This year’s keynote is Challenging Texts in Challenging Times. No one needs convincing that we are living in challenging times. Christians experience the divisions within the wider society as well as those unique to the church and in these conflicts, the Bible can be a balm that heals divisions or a spark that ignites discord. Adults know this from experience, young adults are beginning to do so, and children may yet experience this but certainly will with time. How do adults, who themselves experience the church and society’s divisions, teach the Bible to young people, so that they might receive its message of love and truth? How are young people to learn how to reject abuses of Scripture while also trust its life-giving message? In this talk Dr. Bo H. Lim will explore how we can teach the Scriptures and model its message to young people so that they might trust the Bible and reject falsehoods.

Questions? Reach out to Tiffany Acker at ackert@spu.edu