Taylor Seminary and E P Wahl Centre

Taylor Seminary Faculty Publications And Speaking

Taylor Faculty
Dr. Allan Effa
Dr. Ralph Korner
Dr. Randal Rauser
Dr. David Williams

Taylor Faculty

Current Faculty Publications and Speaking Taylor Seminary Faculty are actively sharing their expertise, interests, gifts, and talents beyond the Seminary in a variety of ways. The individual efforts of our faculty in publishing and speaking are one of the primary avenues that Taylor is able to contribute to Christian spiritual growth and development locally and globally, as well as to continue being part of the broader Christian Conversation.

The Taylor Faculty are pictured below.

Please click on the their names on the tabs to the left to view their recent speaking and publishing contributions.

Dr. Allan Effa

Dr. Ralph Korner

Dr. Randal Rauser

Dr. David Williams

Dr. Allan Effa

Allan Effa Ray and Edith DeNeui Professor of Intercultural Studies

Upcoming Faculty Activity

April 9 – Sunday – teach Adult Formation class on Worship at First Baptist

May 2 – Presentation to Edmonton Area CBWC Ministerial on “How Corporate Worship Saves Us”

May 9-25 – Lead students in walk of the Camino de Santiago, Spain

June 3-4 - Retreat Speaker for Good Tree Church, Calgary, at Banff Centre (Topic: Integral Mission)

June 15 – Present paper to American Society of Professors of Mission on Missiological Implications for Taylor Seminary Arising from Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Recommendations, Wheaton College

June 14-18 – Serve the American Society of Missiology as secretary at annual meetings in Wheaton

June 25 – 26 – Teach sessions at Parish Nursing Institute

Recent Speaking Engagements and Publications:

Peer Reviewed Article: “Celtic and Aboriginal Pathways toward a Contemporary Eco Spirituality” International Bulletin of Mission Research (October 2016)
Sept 22, 2016 – Presentation to Calgary CBWC Ministerial on Missional Church Conversation, Ecclesiology and the Kingdom
Book Review: “Joining God, Remaking Church, Changing the World: The New Shape of the Church in our Time,” by Alan J. Roxburgh in Missiology: An International Review, Vol 44, no. 3 July 2016, pp.351-352.
June 16 – 19 – Helped facilitate the annual American Society of Missiology conference in St. Paul, MN
June 1, 2016 – Moderated Interfaith Panel at Strathcona Baptist Church, Edmonton
May 31, 2016 – Presentation to Edmonton CBWC Ministerial on Missional Church Conversation, Ecclesiology and the Kingdom
May 15, 2016 – Preach and lead Healing/Pentecost Service at First Baptist Church, Edmonton
Sunday, Jan. 3, 2016 – Preach 11 AM FBC Edmonton – “How Liturgy Forms Us”
Sunday, Dec. 20, 2015 – Preach 11 AM FBC Edmonton – “Believing the Impossible”
Saturday, November 29, 2015 – co-led intergenerational Advent retreat, First Baptist Edmonton

Dr. Ralph Korner

Dr. Ralph Korner Associate Professor of Biblical Studies

Presentation:

One of two Academic Deans who were asked to present at the New Faculty Conference hosted by the Association of Theological Schools (Chicago; Oct 14-16, 2016). Presentation entitled: “Theological Faculty as Shepherds/Teachers.”

Publications:

Article in the Journal of the Jesus Movement in its Jewish Setting (JJMJS), October 2015:
Ekklēsia as a Jewish Synagogue Term:
Some Implications for Paul’s Socio-Religious Location

Review by Erich S. Gruen (UC, Berkeley) of Ralph Korner’s article in the 2015 volume of the Journal of the Jesus Movement in its Jewish Setting (JJMJS). Gruen’s review is entitled “Synagogues and Voluntary Associations as Institutional Models: A Response to Richard Ascough and Ralph Korner” JJMJS (Oct 2016): 125-31.

Book cover - Korner article Essay published on part of Dr. Korner’s dissertation research:
“The Ekklēsia of Early Christ-Followers in Asia Minor as the Eschatological New Jerusalem: Counter-Imperial Rhetoric?”
in Urban Dreams and Realities in Antiquity: Remains and Representations of the Ancient City
(Mnemosyne Supplements: History and Archaeology of Classical Antiquity 375; ed.
Adam Kemezis; Leiden: Brill, 2015): 455-99.

Book containing Korner article Dr. Korner was invited to present part of his dissertation research at the Paul and Judaism group
during the annual Society of Biblical Literature Conference (San Diego, Nov. 22-25):
“Ekklēsia as a Jewish Synagogue Term: Some Implications for Paul’s Socio-Religious Location.”

Dr. Korner was appointed Forum Director for
the Editorial Committee of the Journal of the Jesus Movement in its Jewish Setting from the First to the Seventh Centuries (Eisenbrauns).

Religion and Theology - Korner article Religion and Theology cover Article published by Dr. Margaret Mollett on Dr. Korner’s Revelation research:
“Telescopic Reiteration: How Ralph Korner Left Behind a Linear Reading of the Visionary Content in the Apocalypse” in Religion and Theology: A Journal of Contemporary Religious Discourse 21/3–4 (2014) (Leiden: Brill): 401-25.

Sermons & Public Speaking:

Northgate Baptist Church (Edmonton), Sunday Dec. 4, 2016

Tegler Manor (Edmonton), Thursday Nov. 10, 2016

Rabbit Hill Baptist Church (Edmonton), Sunday Oct. 2, 2016

Taylor/Wahl Centre promotional talk at Alberta Beach Alliance Church, Sunday Sept. 25, 2016

Northgate Baptist Church (Edmonton), Sunday Sept. 11, 2016

Kingman Baptist Church, Sunday March 22, 2015

Northgate Baptist Church:

Taking a Prayer Walk Through Time: Walking that Walk (Jan 18).

View Dr. Korner's CURRICULUM VITAE here (PDF)

Dr. Randal Rauser

Dr. Randall Rauser Professor of Historical Theology

Dr. Randal Rauser is the presenter at the Faith Life Lectures, January 26^th at 7:00. He will be speaking on “Is the Atheist my Neighbour?” For more information, visit.www.ccsfc.org

Recent Speaking Events/Articles:

Dialogue interview on "Across Rivers Wide" blog:

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/rivers/2016/12/talking-dialogue-justin-schieber-randal-rauser/

Debate on my new book on "Line of Fire" radio show:

http://thelineoffire.org/2016/12/28/a-friendly-debate-between-an-atheist-and-christian-professor-then-thoughts-on-the-history-of-revival-in-america/

Debate on "Unbelievable" radio show:

https://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable/Episodes/Unbelievable-An-Atheist-and-a-Christian-walk-into-a-bar-Justin-Schieber-and-Randal-Rauser

Debate on "Serious Inquiries Only" Podcast:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1D-PKl-QgdI

Article at "Strange Notions" website:

http://strangenotions.com/would-god-create-perfect-creatures-a-christianatheist-dialogue/

Apologetics Seminar at BreakForth, January 2017 (recorded in this podcast):