Kingdom through Covenant
April 4-5, 2013
Join Drs. Peter Gentry and Steve Wellum as they teach Kingdom through Covenant on April 4-5, 2013 for one of our forthcoming Alumni Academy courses. This class will flow from their recently published work Kingdom through Covenant: A Biblical-Theological Understanding of the Covenants.
The class will be a study of the narrative plot structure of the Bible. According to Gentry and Wellum, the covenants form the backbone and framework of the biblical storyline and serve as the means by which God progressively brings about his kingdom through Jesus Christ. Therefore, this class will consist of a rigorous examination of the biblical covenants for the purpose of answering the question, “How do we understand the redemptive historical meta-narrative of the Bible?” Their proposal acknowledges the continuity that exists in the singularity of God’s plan, as well as the discontinuity that can be observed in the escalation that takes place through Scripture’s presentation of the covenants. For those interested in understanding the Bible–beginning to end, part to whole–this Alumni Academy will be immensely valuable.
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Peter J. Gentry
Professor of Old Testament Interpretation (1999)
Dr. Gentry comes to Southern with an expansive knowledge of biblical languages. He served on the faculty of Toronto Baptist Seminary and Bible College for 15 years and taught at the University of Toronto, Heritage Theological Seminary, and Tyndale Theological Seminary. Dr. Gentry is the author of many articles and book reviews, and has given presentations to groups, such as the International Organization for the Study of the Old Testament and the Society of Biblical Literature, of which he is also a member. He is currently editing Ecclesiastes and Proverbs for the Göttingen Septuagint Series and is giving leadership to the Hexapla Institute.
Stephen J. Wellum
Professor of Christian Theology (1999); Editor, the Southern Baptist Journal of Theology
Dr. Wellum comes to Southern from Associated Canadian Theological Schools and Northwest Baptist Theological College and Seminary where he taught theology since 1996. He has also served as a senior pastor and interim pastor in South Dakota and Kentucky as well as a conference speaker at various engagements in the U.S., Canada, and the United Kingdom. Dr. Wellum has written numerous journal articles and book reviews for various publications including the Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, Southern Baptist Journal of Theology, and the Reformation and Revival Journal. In addition, he has written articles and book chapters in The Believer’s Baptism and Holman Bible Dictionary, and Reclaiming the Center, Beyond the Bounds, and The Compromised Church. He is a member of the Evangelical Theological Society and the Evangelical Philosophical Society.
