Grimke Lecture Series - Reformed Theological Seminary

The Local Church: The Cost of Revival in Rural and Urban America

November 21, 2022 • Rev. Alton Hardy

In this talk, part of the https://edmistoncenter.org/’s Grimké Lecture Series at http://rts.edu/atlanta, the Rev. Alton Hardy speaks on “The Local Church: The Cost of Revival in Rural and Urban America.” How can we truly walk in partnership with those we are called to live alongside? Rural and urban America present some of the most complex challenges to church planters today. This lecture gives insight into rural urban American communities, and how the local church has, can, and should raise up to partner and care for them. Alton Hardy is the founder and pastor of Urban Hope Community Church in Fairfield, Alabama. He is an ordained teaching elder in the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA).

Bringing Christ to Caesar: A Life of Public Theology

October 24, 2022 • Honorable Kay Coles James

In this talk, part of the Edmiston Center's Grimké Lecture Series at RTS Atlanta, the Honorable Kay Coles James walks us through a lecture full of biblical wisdom, truth, and grace on navigating a life of public theology.

Welcoming Disabilities from the Margins to the Heart of Body and Life

April 25, 2022 • Dr. Bruce Lowe, Sho Baraka Lewis, Patreece Lewis

In this talk, part of the Edmiston Center’s Grimké Lecture Series at RTS Atlanta, Bruce and Rachel Lowe, and Sho Baraka Lewis and Patreece Lewis share their testimonies as families speaking towards the marginalized disabled community against the backdrop of faith and the Church. In their testimony, they examine and share how they navigate parenting their own children with disabilities, the difficulties of steadfast community and suffering well together with the Church, and how Christ can still be seen in the mundane.

Holy Sexuality and the Gospel

March 28, 2022 • Christopher Yuan

In our culture, the conversation around sexuality is increasingly important. In this talk, part of the Edmiston Center’s Grimké Lecture Series, Christopher Yuan shares his powerful testimony and articulates a biblical view of sexuality through the narrative of his personal transformation from an agnostic gay man to a born-again believer and Bible professor. Not only does God turn his unbelief into belief, but frees him from the bondage of drugs and promiscuity. This inspirational story of redemption and grace transcends the topic of sexual identity touching on issues such as drug addiction, promiscuity, incarceration, and HIV.

True Love Throws Fear Outside

March 14, 2022 • Brother Rachid

Brother Rachid is a Moroccan former Muslim and convert to Christianity. As a Christian apologist, televangelist, and critic of Islam, he has seen hundreds of former Muslims come to new faith in Christ. In this talk, part of the Edmiston Center’s Grimké Lecture Series, he shares his perspective on loving those who hate and spitefully use us in the Christian life.