The Biblical Covenants: Light from the Past, Hope for the Future

by | Mar 16, 2018 | Rice Lecture Series

2018 William R. Rice Lecture Series

Date: Friday, March 16, 2018
Speaker: Dr. Roy Beacham
Theme: “The Biblical Covenants: Light from the Past, Hope for the Future” – PDF

Lectures:
Lecture 1: Covenants in Antiquity – MP3 – Video
Lecture 2: Covenants in Israel – MP3 – Video
Lecture 3: The New Covenant – MP3 – Video

About Our Speaker:
Dr. Beacham earned his MDiv and ThM degrees from Central Seminary in Minneapolis, MN, and earned his Doctor of Theology degree from Grace Theological Seminary. He currently serves as the Chairman of the OT Department at Central Baptist Theological Seminary.

He has written articles for the Detroit Baptist Seminary Journal, the Dictionary of Premillennial Theology, the Journal of Ministry and Theology, and the compendium Missions in a New Millennium. Along with other members of the seminary faculty, he co-edited and co-authored the book One Bible Only? and also contributed to the seminary’s devotional anthology entitled “Heart, Soul, Might.” He was a major interlocutor for the book Dispensational Understanding of the New Covenantpublished by Regular Baptist Press, (2012).

Dr. Beacham and his wife Janet (Jansma) reside in Plymouth, Minnesota. They have three adult children, Amy, Sarah, and Paul, and five grandchildren.

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