Frank & Pauline Patterson
Lecture Series Fall 2023

Name: Frank & Pauline Patterson Lecture Series Fall 2023
Start: 2023-11-13T13:45:00-0600
End: 2023-11-14T15:30:00-0600

November 13‑14, 2023

Second Century Martyrs and what they might say to the American Evangelical Church today.

The featured speaker for Frank and Pauline Patterson Lecture Series Fall 2023 is Dr. Lynn Cohick.

Dr. Cohick will be speaking on Second Century Martyrs and what they might say to the American Evangelical Church today which will be divided into three lectures.

About the Speaker

Full Schedule

Lecture One:

Martyrs and their Families: Luke 12:53 and the Call to Faithfulness

The Martyrdom of Perpetua and Felicitas tells the story of two young mothers, their babies, and their families, as the women face martyrdom. Jesus declares that his testimony will bring division within families. How might the story of Perpetua and Felicitas shape the Evangelical Church’s position on the family?

Lecture Two:

Second Century Martyrs and the Imitatio Christi

Second Century martyr stories draw on the textured traditions of the deaths of Jesus and the apostles. The Acts of Peter and Acts of Paul offer insights into the importance that Christ’s crucifixion, and the apostles’ suffering death, played into the developing theology and liturgy of the second century Church. How might the church today enact the values of imitation Christi.

Lecture Three:

In Procession before the World: a Call to Surrender

Origen’s description of the martyrs highlights their stories’ importance for church witness. Tracing the story of Thecla through the early centuries, we see the legacy of her testimony. How might the legacy of the early martyrs shape our communities today?

Dr. Lynn Cohick

Lynn H. Cohick (Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania) is Distinguished Professor of New Testament and Director of the Houston Theological Seminary at Houston Christian University. Prior to coming to HCU, she served as Provost/Dean of Academic Affairs at Northern Seminary, and Provost of Denver Seminary. She was Professor of New Testament at Wheaton College and taught at Nairobi Evangelical Graduate School of Theology in Nairobi, Kenya.

She serves as President of the Institute for Biblical Research. Her books include The Letter to the Ephesians in NICNT (2020); Christian Women in the Patristic World: Their Influence, Authority, and Legacy in the Second through the Fifth Centuries (co-authored with Amy Brown Hughes (2017); Philippians in the Story of God Commentary (2013); Ephesians in New Covenant Commentary (2010); Women in the World of the Earliest Christians (2009).

First Baptist Church Arlington

301 S Center St
Arlington, TX 76010

Frank & Pauline Patterson Lecture Series Fall 2023

November
13
Monday

1:45pm—2:15pm

Welcome and Opening Worship; Introductions
2:15pm—3:15pm

Lecture One:
“Martyrs and their Families: Luke 12:53 and the Call to Faithfulness”
3:15pm—3:30pm

Coffee Break
3:30pm—4:00pm

Q&A with Dr. Cohick

November
14
Tuesday

8:30am—9:30am

Coffee Available
9:45am—10:15am

Welcome and Morning Worship; Introductions
10:15am—11:15am

Lecture Two:
“Second Century Martyrs and the Imitatio Christi”
11:15am—11:45am

Q&A with Dr. Cohick
12:00pm—1:15pm

Lunch Break
1:15pm—1:30pm

Announcements and Introductions
1:30pm—2:30pm

Lecture Three:
“In Procession before the World: a Call to Surrender”
2:30pm—2:45pm

Coffee Break
2:45pm—3:15pm

Q&A with Dr. Cohick
3:15pm—3:30pm

Closing Remarks and Benediction

Frank & Pauline Patterson
Lecture Series Fall 2023

November 13‑14, 2023

Second Century Martyrs and what they might say to the American Evangelical Church today.

Second Century Martyrs and what they might say to the American Evangelical Church today.

Second Century Martyrs and what they might say to the American Evangelical Church today.

Second Century Martyrs and what they might say to the American Evangelical Church today.

Second Century Martyrs and what they might say to the American Evangelical Church today.

Guest Speaker

Dr. Lynn Cohick

Location

First Baptist Church Arlington

Schedule