Reasons for Believing
Knowing What You Believe...Believing What You Know
Thi
s summer the Ockenga Institute has dedicated its Summer Conference to wrestle with the hard questions you face everyday. Come be a part of an event designed to offer an apologetics for a new era.
Join three renowned Christian apologists and outstanding workshop leaders as we explore ways in which the church can engage our culture in new ways.
The Marshall Hudson Summer ConferenceMarshall A. Hudson founded the World Wide Baraca Philathea Bible Union in 1896. This para-church organization was designed to develop greater knowledge and practical application of Scripture in young men and women. This conference is dedicated in Hudson's honor to the continual development of strong Christian leaders.
Stuart McAllister is Vice President for Training and Special Projects at Ravi Zacharias International Ministries� international headquarters in Atlanta. Born in Scotland, the desire to serve the Lord and to deepen his understanding of the faith led him to Operation Mobilization in 1978. OM sent him to Yugoslavia where he was imprisoned for forty days for distributing Christian literature. Undeterred, he continued to preach the Gospel in communist countries, resulting in several more imprisonments. He is a frequent contributor to A Slice of Infinity, RZIM�s daily reading on issues of apologetics and philosophy, as well as Just Thinking, the ministry�s tri-annual journal. He has also published articles in the books Beyond Opinion (Thomas Nelson Publishing, 2007) and Global Missiology for the 21st Century (World Evangelical Fellowship, 2000).
For more on Stuart at RZIM Ministries, click here.
Mike Licona is the Apologetics Coordinator at the North American Mission Board. He was interviewed by Lee Strobel in his book The Case for the Real Jesus and appeared in Strobel�s video The Case for Christ. Mike has a Ph.D. in New Testament Studies (University of Pretoria), which he completed with distinction. He is the author of Paul Meets Muhammad (Baker, 2006) and co-author with Gary Habermas of the award-winning book The Case for the Resurrection of Jesus (Kregel, 2004). He is a member of the Evangelical Philosophical Society, the Institute for Biblical Research, and the Society of Biblical Literature. Mike is a frequent speaker on university campuses, at churches, and conferences, and has appeared on dozens of radio and television programs.
For more on Mike and his apologetics ministry, visit www.risenjesus.com
Patrick Smith is Assistant Professor of Theology and Philosophy at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. He serves on the National Executive Committee for the Evangelical Philosophical Society and was a member of the steering committee for the 2009 �Earnestly Contending� New England Apologetics Institute. He has given numerous talks, sermons, seminars, and professional presentations on issues in Christian apologetics, theology, moral philosophy, clinical ethics, philosophy of religion, and bioethics at professional meetings, national and regional conferences, in various health care organizations, in churches, on radio, and college and university campuses.
For more on Patrick and GCTS, click here.
