LCU: Lanier Theological Library Lectures

Save the Date for the Twelfth Annual Lecture: September 7, 2023

This year's lecture will feature Dr. Darrell L. Bock's presentation, "Coping with Pluralism: A Biblical Alternative to Culture War."

Dr. Bock is a Senior Research Professor of New Testament Studies and the Executive Director for Cultural Engagement at the Howard G. Hendricks Center for Christian Leadership and Cultural Engagement at the Dallas Theological Seminary.

Previous Lectures

Dr. Sharon Dirckx — Neuroscience and Human Identity: Are we Just our Brains?

Dr. Paul Copan — Re-Enchanting Our Secular World: Living as Though God Really Exists

Mark Lanier — Examining the Biblical Law

Dr. James Hoffmeier — Where is Mt. Sinai, and Does it Matter?

Dr. Yosef Garfinkel — Searching for the Historical King David

Dr. Tremper Longman III — Warrior God: Making Peace with Divine Violence in the Old Testament

Melvin Tinker — The Tyranny of Tolerance - How We Can Be Truly Tolerant in an Increasingly Intolerant Age

Dr. Peter J. Williams — Does the Bible Support Slavery?

Dr. Weston Fields — How Can the Dead Sea Scrolls Help Us Understand the New Testament?

Dr. Alistar McGrath — C.S. Lewis and the Post Modern Generation: His Message 50 Years Later

Dr. James Hoffmeier — The Exodus From Egypt

Lanier Theological Library Lectures

The annual Lanier Theological Lectures series hosts renowned biblical speakers and scholars from across the globe, discussing topics such as, "Does the Bible Support Slavery?" and "C.S. Lewis and the Post Modern Generation: His Message 50 Years Later." As a part of this lecture series, LCU also hosted the Dead Sea Scrolls exhibit on campus in 2014.

The series is made possible by nationally-renowned civil trial lawyer and Lubbock native Mark Lanier, founder of the Lanier Theological Library.

"I grew up in Lubbock—I graduated from Coronado High School, graduated Texas Tech School of Law, and some of my undergraduate here at LCU. I loved when great national speakers would come in—it was a nice bit of exposure that you don't always get in Lubbock," Lanier explained. "So, when LCU gave us a chance to help find some of those people and bring them in, I found it to be a thrilling opportunity."