Kokomo Standard

Huntington University issued the following announcement on Feb 24.

The Department of Bible and Religion at Huntington University will host the 2020 Bergdall Endowed Lectureship on Biblical Studies on Tuesday, March 31, at 7:00 p.m. in Zurcher Auditorium in the Merillat Centre for the Arts.

For the event, Huntington University is pleased to welcome speaker Dr. Craig Keener. Keener received his PhD from Duke University and is the F. M. and Ada Thompson Professor of the New Testament at Asbury Theological Seminary. He has authored 28 books, six of which have won awards in Christianity Today. 

His recent books include 

• Mind of the Spirit: Paul’s Approach to Transformed Thinking (2016)
• Spirit Hermeneutics: Reading Scripture in Light of Pentecost (2016)
• Miracles: The Credibility of the New Testament Accounts (2011)
• The Historical Jesus of the Gospels (2009)

and highly regarded commentaries on 

• The Gospel of Matthew (2009)
• The Gospel of John (2003)
•  Romans (2009)
• Galatians (2018)
•  1-2 Corinthians (2005).

Keener’s award-winning four-volume commentary on the Acts of the Apostles (2012-2015) includes some 45,000 references from ancient extrabiblical sources. His award-winning popular-level IVP Bible Background Commentary on the New Testament has sold over half a million copies and has been translated into a number of languages.

Keener is married to Médine Moussounga Keener, who holds a PhD from University of Paris. She was a refugee for 18 months in her nation of Congo. Together Craig and Médine work for ethnic reconciliation in the U.S. and Africa. Craig and Médine’s inspiring story is published in the book Impossible Love: The True Story of an African Civil War, Miracles, and Hope Against All Odds (2016).

Original source can be found here.

Source: Huntington University