Even while I dreamed I prayed that what I saw was only fear and no foretelling, for I saw the last known landscape destroyed for the sake of the objective, the soil bludgeoned, the rock blasted. Those who had wanted to go home would never get there now. … Every place had been displaced,…

We are pleased to announce the Henry Center Public Lectures and Events for the 2019–20 academic year. All Trinity events are free and open to the public, and will also be made available via live stream. God said . . . and it was so: Divine Action, Contingency, and Modern Science The whole of the…

  Next Tuesday April 23rd, the Henry Center is hosting the annual Trinity Debate, where Jay Richards (Discovery Institute) and Jim Wallis (Sojourners) will address the question of Christian social engagement through the subject of the Common Good. Each will present a proposal (and response) on the question, “What is the common good? And how should…

After postponing it for health complications, on Wednesday, April 17 at 1:00 in Hinkson Hall, the Henry Center and Jonathan Edwards Center will host Oliver Crisp (Fuller Theological Seminary) for our co-sponsored Edwards and the Church series. In his lecture, “Jonathan Edwards on Preaching,” Crisp will present Edwards’ understanding of the nature and task of…

Location: Trinity International University (TEDS/TGS Chapel) Date: August 5, 1979 Scripture: John 1; 2Cor 4:6 In a world of economic and political turmoil, where comfort and stability are foreign concepts and escape from reality through drugs and permissiveness often seems to be the norm rather than the exception, Carl Henry resounds a call to remember…

Location: First Baptist Church, Conway AK Date: November 13, 1979 Scripture: John 14:1-27 Anxiety in the Christian life is not merely a contemporary phenomenon. The disciples of Jesus, Carl Henry explains, were anxious about Jesus’ death and departure. They wondered what life would look like without the Messiah in whom they had placed their faith and to whom…

“When I first came to Trinity, I used to stand at the base of the library building and stare at the words affixed to the wall, “Carl F.H. Henry Resource Center.” Little did I know then that I was destined to become Dr. Henry’s T.A. I was so naïve at the time; I didn’t know…

On March 13, a week from today, we are hosting our new Scripture & Ministry lecture featuring John Oswalt, who will talk about “The Centrality of Holiness in the Scriptural Vision of Salvation.” Dr. Oswalt is a visiting distinguished professor of Old Testament at Asbury Theological Seminary. He was president of Asbury College from 1983…

Location: Southern Baptist Convention Pastor’s Conference, St. Louis MO Date: 1987 Scripture: Ecclesiastes 12:1-7 At the encroachment of subjectivity, dehumanization, and relative morality – as he calls it, “neo-paganism” – Carl Henry responds with the loud call to “Remember God” as depicted in the book of Ecclesiastes. Henry’s interpretation of Eccl 12:1-7 comes in the…

Join us next Tuesday, February 26th, for Paul Metzger’s Trinity Symposium lecture titled Downward Mobility and Trickle-Up Economics: A Trinitarian Reflection on Money and Power. Metzger has an MDiv from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (Deerfield, IL), and a PhD from King’s College London (London, UK). He now teaches Christian Theology and Theology of Culture at Multnomah University (Portland,…

Next Wednesday February 20th, The Henry Center is hosting Michael McClymond for our next Scripture & Ministry series. Michael McClymond is an Associate Professor of Theological Studies at Saint Louis University. His lecture, entitled “Christ Between the Thieves: The Theological and Pastoral Challenge of Christian Universalism,” will address the hot issue of universal salvation, popularized…

In a recent post, I gave a brief biographical sketch of Carl Henry, who had lent his name to the Henry Center.  Following  the 100th anniversary of his birth, now is a good time to discuss Henry’s theological legacy.  A 1986 profile of Henry in Moody Monthly magazine declared him “a theological mind second to…