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New Seminary Now Course: Together in Ministry

Healthy mixed-gender collaboration is necessary for every ministry. However, partnerships between men and women have been distorted. How can leaders return to the Genesis ideal of co-laborers in today’s ministry contexts? What should mixed-gender partnerships really look like?

Seminary Now, InterVarsity Press, and Missio Alliance have a course on how to practically engage with the opposite sex in ministry. If you want to have a lasting and thriving ministry, this course is for you! Learn how to cultivate healthy partnerships and friendships that lead to human flourishing and multigenerational impact.

This course is based on Senior Fellow Rob Dixon’s book “Together in Ministry,” and is co-taught with Lisa Watson-Rodriguez, National Director of Missio Alliance, and Layla Van Gerpen, an Associate Regional Director from InterVarsity.

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Seminary Now: How Do We Reconcile Science and the Bible on Origins?

This is a screenshot of John Walton’s book with a link to a course trailer embedded

We wanted to pass along from our partners at Seminary Now a preview of John Walton’s course on The Lost World of Genesis One. Also, for a limited time, Seminary Now is offering up to a 50 percent discount on their courses! Consider signing up for this course or another as something to do over semester break!

In his Seminary Now course based on the book The Lost World of Genesis One (InterVarsity Press), Bible scholar John Walton argues that Genesis was never intended to answer modern scientific questions about origins. Dr. Walton presents a literary and theological understanding of Genesis 1 within the context of the ancient Near Eastern world and unpacks its implications for modern science. Walton’s thoughtful analysis unpacks seldom appreciated aspects of the biblical text and sets Bible-believing scientists free to investigate the question of origins.

Seminary Now is an online streaming platform with video courses from leading professors and authors—in short sessions you can watch anytime, anywhere on mobile and TV apps. It provides engaging instruction of intellectual and spiritual “heft” available for the busy academic who is not able to enroll in a traditional seminary program due to time, distance, and cost. Subscribe for individual access to all courses (don’t miss their holiday sale going on now!)—or inquire about classroom or group access at info@seminarynow.com.

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Seminary Now: A New Member Benefit for ESN Members

We’re excited to announce a new benefit of ESN membership! ESN members will receive a special discount off a subscription to Seminary Now [link is not for the ESN discount, information for which went out by email for ESN Members] a new online streaming platform with video courses from leading professors and teachers—in short sessions you can watch anytime, anywhere on mobile and TV apps.

Christians in graduate programs and on faculty often spend years delving deeply into their academic disciplines, wrestling with the open questions of those disciplines and extending the boundaries of knowledge. Many want to connect that work to their faith but find themselves ill-prepared due to lack of opportunities for spiritual and intellectual formation in the contours of Christian belief and practice. They face questions or even critiques of Christian belief and history that are rarely addressed substantively in most church contexts. Seminary Now offers a platform that makes engaging instruction of intellectual and spiritual “heft” available for the busy academic who is not able to enroll in a traditional seminary program due to time, distance, and cost. We believe this is an excellent resource to commend and offer to the members of the Emerging Scholars Network.

LIMITED-TIME: We’re kicking off this new member benefit with a 50% discount that expires September 30. That’s just $10/month—or choose an annual subscription for only $90/year!

Sign Up via the link you received in a special email to ESN Members on Wednesday, September 15 and use the discount code in that email. Didn’t get the email? Go to “Join ESN Today” and complete the short form to qualify for this and other ESN Member Benefits. And please note: ESN membership is FREE!

A Library of Courses

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  • Scot McKnight, Jesus and the Gospels
  • John Walton, The Lost World of Genesis One
  • Sandra Richter, Scripture and the Environment
  • Roger Olson, The Mosaic of Christian Belief
  • Esau McCaulley, Reading While Black
  • Tish Harrison Warren, Liturgy of the Ordinary
  • Brenda Salter McNeil, Roadmap to Reconciliation
  • Tremper Longman, Old Testament Essentials
  • Derwin Gray, Multiethnic Church Leadership
  • Robert Chao Romero, Brown Church