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L’Abri Rochester
by Rochester L’Abri
Here we explore life’s issues with our weekly speakers here at the Rochester L’Abri Community; aiming to give honest answers to honest questions from a Christian perspective.www.rochesterlabri.podbean.com
Episodes
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The Problem Of Dropping The Baton - Bob Yarbrough - 2017 Conference Highlights: The Power of God's Word to Transform Cultures
Phenomena of teachings or doctrines changing or not getting passed on to the next generation.
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The Ultimate "Triumph" of the Word of God in the Therapeutic Culture - Richard Winter - 2017 Conference Highlights: The Power of God's Word to Transform Cultures
Discusses history of psychology, comparing viewpoints and usefulness over against the Word of God.
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Proclaiming the Unpopluar - Timothy Padget -2017 Conference Highlights: The Power of God's Word to Transform Cultures
A look at those in evangelical history who boldly stood up against Racism.
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Who Wrote the Bible? The Concept of Authorship in the Old Testament and Ancient Near East - Dr Mark Chavalas - Friday Night Lectures - September 9, 2026
Who Wrote the Bible? The Concept of Authorship in the Old Testament and Ancient Near East Have you ever wondered why so many of the books of the Old Testament appear to be written by 'anonymous'? For example, Samuel died about halfway through the first book named after himself. Surely he did not...
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A Brief History of the Soul - Prof. (Dr) Charles Taliaferro - Friday Night Lectures - September 4, 2026
(Handout below the Blurb) A Brief History of the Soul We will look at the idea of the soul from ancient times to the present. Questions will be raised about the effort to banish the soul altogether in the name of contemporary science. A Christian account of soul-body integration will be defended....
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Leadership That Solves Problems: Seven Themes from Biblical Characters - Dr Bob Osburn - Friday Night Lectures - August 28, 2026
Leadership That Solves Problems: Seven Themes from Biblical Characters Christianity is far more than devotional super-spirituality; our proven capacity to shape imperfect leaders who craft solutions to intractable problems is one of our greatest apologetics. Recently, an international team...
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Holding onto our Humanity in the Age of the Machine - Daniel Miller - Friday Night Lectures - August 21, 2026
Holding onto our Humanity in the Age of the Machine It's been said that there is nothing new under the sun, but every era in history certainly has its own flavor. Now that nearly all of us have steady interactions with screens, social media and artificial intelligence, we find ourselves in the...
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Christian Wisdom for the Age of AI - AJ Poelarends - Friday Night Lectures - August 14, 2026
Christian Wisdom for the Age of AI There is not a day that passes without another announcement or news item about AI. We encounter it at our workplaces (where we are often encouraged to adopt it), when we go online and are presented with AI summaries of our searches, and in our schools and...
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Contemplative Prayer: an Evaluation of Centering Prayer - Imogen Lowe - Friday Night Lectures - August 7, 2026
Contemplative Prayer: An evaluation of Centering Prayer Centering prayer is a contemplative prayer practice developed in the 1970s, drawing on earlier Christian contemplative traditions. Whilst it falls under the broader category of contemplative prayer, it is distinctive for its similarities to...
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Blaise Pascal’s Case for Christianity - Douglas Groothuis, Ph.D. - Friday Night Lectures - July 24, 2026
(Douglas Groothuis, Ph.D. Syllabus is below) Pascal's Apologetic Blaise Pascal is a rich resource on apologetics. We will look at his famous wager argument, along with his argument that Christianity best explains human nature. Douglas Groothuis is Distinguished Professor of Apologetics at...
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L'Abri 101: The Lordship of Christ Over ALL of Life - Greg Jesson & Jock McGregor - Friday Night Lecture - July 3, 2026
L'Abri 101 The Lordship of Christ over ALL of Life This Summer we are trying something new! We are beginning our Summer series of lectures with a short five-week course on the essentials of L'Abri teaching, what we sometimes refer to as the 'Five Themes of L'Abri'. Each Friday, Greg Jesson and…
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L'Abri 101: The Humanness of Spirituality - Greg Jesson & Jock McGregor - Friday Night Lecture - June 26, 2026
L'Abri 101: The Humanness of Spirituality (Lecture Syllabus follows the Blurb.) This Summer we are trying something new! We are beginning our Summer series of lectures with a short five-week course on the essentials of L'Abri teaching, what we sometimes refer to as the 'Five Themes of L'Abri'.…
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L'Abri 101: Living in the Shadow of the Fall. Greg Jesson & Jock McGregor - Friday Night Lecture - June 19, 2026
(Handout from Greg Jesson follows below) L'Abri 101: Living in the Shadow of the Fall This Summer we are trying something new! We are beginning our Summer series of lectures with a short five-week course on the essentials of L'Abri teaching, what we sometimes refer to as the 'Five Themes of...
