Lanier Dinner and Lecture

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

Dinner is Complimentary—Space is limited, register early.

Dr. Darrell L. Bock

Darrell L. Bock is Senior Research Professor of New Testament Studies at Dallas Theological Seminary in Dallas, Texas, as well as Executive Director of Cultural Engagement for the Hendricks Center there. He also is a New York Times Best Selling author. A writer of around forty books, his special fields of study involve hermeneutics, the use of the Old Testament in the New, Luke-Acts, the historical Jesus, gospel studies and the integration of theology and culture. It is this latter area that is the focus of his work at the Center where he is responsible for producing a web-based, weekly podcast on issues of God and culture called The Table. He has served on the board of Chosen People Ministries for over a decade and also has served on the board at Wheaton College for several years. He is a graduate of the University of Texas (B.A.), Dallas Theological Seminary (Th.M.), and the University of Aberdeen (Ph.D.). He has had four annual stints of post‑doctoral study at the University of Tübingen, the second through fourth as an Alexander von Humboldt scholar through a scholarship offered by the Federal Republic of Germany (1989-90, 1995-96, 2004-05, 2010-2011). He also serves as elder emeritus at Trinity Fellowship Church in Richardson, Texas, is editor at large for Christianity Today and served as President of the Evangelical Theological Society for the year 2000-2001. He is married to Sally and has two daughters (both married), a son, three grandsons, and a granddaughter.