August 13, 2011: “The Gospel in All the Bible”

Dane Ortlund

Ph.D., Wheaton College Graduate School

Dane Ortlund is Senior Editor in the Bible Division at Crossway in Wheaton. He is the author of A New Inner Relish: Christian Motivation in the Thought of Jonathan Edwards (2008) and Defiant Grace: The Surprising Message and Mission of Jesus (2011).

Dane blogs at Strawberry-Rhubarb Theology, The Gospel Coalition and the Resurgence.

September 10, 2011: “Psalms”

Bruce Waltke

Ph.D., Harvard University

Bruce Waltke is Distinguished Professor of Old Testament at Knox Theological Seminary in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He has been teaching the Bible for over forty years at institutions such as Dallas Theological Seminary, Regent College, and Reformed Theological Seminary. Dr. Waltke helped translate some of the most widely used English translations of the Bible. Among his many books is An Old Testament Theology: An Exegetical, Canonical, and Thematic Approach (Zondervan, 2007).

For an introduction to Dr. Waltke, see this interview clip in which Dr. George Guthrie of Union University asks Dr. Waltke to explain how to read the Old Testament as part of a larger story.

October 15, 2011: “Isaiah”

Ray Ortlund

Ph.D., University of Aberdeen

Ray Ortlund is lead pastor of Immanuel Church in Nashville. Ray has pastored churches around the country and taught Old Testament at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. One of his several books is a commentary on Isaiah, which remains a special interest to him. Ray’s driving passion is to see a fresh outpouring of the Holy Spirit on the Church today.

For a glimpse into Ray and his love for the Bible, see this clip from a 2009 conference in which Pastor Ryan Kelly asks him to define “biblical theology.”

November 4-5, 2011: "Matthew"

Dan Doriani

Ph.D., Westminster Theological Seminary

Dan Doriani taught New Testament at Covenant Theological Seminary for many years before entering the pastorate in 2003 as senior pastor of Central Presbyterian Church in St. Louis. He has written several books in the areas of New Testament and biblical hermeneutics, and has a particular interest in the Gospel of Matthew, on which he has recently written a major commentary.

You can get to know Dan a bit through this interview on Zach Nielson’s blog.

December 3, 2011: "Romans"

Douglas Moo

Ph.D., University of St. Andrews

Doug Moo has been teaching the New Testament for over thirty years, first at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School and since 2000 at Wheaton College Graduate School. Doug has written several major commentaries, including one on Romans that D. A. Carson calls the best Romans commentary ever written in the English language.

See this clip in which Doug tells us what book had the most formative influence on him spiritually in his early Christian years after being converted in college.

January 14, 2012: "Hebrews"

Robert Yarbrough

Ph.D., University of Aberdeen

Bob Yarbrough teaches New Testament at Covenant Theological Seminary, having also taught at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School and Wheaton College. Bob is a former lumberjack with expertise in Greek, John’s epistles, and the theology of Adolf Schlatter. Bob has a passion to bring theological training into the majority world and spends time each year teaching the Bible in Africa and other parts of the globe.

Here is a brief interview with Bob done by Matt Evans.

February 18, 2012: “The Bible in the Modern World”

John Woodbridge

Ph.D., University of Toulouse

John Woodbridge has been teaching church history at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School since 1970. His areas of expertise include the history of evangelicalism, the Bible’s reception and authority down through the centuries, the Enlightenment, and revival. John’s father, Charles Woodbridge, taught at Fuller Seminary in California during that school’s formative years, so John has a uniquely insightful understanding of the roots of modern evangelicalism.

For an interview with him about these things, see here.

March 17, 2012: “How to Use the Bible in Evangelism and Discipleship”

Jerry Root

Ph.D., British Open University

Jerry Root teaches at Wheaton College and is the Director of the Wheaton Evangelism Institute. He was a pastor for many years in California and has become one of the world’s leading experts on C. S. Lewis. He is also an unusually effective evangelist, having personally led several thousand men and women to Christ.

You can learn a bit more about Jerry in this recent chapel message he preached at Westmont College.

How much will it cost?  $1000 for the year. Payment may be made in full by August 1, 2011, or in two half-payment ($500) installments, one due August 1, 2011 and the other due October 1, 2011.

What is the format? We will meet one Saturday each month at Immanuel Church in Nashville from 8:30 A.M. – 3:30 P.M.

When can you sign up? Right away. Send your check to:

Immanuel Church
Attention: ITG
P.O. Box 50426
Nashville, TN 37205

Will there be assigned homework? Each faculty member will provide suggested readings in advance of each seminar.

How is the ITG governed? Through the elder team of Immanuel Church.

Any questions? Contact Dan Orr – dan@immanuelnashville.com