Week 12: The Academy welcomed Jimmy Lin, founder of Rare Genomics Institute, to the classroom. Jimmy gave a scriptural introduction to the creation/evolution debate and its major players, warning the Fellows against dehumanizing discussion as much as against bad science or theology. He called the Fellows to practice hermeneutics, theology and science in that order. Later in the week Jimmy explained his calling as a medical doxologist and conveyed to the Fellows that they are each doxologists of...
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Week 11: Long-time Academy supporter Doug Forrester explained the rationale and necessity of the Christian doctrine of the Trinity, giving the Fellows an illuminating perspective into how the Trinity is central to our understanding of what it means to be human. He also lectured on how the Trinity impacts his work in politics and business. He spoke on how people have been treated as commodities throughout most of history and how, as Christians, we're called to assume a redemptive approach to that...
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Week 10: The Fellows returned from a restful, fun-filled (and snowy!) weekend retreat in Harpers Ferry, WV at the home of Zan and Deborah Flemming.Upon their return they went into immediate party-planning mode for the Halloween extravaganza they had planned for later that night. Represented at the party was Mother Nature (Krista), Os and Jenny Guinness circa 1973 (Suresh and Meredith), a fruit fly (Erin), Christian Goans (Bobby) and David Covington (Christian), and many others. They put on...
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