Harbor, Pepperdine Bible Lectures

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Bob and Liz Perez - ” The Soil I Live in: A Parable of the Kingdom” May 09, 2025

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Fri May 9, 2025 - 9:45 AM
Presenter(s): Bob & Liz Perez
Come and explore the Parable of the Sower from the perspective of the three gospels. Digging deeper into the scripture, we will tether back and forth between Matthew's focus on the soil, Mark's emphasis on the seed (the Sower), and Luke's take on perseverance. Thomas Long calls this "a 3-D reading of the gospels." Wow, so much to plow through. So, come with your 3-D lenses (metaphorically speaking) and ask God to open your heart to what He wants you to dig up during this experience. We hope you walk away asking, "What soil am I living in?"

John Alan Turner - ”The Five Problems Every Church Has” May 09, 2025

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Fri May 9, 2025 - 9:45 AM
Presenter(s): John Alan Turner

Alan and Sharon Beard - ”A Tale of Two Churches” May 09, 2025

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Fri May 9, 2025 - 9:45 AM
Presenter(s): Alan and Sharon Beard
A married couple serving as leaders of two churches share what they've learned about simultaneously investing in an aging legacy church of Christ while planting a new one on Pepperdine's campus.

Rudy Hagood - ”Kingdom Race: We Haven’t Won Until We Are All One” May 09, 2025

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Fri May 9, 2025 - 9:45 AM
Presenter(s): Rudy Hagood
This session will discuss what I call the four stages of racial integrity. Although we will be discussing unity, unity does not happen merely because we discuss it. Christian unity only happens when we are on mission. My friends, we haven’t won, until we are all ONE. Jesus made unity with us his mission. That is the only reason we are unified with Christ. “And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.” ~ John 1:14. We experience His grace and truth, because the Word (Christ) took the intentional step to dwell (tabernacle), with us. Jesus made residing and relating with us his mission. The truth just may be that the only way to be unified, is for us, like Christ, to make unity our mission as well. I fear that a lack of racial unity, is ultimately a lack Christian integrity. My hope is that we will all be ONE, showing that we have finally WON.

Scott Lambert - ”Four Decades of Conversations: What I Have Learned to Value the Most in a Life of Ministry” May 09, 2025

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Fri May 9, 2025 - 9:45 AM
Presenter(s): Scott Lambert

David Fraze - ”Help, I am Losing My Church Families to the World of Competitive Athletics!” May 09, 2025

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Fri May 9, 2025 - 9:45 AM
Presenter(s): David Fraze
If this title drew you in, this class is for you. There are great lessons learned from practicing in competitive sport. However, the benefit of these lessons can be replaced with damage caused by a lack of balance, reality, and common-sense practice from both adults and student athletes. Taken from the work of "Practice Wisdom for Families with Athletes: Winning Isn't the Ultimate Goal," Dr. Fraze will daw from his years in youth ministry and coaching to help church leaders and families better navigate and provide counsel for families journeying through the world of competitive athletics.