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L'Abri 101: The Reality of the Supernatural - Greg Jesson & Jock McGregor - Friday Night Lecture - June 12, 2026
(Lecture Syllabus follows the Blurb.) L'Abri 101: The Reality of the Supernatural This Summer we are trying something new! We are beginning our Summer series of lectures with a short five-week course on the essentials of L'Abri teaching, what we sometimes refer to as the 'Five Themes of L'Abri'....
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L'Abri 101: The Christian Faith as Truth - Greg Jesson & Jock McGregor - Friday Night Lecture - June 5, 2026
L'Abri 101: The Christian Faith as Truth We have a short five-week course on the essentials of L'Abri teaching, what we sometimes refer to as the 'Five Themes of L'Abri'. Each Friday, Greg Jesson and Jock McGregor will co-teach one of these themes. For those of you who have wondered about what...
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Christian Faith As Truth
L'Abri 101: The Christian Faith as Truth We have a short five-week course on the essentials of L'Abri teaching, what we sometimes refer to as the 'Five Themes of L'Abri'. Each Friday, Greg Jesson and Jock McGregor will co-teach one of these themes. For those of you who have wondered about what...
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Science and Biblical Authority - Hans Madueme - 2017 Rochester L'Abri Conference
7641-ScienceAndBiblicalAuthority-HansMadueme from the 2017 Rochester L'Abri Conference - The Power of God to Transform Lives Science and Biblical Authority Assessments and reaction to "The fact is science has been instrumental in shaping the development of Christian doctrine" Also included: An...
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Christianity in the Public Square - Greg Grooms - 2017 Rochester L'Abri Conference
7640 Christianity in the Public Square by Greg Grooms 2017 Rochester L'Abri Conference - The Power of God to Transform Lives Greg Grooms discusses 5 "gameplans", or sub-worldviews, for how Christians interact with the non-Christian world. (Salt and Light)
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The Transformative Power of Art: Music. Margie Haack - 2017 Rochester L'Abri Conference
The Transformative Power of Art: Music - Margie Haack - With Denis Haack, and featuring Karen Choi Interview and Music. Lecture from 2017 L'ABRI Rochester Conference - The Power of God's Word to Transform Cultures https://www.rochesterlabriconferences.org Ransom Fellowship's Karen Choi Blog post...
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Transformation of the City: Lessons from Utrecht. - Wim Rietkerk - 2017 Conference Highlights: The Power of God's Word to Transform Cultures
Transformation of the City: Lessons from Utrecht. - Wim Rietkerk - 2017 Conference Highlights: The Power of God's Word to Transform Cultures The lecture is From the 2017 Rochester L'Abri Conference; the speaker is from Dutch L'Abri In 1971, Wim and Greta helped found the Dutch L’Abri. Since then...
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Cultural Transformation: A Proposed Model - Bob Osburn - 2017 Conference Highlights: The Power of God's Word to Transform Cultures
Cultural Transformation: A Proposed Model - Bob Osburn - 2017 Conference Highlights: The Power of God's Word to Transform Cultures A Senior Fellow with Wilberforce International Institute, which he founded in 2009, Bob Osburn trains international students as redemptive change agents and writes…
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Corruption, Foreign Aid and International Development - Bob Osburn - Friday Night Lecture - November 21st
This lecture explains why corruption is so rampant in the international aid sector, tracing much of the problem to faulty diagnoses and remedies rooted in naturalistic and postmodern worldviews. Dr. Bob Osburn, who has worked in international student and academic campus ministry for 40 years and...
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Medical Homicide and Perverse Incentives in Global Perspective - Kirk Allison - Friday Night Lecture - November 14th
This talk considers the involvement of medical professionals in intentionally lethal acts in several historical and contemporary contexts (beyond abortion or medical experimentation under National Socialism). Contexts include medicalized capital punishment (from 18th C. France to 21st C.…
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Held in the Love of God: Discipleship and People with Profound Intellectual Disabilities - Dr. Phil Letizia - Friday Night Lecture - November 7th
Throughout its history, Evangelicalism has neglected to consider the spiritual lives of people with profound intellectual disabilities and how their experiences might contribute to a fuller understanding of what it means to follow Jesus. Both the historic and modern constructions of evangelical...
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Postmodernism's Failure to Assuage Your Fears - Greg Jesson - 2017 Conference Highlights: The Power of God's Word to Transform Cultures
Postmodernism's Failure to Assuage Your Fears - Greg Jesson - 2017 Conference Highlights: The Power of God's Word to Transform Cultures Greg Jesson’s long journey from Los Angeles to Iowa took him to Switzerland, where he studied at L’Abri with Francis Schaeffer, to UCLA where he finished his...
