Lausanne 2010: People at Work

LICC's Executive Director, Mark Greene's address to the Lausanne Conference this week was very warmly received. His talk 'The Theology of Work - Creation, Cross and Conusmation' is now available to watch online. In the allotted 15 minutes, Mark manages to cover a lot of ground exploring the impact of the Sacred-Secular Divide and underlining the place of work in God's purposes in time and eternity.

Gospel Shaped Discipleship - Antony Billington Mp3 (1)

The first of LICC's Head of Theology Antony Billington's lectures on Gospel Shaped Discipleship is now available to listen to and download here.

In this talk, entitled 'Beginning with the Gospel', Antony sets out the shape and scope of the series and explores the implications for discipleship through our understanding of the gospel in four areas:

1. Good News from God
2. Good News about Jesus
3. Good News of Salvation
4. Good News for Life

Download the lecture outline and PowerPoint slides.

Lecture Programme
20th October - Engaging with the Word
3rd November - Belonging to the Church
10th November - Walking with the Lord
24th November - Living in the World
1st December - Standing in God's Grace

Lectures run 1.00pm-1.50pm, with the option to stay on for discussion afterwards. For more details and to book a place click here.

Talk: Whole Loaf & Whole-Life Disciples (MP3)

Neil Hudson, the Imagine Project Director, recently introduced the ideas behind the Imagine project to a group from Crofton Parish Church, Stubbington. The talk was recorded and has been made available on their website. For those interested in hearing more about whole-life discipleship this talk may provide a useful way in.

To hear or download Neil's talk click here...

Graham Cray - Discerning Leadership

In a warmly received event, Bishop Graham Cray launched the new leadership series of Grove booklets at LICC last week, speaking on Discerning Leadership: Co-operating with the Spirit of God.

You can listen to and download Bishop Graham's talk and the following panel discussion here. Download the accompanying PowerPoint slide set here.

Order a copy of the booklet from the Grove Books website.

This event was hosted in partnership with CPAS.

Holy Spirit in the World Today Conference

Last week I was privileged to attend the Holy Spirit in the World Today Conference at Holy Trinity Brompton. Amongst others speaking were Jürgen Moltmann, Miroslav Volf, David Ford, Tom Smail and Rowan Williams – quite a line up!

The conference was significant for a number of reasons: firstly, it was determinedly church centric. Few academic conferences would be hosted in a church context, yet on a number of occasions participants explicitly noted that academia has lagged behind the church in exploring pneumatology. Jürgen Moltmann in particular reflected on his experiences in his church in Tübingen, echoing the cry of the ecological movement that we ‘think global, but act local.’ Secondly and strikingly, explicit connection was made with the Frontline. The second speaker on the Thursday was Ken Costa, Chairman of Lazard International Bank and creator of the God at Work course, speaking about the need for a pneumatology that embraces the workplace and the home.