A senior Bible and ministry major, Bethany Moore came to Harding as a psychology major because she thought that would be a good way for her to get involved in church work. As she left for the summer after her freshman year, she felt God tell her to stop being scared.<\/p>\n
\u201cI always said if I was a guy I\u2019d be a preacher \u2013 if I was a boy I\u2019d be a preacher \u2013 and God was like, \u2018Hi, you don\u2019t actually think that I\u2019m telling you not to be one\u2019, and I was like \u2018good call\u2019,\u201d Moore said.<\/p>\n
During that summer Moore decided to switch her major to Bible and Ministry.<\/p>\n
\u201cI feel like God called me to do ministry, and he called me to be brave with my ministry,\u201d Moore said.<\/p>\n
After taking two preaching courses at Harding, Moore was nominated by her preaching professor, Dr. Philip Thompson, to speak at this year\u2019s lectureship.\u00a0 After she was nominated, Moore had to meet certain criteria, and then she was asked to speak.<\/p>\n
This year Moore plans to talk about the celebration of God, and discuss two ways God is involved with celebration.<\/p>\n
\u201cI will be looking at both a God who is celebratory, and us celebrating that celebratory God. That is something that he has commanded for us,\u201d Moore said. \u201cHe created a life, and he made rules for the Israelites to celebrate. We have lost a lot of that celebration, especially celebration in terms of communion.\u201d<\/p>\n
Moore would like to bring celebration back to communion and back into the community at Harding, as she has noticed a disconnect between the things Christians enjoy in life and in their faith.<\/p>\n
\u201cI feel like we have been taught systematically to stop enjoying our faith, and if you are having fun with it you\u2019re wrong,\u201d Moore said. \u201cI want to bring celebration and faith closer back together \u2013 the way I believe God intended them to be, so we can enjoy our faith and be happy.\u201d<\/p>\n
One thing that Moore would like for people to take away from her lecture is that being a Christian means that you can also enjoy the life that God gave you.<\/p>\n
\u201cPart of the reason I am a Christian is because it\u2019s a good time, and that\u2019s okay.\u201d Moore said. \u201cI think we should increase the positivity there and decrease the shame that comes with being happy and a Christian.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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