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You Say You Want a Reformation: Cultural Engagement or Cultural Resistance? Evaluating the Benedict Option - Mike Sugimoto - 2017 Conference Highlights: The Power of God's Word to Transform Cultures
You Say You Want a Reformation: Cultural Engagement or Cultural Resistance? Evaluating the Benedict Option - Mike Sugimoto - 2017 Conference Highlights: The Power of God's Word to Transform Cultures Mike Sugimoto is Professor of Asian Studies at Pepperdine University with a focus on cinema,...
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The Transformative Power of Art: Story in Film - Denis Haack - 2017 Conference Highlights: The Power of God's Word to Transform Culture
The Transformative Power of Art: Story in Film - Denis Haack - 2017 Conference Highlights: The Power of God's Word to Transform Culture Denis and Margie Haack co-directed Ransom Fellowship from 1983-2020. They continue a ministry of conversation and listening, as well as writing, no longer in…
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Abraham Kuyper A Model for Transformation - Wim Rietkerk - 2017 Conference Highlights: The Power of God's Word to Transform Cultures
Abraham Kuyper A Model for Transformation - Wim Rietkerk - 2017 Conference Highlights: The Power of God's Word to Transform Cultures Wim Rietkerk was educated at Leydon University in Philosophy of Religion and graduated in Theology at Kampen. He has worked as a pastor for many years along with...
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Can the Bible Reform the 21st Century West - Vishal Mangalwadi - 2017 Conference Highlights: The Power of God's Word to Transform Cultures
Can the Bible Reform the 21st Century West - Vishal Mangalwadi - 2017 Conference Highlights: The Power of God's Word to Transform Cultures Vishal Mangalwadi is an Indian philosopher and social reformer who has written several popular books on the Bible’s seismic influence. Vishal has lectured in...
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Developing a Reformed Theology of Culture - Doug Groothuis - 2017 Conference Highlights: The Power of God's Word to Transform Cultures
Developing a Reformed Theology of Culture - Doug Groothuis - 2017 Conference Highlights: The Power of God's Word to Transform Cultures Dr. Groothuis holds a Ph.D. in Philosophy (University of Oregon, 1993) and in the fall of 2024, he will become Distinguished University Research Professor of...
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Sin Shamanism Suspicion and The State: Why Corruption Pervades & Devastates Societies Around the World - Bob Osburn - 2017 Conference Highlights: The Power of God's Word to Transform Cultures
Sin Shamanism Suspicion and The State: Why Corruption Pervades & Devastates Societies Around the World - Bob Osburn - 2017 Conference Highlights: The Power of God's Word to Transform Cultures A Senior Fellow with Wilberforce International Institute, which he founded in 2009, Robert Osburn trains...
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The Greatest Story Ever Retold: How 'The Chosen' addresses Ritual Purity in the Gospels - John Dunne - Friday Night - Lecture September 5th
Whenever we read the Gospels, we visualize what we're reading. In essence, it's like we're directing a little film that plays in our minds. As a way to explore that important interpretative dynamic, Jesus films can provide an external reference point for us. In this talk Dr. John Anthony Dunne…
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Are Peaceful Politics Possible? - Ian Barrs.- Friday Night Lecture - August 29th
America is a deeply divided nation, politically and culturally. With each month that goes by, our public rhetoric seems to grow more angry, our tolerance less and our ability to live with each other more and more uncertain. Increasingly we see our politicized Culture Wars inside the Church as…
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Neuroscience and the Meaning of Life - Andrea Leep Hunderfund - Friday Night Lecture - August 22nd
Discover how the human brain reveals meaning, justifies meaning, and constructs meaning and discuss practical implications for the Christian life. Andrea Leep Hunderfund, MD, MHPE, is associate professor of neurology at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota where she practices clinical...
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From the Ground Up...Lessons from our Soil - Beth Keister - Friday Night Lecture - August 15th
This presentation will be a bit autobiographical, explaining how persistent curiosity led to permitting a rural composting facility, then to a teaching job and other academic pursuits. Then we will delve into the fascinating world of soil biology (where I am still a student). We will consider…
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Why the Soul Matters - Prof. Charles Taliaferro - Friday Night Lecture - August 8th
Professor Taliaferro will defend the reality of the soul and consciousness. Questions to be addressed: What is the soul? What is the soul or mind-body relationship? Some Christians in the early church (Tertullian) and today (Peter van Inwagen) are materialists in their view of human and nonhuman...
