The New Testament and Economics Colloquium, 2014
The Land Center for Cultural Engagement,
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
Riley Center Rooms
237-39
Thursday Sept.
18:
8:00-8:30: Breakfast
8:30-8:45: Welcome: Craig Blaising, Executive Vice President and Provost, Professor of Theology
8:45-9:50: Session I: Klaus Issler, Talbot Theological Seminary
The Diversity of Method and Presuppositions in NT Interpretation of Economic
/ Commercial Factors with Illustrations
from Jesus’ Parable of the
Talents
(Matt 25:14-30).
9:50-10:05: Break
10:05-11:10: Session
II: Jim Hernando, Assemblies of God Theological Seminary
The Economic Substructure in the
Parables of Jesus: Implications and
Insights.
11:10-11:25: Break
11:25-12:30: Session III: Craig Blomberg,
Denver Seminary.
Redistribution of Wealth: A Socialist Anathema
or a Biblical Fundamental?
12:30-1:30: Lunch
1:30-2:35: Session IV: Ed
Noell, Westmont College.
Wealth,
Exchange, and the ‘Rights
of
the Poor’: New
Testament Teaching in
Light of Old Testament Conceptions
and Institutions.
2:35-2:50: Break
2:50-4:05: Session V: Terence Mournet, Ashland University.
Wealth
in Luke/Acts in Greco-Roman
Context.
4:05-4:20: Break
4:20-5:25: Session VI: James R. Wicker, Southwestern
Baptist Theological Seminary
An
Assarion for Your Thoughts: The Challenges
of Translating NT Numismatic Terms.
5:25-6:45: Dinner
6:45-7:50: Session VII: J. Brian Tucker, Moody Theological Seminary
The Jerusalem
Collection, Economic Inequality,
and
Human Flourishing: Redistribution of Money
or Relationships
of
Mutuality or Both?
Friday Sept. 19
8:00-8:30: Breakfast
8:30-8:45: Introductions and
Prayer: John Taylor
8:45-9:50: Session VIII: David
Kotter, Colorado Christian
University
The Distinction between Greed
and Self Interest in
the
Life and Letters of the
Apostle Paul.
9:50-10:05: Break
10:05-11:10: Session IX: John
W. Taylor, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
Labour of Love: The Theology
of Work in First and Second
Thessalonians.
11:10-11:25: Break
11:25-12:30: Session X: Tom Davis, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
Business Secrets of Paul of Tarsus.
12:30-1:30: Lunch
1:30-2:35: Session XI: Keith Reeves,
Azusa Pacific University
Show Me the Money: Romans
as a Fund-Raising Letter.
2:35-2:50: Break
2:50-4:05: Session XII: Aaron Kuecker,
LeTourneau University
Liturgical Economics in Philippi: Economic Practice in
Union
with
Christ.
4:05-4:20: Break
4:20-5:25: Session XIII: Round Table/Museum Visit/(Dead Sea Scrolls).
6:30 Dinner (off campus)
