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