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Notes from the Bedside: Suffering, Death and the Human Condition - Amanda Daxon - Friday Night Lecture - 1st August
Many in Rochester know someone in the medical profession; perhaps a doctor, a nurse, a physical therapist. However, what most do not experience is the frontline work of the intensive care unit or the emergency department. These are the spaces where life and death meet; where patients and family...
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How Should Christians Be Tolerant - Dick Keyes - 2017 Conference Highlights: The Power of God's Word to Transform Cultures
How Should Christians Be Tolerant - Dick Keyes - 2017 Conference Highlights: The Power of God's Word to Transform Cultures
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Spiritual Transformation Through Five Doctrines of the Reformation - Doug Groothuis - 2017 Conference Highlights: The Power of God's Word to Transform Cultures
Spiritual Transformation Through Five Doctrines of the Reformation - Doug Groothuis - 2017 Conference Highlights: The Power of God's Word to Transform Cultures
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The Unexpected Reformation - Larry Snyder - 2017 Conference Highlights: The Power of God's Word to Transform Cultures
The Unexpected Reformation - Larry Snyder - 2017 Conference Highlights: The Power of God's Word to Transform Cultures
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The Reformed Roots of Modern Science - Greg Grooms - 2017 Conference Highlights: The Power of God's Word to Transform Cultures
The Reformed Roots of Modern Science - Greg Grooms - 2017 Conference Highlights: The Power of God's Word to Transform Cultures
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Ten Common Confusions that are Disastrous: Why Bad Ideas Have Bad Consequences - Greg Jesson - Friday Night Lecture - 27th June
Ideas affect our lives in both positive and negative ways. Some of the greatest problems in our lives have their origins in confused thinking. Such thinking makes serious thought about the ultimate issues of life close to impossible. We will look at several confusions that deeply harm people and...
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The Smoking Oven and Flaming Torch of Genesis 15:17: Help from Mesopotamia - Mark Chavalas - Friday Night Lecture - 20th June
Mark Chavalas wrestles with a particular issue in the dialogue between God and Abram in Genesis 15, namely the identification of the ‘smoking oven and flaming torch’ of v. 17. Before the advent of the decipherment of cuneiform languages in the mid-nineteenth century the interpretation of the...
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Disenchanted: Is the Romance Over for the Bride of Christ - Brian Swedburg - Friday Night Lecture - 13th June
"We want to be the church for people who don’t like church.” This is just one way I have heard it said lately. In the same way people still want romantic or sexual relationships, but don’t want to have anything to do with marriage… perhaps similar to the way a person decides that ‘The me that I…
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Updates from the Universe: From Challenges to the Big Bang Model to Extra-terrestrial Life and More - AJ Poelarends - Friday Night Lecture - 6th June
Updates from the Universe: From Challenges to the Big Bang Model to Extra-terrestrial Life and More - AJ Poelarends - Friday Night Lecture - 6th June In the past few months, several extraordinary claims have been made about discoveries that could turn our understanding of our universe on its…
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Can I Be Spiritual Without Being Religious? - Dick Keyes - 2017 Conference Highlights: The Power of God's Word to Transform Cultures
Can I Be Spiritual Without Being Religious? - Dick Keyes - 2017 Conference Highlights: The Power of God's Word to Transform Cultures Dick Keyes is the director-emeritus of L’Abri Fellowship in Southborough, Massachusetts, where he has been working with his wife and family since 1979. They now...
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From Canon to Wikipedia and Back Again - Clarke Scheibe - 2017 Conference Highlights: The Power of God's Word to Transform Cultures
From Canon to Wikipedia and Back Again - Clarke Scheibe - 2017 Conference Highlights: The Power of God's Word to Transform Cultures Clarke Scheibe is the director of L'Abri Fellowship in Victoria, B.C. His wife Julia and he have been a part of L'Abri in Canada for 15 years and they are grateful…
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Can We Keep it? - Marvin Padgett - 2017 Conference Highlights: The Power of God's Word to Transform Cultures
Can We Keep it? - Marvin Padgett - 2017 Conference Highlights: The Power of God's Word to Transform Cultures Marvin Padgett is a book business professional who has served as the Editorial Director for Crossway Books in Wheaton, Illinois. He previously managed the bookstore at L'Abri in Huémoz,...
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In the Beginning Was the Word: The Influence of the Reformation on Art and Music - John Hodges - 2017 Conference Highlights: The Power of God's Word to Transform Cultures
In the Beginning Was the Word: The Influence of the Reformation on Art and Music - John Hodges - 2017 Conference Highlights: The Power of God's Word to Transform Cultures John Hodges has worked for over 15 years as an orchestral conductor and taught arts and cultural apologetics for over 10 years...
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