Atonement Program- Loma Linda 2013
Atonement Symposium
April 18-20, 2013
At the Campus Hill Church
Loma Linda University
Sponsored by the
Adventist Theological Society
Thursday Evening – April 18
Meeting in Loma Linda Campus Hill Church
The Atonement – Foundational Concepts
7:00 Welcome and Orientation to the Program
Felix Cortez, President-Elect, Adventist Theological Society, Professor of New
Testament, Montemorelos University
7:30 The Death of Christ and Theodicy: Main Theories of Atonement and their
Impact on the Understanding of the Character of God
Jiri Moskala, Professor of Old Testament, Andrews University
Friday Morning – April 19
Meeting in Loma Linda Campus Hill Church
Historical and Theological Studies on Atonement
8:30 Morning Devotional
Clinton Wahlen, Associate Director, Biblical Research Institute
General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists
9:00 Methodological Questions and the Moral Influence Theory of Atonement
Ed Zinke, Adventist Review
10:00 Break
10:15 Peter Abelard’s Theory of Atonement: A Multifaceted Approach
and Reevaluation
Denis Kaiser, Adventist Studies Doctoral Candidate, Andrews University
11:15 The Doctrine of Atonement in Communal Contexts
Kelvin Onongha, Missions Doctoral Student, Andrews University
12:30 Lunch in the Cafeteria
Friday Afternoon
Meeting in Loma Linda Campus Hill Church
Theological and Biblical Studies on Atonement
2:00 The Emergence Narrative of the Atonement: Which is the Fairest of Them
All?
John Jovan Markovic, Professor of History, Andrews University
2:45 The Sword of a Pioneer and the Atonement: A Study of Joseph Bates’
Personal Bible Circa 1857-1860
Greg Howell, Pastor, Washington Conference of Seventh-day Adventists
3:30 Break
3:45 Jesus’ Prayer in Matthew 26:36-56 and the Atonement: A Narrative Study
Adelina Alexe, Systematic Theology Doctoral Student, Andrews University
4:30 The Atonement in John’s Apocalypse
Larry Lichtenwalter, Dean, School of Theology, Middle Eastern College
5:15 Break and Supper in the Cafeteria
Friday Evening
Meeting in Loma Linda Campus Hill Church
Vespers
7:00 Assurance in the Anti-typical Day of Atonement
Richard Davidson, J. N. Andrews Professor of Old Testament
Interpretation, Andrews University
Sabbath Morning – April 20
Meeting in Loma Linda Campus Hill Church
9:30 Abraham, Isaac and Akedah: The Atonement according to Moses
Jo Ann Davidson, Professor of Theology, Andrews University
11:00 Worship Service – Christ Suffered for You
Tom Shepherd, President, ATS, Professor of New Testament Interpretation,
Andrews University
12:30 Lunch
Sabbath Afternoon
Meeting in Loma Linda Campus Hill Church
Biblical Studies on Atonement
3:00 The Atonement and the Restrainer
Ross Winkle, Associate Professor of Religion, Pacific Union College
3:45 Legal Substitution and Experiential Transformation in the Typology of Leviticus
Roy Gane, Professor of Hebrew Bible and Ancient Near Eastern Languages,
Andrews University
4:30 Break
4:40 “Without Shedding of Blood There Is no Remission”: Atonement, Substitution
and the Logic of Forgiveness in Hebrews
Felix Cortez, President-Elect, Adventist Theological Society, Professor
of New Testament, Montemorelos University
5:30 Panel Discussion on Atonement
Jiri Moskala, Felix Cortez, Jo Ann Davidson, Richard Davidson, Roy Gane,
Ross Winkle, John Jovan Markovic, Tom Shepherd, Moderator
6:30 Supper