters?
  • Whatever Happened to Entire Sanctification?
  • Last Things: How Not to be Afraid of the Future!
  • What We Don't Talk About in Church: Death
  • What We Don't Talk About in Church: Sex
  • John Wesley's Theology in a Nutshell
  • How to Study the Bible
  • Why "Dogma" Should Not be a Dirty Word
  • Is the Doctrine of Creation Important?
  • Can a Christian Live in Sin?
  • How Can I Have the Mind of Christ?
  • Open to any other theological issues requested