Mark your calendar for the 2025 Thomas H. Olbricht Christian Scholars Conference June 4-6, 2025 Hosted by Abilene Christian University Abilene, Texas Greetings from West Texas and the campus of Abilene Christian University – host of the 2025 Thomas H. Olbricht Christian Scholars’ Conference. CSC will be June 4-6 on our Abilene campus. The theme this year…

The 42nd annual CSC is now in the books. The gorgeous Lanier Theological Library and Learning Center was matched by the warm and kind hospitality of the staff and some 40 volunteers from Champion Forest Baptist Church. There they all were, smiling and helping more than 400 CSC attendees locate various locales, just a few…

We have now reached capacity and must close registration for the 2023 CSC. Given that we are one month from “opening day,” I’m pained to close registration so early. However, given our exceptionally attractive location, the stunning lineup of internationally known speakers, exceptional scholarship, provocative theme, and serious academics who enjoy one another and consider…

One of the great problems in planning an event like the CSC is finding space to accommodate the event’s appeal with the venue’s capacity. Compounding matters this year are exceptionally attractive location teaming with a stunning lineup of internationally known speakers, exceptional scholarship, a provocative theme, and serious academics who enjoy one another and consider…

Did you see the lead article in Saturday’s NYTimes? The headline both tantalizes and promises to address all the practical matters we need to know about Artificial Intelligence (A.I.): “35 Ways Real People are Using A.I. Right Now.” The article assumes we readers know that A.I. models have found their way into work, life, play…

We are pleased to announce that William H. Bellinger, Jr. will deliver this year’s J.J.M. Roberts Lecture in OT studies. And, one of our worship services in the Stone Chapel will feature some of his work. Bellinger is known for his research on worship texts in the Old Testament and much of his work explores…

It is with great joy, and a sense of “full circle,” that we announce that Patout Burns, Professor at Vanderbilt Divinity School, will deliver the 2023 Everett Ferguson Endowed Lecture on Early Christian Studies. Professor Burns’ research and publication have focused on the development of Christian thought and practice in the Western part of the…

We are pleased to announce that this year’s Gailyn Van Rheenen Lecturer will be Charles Kiser, who is of Storyline Christian Community in Dallas, Texas, who will speak on trauma-informed evangelism. Kiser is the co-author, with Elaine Heath, of Trauma-Informed Evangelism: Cultivating Communities of Wounded Healers. Kiser has a DMin in contextual theology from Northern…

We’re pleased to announce that No Small Endeavor (formerly the Tokens Show) will join the Christian Scholars’ Conference on Thursday evening, June 8 as the Robert E. and Bonnie Cone Hooper plenary event. Founder and host Lee C. Camp, professor of theology and ethics at Lipscomb University, will be accompanied by special guest N.T. Wright,…

We are pleased to announce that the 2023 John T. Willis Plenary Lecturer will be Neuroscientist Sharon Dirckx. Dirckx speaks and lectures across the UK, Europe and North America, primarily in the areas of science and theology, “mind and soul,” and the problem of evil. Her books include  Why?: Looking at God, Evil and Personal…