{"id":11482,"date":"2018-09-26T19:10:28","date_gmt":"2018-09-27T01:10:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelink.harding.edu\/the-bison\/?p=11482"},"modified":"2019-10-17T19:07:08","modified_gmt":"2019-10-18T01:07:08","slug":"95-years-of-lectureship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelink.harding.edu\/the-bison\/2018\/09\/26\/95-years-of-lectureship\/","title":{"rendered":"95 years of Lectureship"},"content":{"rendered":"

Since the school\u2019s founding in 1924, the Harding community and friends have gathered to worship, fellowship, attend lectures and receive encouragement through Bible Lectureship. Harding\u2019s 95th annual Lectureship will take place Sept. 30 through Oct. 3, 2018. This year\u2019s theme is \u201cWritten in Stone: The Enduring Value of the Ten Commandments.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

Dan Williams<\/a>, Lectureship director and vice president of church relations, said the theme was chosen because it seems especially appropriate at this particular moment in our culture.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhether it is due to postmodernism, relativism or just plain political spin, the very concept of truth seems to be under attack,\u201d Williams said. \u201cThe Ten Commandments remind us that God has revealed some fundamental moral laws, that some things really are written in stone.\u201d<\/p>\n

This year, alumni, church leaders, friends and Harding affiliates come from all over the nation and world to attend over 160 presentations from more than 90 speakers who bring a variety of perspectives and experiences, according to Williams.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of our keynote speakers has been a soldier, a boxer and a bodyguard for Muhammad Ali before becoming a minister in Alaska,\u201d Williams said. \u201cI\u2019m looking forward to meeting him.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sophomore Carley Keller is also looking forward to the variety that Lectureship speakers bring to Harding.
\n\u201cI think it is beneficial for us to hear from speakers who aren\u2019t necessarily preachers, and in a different setting other than church services,\u201d Keller said.<\/p>\n

Keller attended Lectureship last year for class credit and plans on attending a few lectures this year as well.<\/p>\n

Dr. Laurie Diles<\/a>, a keynote speaker and associate professor of communication, said her favorite part of Lectureship is seeing friends who travel to Harding for the event.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s probably the best part of Lectureship for me,\u201d Diles said. \u201cIt\u2019s a family reunion with friends.\u201d<\/p>\n

Diles will be speaking for Ladies Day, a special event for the women attendees of Lectureship.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe same God who gave Ten Commandments that are almost impossible to keep is also reaching out for relationship with every one of us and is himself our reconciliation of our relationship with him,\u201d Diles said.<\/p>\n

She will be speaking on \u201cThe God of Reconciliation,\u201d Monday, Oct. 1, in Cone Chapel at 2 p.m.<\/p>\n

While many of the attendees are ministry and church leaders, students are encouraged to attend.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would encourage students to look at the schedule … and look for either speakers that they\u2019ve heard before who they liked or look for topics that they think will be challenging,\u201d Diles said.<\/p>\n

Diles also encourages students to attend lectures by their fellow students for student lectureships \u2014 to encourage their fellow classmates and learn something from them.<\/p>\n

According to Williams, there will be a student highlights brochure that lists various programs of interest to students specifically, including 10 musical performances, student lectures and several presentations.<\/p>\n

Starting Sept. 30, and continuing every morning until Oct. 3, there will be worship assemblies and a morning keynote address, followed by multiple lectures. For the full schedule and more information, visit harding.edu\/lectureships<\/a> or pick up a printed information packet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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