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  • SEBTS Spring Lecture - John H. Westerhoff, III March 19, 1981

    Description:
    John H. Westerhoff was Professor of Religion and Education at Duke University and an Episcopal priest. The service begins with organ music (0:00:00-0:06:10). The speaker reads from the Scriptures and gives a word of prayer (0:06:11-0:07:29). John H. Westerhoff is introduced as the Spring Lecturer (0:07:30-0:09:17). Westerhoff begins his lecture by thanking God for everyone, and he introduces his topic of the process of education for catechetics (0:09:18-0:14:56). He believes that education should be modeled after a journey or pilgrimage with the right understanding of conversion and nurturing (0:14:57-0:20:05). Westerhoff begins with conversion, and he defines it as the opening of a new way of seeing the world and an ongoing process (0:20:06-0:37:12). Westerhoff speaks at length of remembering baptism and our perfection in Christ, and he argues that the gospel begins with grace and faithful living, not sin (0:37:13-1:00:55). The service ends with a benediction (1:00:56-1:01:31).
    Subject:
    Baptism and church membership, Conversion, and Grace (Theology)
    Creator:
    Westerhoff, John H., III, 1933- and Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
    Location:
    Wake Forest (N.C.)
    Language:
    English
    Date Created:
    March 19, 1981
    Resource type:
    Audio and Text
    Identifier:
    SEBTS_Spring_Lecture_John_H_Westerhoff_III_1981-03-19

  • SEBTS Spring Lecture - John H. Westerhoff, III March 18, 1981

    Description:
    John H. Westerhoff was Professor of Religion and Education at Duke University and an Episcopal priest. The service begins with a reading from John 1 and a word of prayer (00:00-01:20). John H. Westerhoff, III is introduced as the Spring Lecturer (01:21-02:48). Westerhoff begins his lecture by stating his addressing issues of the context and process of catechetics, and he addresses the issue of faith as perception (02:49-14:36). Westeroff’s first point is faith, and its perception is tied to the community (14:37-21:49). Westerhoff second point is about the community of faith, and the five criteria of community are a common memory, common vision, common rituals, common norms, and common life together (21:50-44:30). Westerhoff concludes his lecture with a story of a baptism in a church in Latin America (44:31-49:59). The service ends with a word of prayer (50:00-50:31).
    Subject:
    Faith, Community organization, and Catechisms
    Creator:
    Westerhoff, John H., III, 1933- and Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
    Location:
    Wake Forest (N.C.)
    Language:
    English
    Date Created:
    March 18, 1981
    Resource type:
    Audio and Text
    Identifier:
    SEBTS_Spring_Lecture_John_H_Westerhoff_III_1981-03-18