Emergence Sessions

How We Got the Bible: Transmission

doug.becker@emergencenj.org (Doug Becker) — Sat, 31 Jan 2026 12:46:32 +0000

Winter Sessions 2025–2026.

Corrected: How We Got the Bible: Translation

doug.becker@emergencenj.org (Doug Becker) — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 00:09:34 +0000

Winter Sessions 2025–2026.

How We Got the Bible: The Canon of the Old and New Testaments

doug.becker@emergencenj.org (Doug Becker) — Thu, 1 Jan 2026 20:22:22 +0000

Winter Sessions 2025–2026

How We Got the Bible: The Composition of the New Testament

doug.becker@emergencenj.org (Doug Becker) — Sat, 20 Dec 2025 11:15:10 +0000

Winter Sessions 2025–26

How We Got the Bible: The Composition of the Old Testament

doug.becker@emergencenj.org (Doug Becker) — Fri, 12 Dec 2025 01:53:26 +0000

Winter Sessions 2025–26

How We Got the Bible: Moses and the Composition of the Pentateuch

doug.becker@emergencenj.org (Doug Becker) — Tue, 2 Dec 2025 22:05:42 +0000

Winter 2025–26.

Christianity and Religious Diversity: Concluding Thoughts and Application

doug.becker@emergencenj.org (Lucas Martin) — Fri, 22 Aug 2025 12:42:18 +0000

Summer Sessions 2025.

Jude and James: James pt. 5

doug.becker@emergencenj.org (Ric Gallipoli) — Thu, 21 Aug 2025 18:12:41 +0000

Summer Sessions 2025.

Christianity and Religious Diversity part 5: Restrictivism and Narrow Accessiblism, A Conversation

doug.becker@emergencenj.org (Doug Becker, Lucas Martin) — Thu, 14 Aug 2025 14:59:10 +0000

Summer Sessions 2025.

Jude and James: James part 4

doug.becker@emergencenj.org (Ric Gallipoli) — Wed, 13 Aug 2025 11:43:31 +0000

Summer Sessions 2025.

Christianity and Religious Diversity part 4: Inclusivism

doug.becker@emergencenj.org (Lucas Martin) — Wed, 6 Aug 2025 16:13:30 +0000

Summer Sessions 2025.

Jude and James: James part 3

doug.becker@emergencenj.org (Ric Gallipoli) — Tue, 5 Aug 2025 16:13:56 +0000

Summer Sessions 2025

Christianity and Religious Diversity part 3: Universalism

doug.becker@emergencenj.org (Lucas Martin) — Thu, 31 Jul 2025 17:48:13 +0000

Summer Sessions 2025.

Jude and James: James part 2

doug.becker@emergencenj.org (Ric Gallipoli) — Tue, 29 Jul 2025 21:17:37 +0000

Summer Sessions 2025.

Christianity and Religious Diversity part 2: Pluralism

doug.becker@emergencenj.org (Lucas Martin) — Wed, 23 Jul 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Summer Sessions 2025.

Jude and James: James pt. 1

doug.becker@emergencenj.org (Ric Gallipoli) — Wed, 23 Jul 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Summer Sessions 2025.

Christianity and Religious Diversity part 1: Christianity in a Religiously Diverse World

doug.becker@emergencenj.org (Lucas Martin) — Wed, 16 Jul 2025 18:33:00 +0000

Summer Sessions 2025

Jude and James part 1 (Jude)

doug.becker@emergencenj.org (Ric Gallipoli) — Tue, 15 Jul 2025 23:59:27 +0000

Summer Sessions 2025

Hot Topics in Theology: Hell and Judgment

doug.becker@emergencenj.org (Doug Becker) — Wed, 15 Jan 2025 15:15:39 +0000

Winter Sessions 2024–25

Hot Topics in Theology: Same-Sex Relationships

doug.becker@emergencenj.org (Doug Becker) — Wed, 8 Jan 2025 20:53:45 +0000

Winter Sessions 2024–25

Hot Topics in Theology: A Christian Perspective on Israel

doug.becker@emergencenj.org (Doug Becker) — Tue, 31 Dec 2024 22:34:25 +0000

Winter Sessions 2024/25

Hot Topics in Theology: Gender Roles in Church Leadership

doug.becker@emergencenj.org (Doug Becker) — Tue, 17 Dec 2024 16:18:46 +0000

Winter Sessions 2024/25

Hot Topics in Theology: Can Christians Lose Their Salvation?

doug.becker@emergencenj.org (Doug Becker) — Tue, 10 Dec 2024 20:56:19 +0000

Winter Sessions 2024/25

Hot Topics in Theology: Free Will and God's Sovereignty in Salvation

doug.becker@emergencenj.org (Doug Becker) — Tue, 3 Dec 2024 15:58:20 +0000

Winter Sessions 2024/25

Gospel Backgrounds: A Historical Case for the Resurrection of Jesus

doug.becker@emergencenj.org (Doug Becker) — Wed, 4 Sep 2024 09:43:40 +0000

Summer Sessions 2024

Gospel Backgrounds: Jesus' "Trial" and Crucifixion

doug.becker@emergencenj.org (Doug Becker) — Mon, 2 Sep 2024 14:15:39 +0000

Summer Sessions 2024

Sexuality: Blue Jeans Theology

doug.becker@emergencenj.org (Isaiah Martin) — Sat, 31 Aug 2024 14:01:21 +0000

Summer Sessions 2024

Gospel Backgrounds: Baptism, Messiah, and the Son of Man

doug.becker@emergencenj.org (Doug Becker) — Thu, 29 Aug 2024 14:42:06 +0000

Summer Sessions 2024

Sexuality: Boundaries

doug.becker@emergencenj.org (Isaiah Martin) — Tue, 20 Aug 2024 18:41:57 +0000

Click here for the video from the beginning of the talk.

Gospel Backgrounds: Jesus the Galilean

doug.becker@emergencenj.org (Doug Becker) — Mon, 19 Aug 2024 11:54:28 +0000

Summer Sessions 2024

Sexuality: Sexuality Song

doug.becker@emergencenj.org (Isaiah Martin) — Fri, 16 Aug 2024 16:18:27 +0000

Summer Sessions 2024

Sexuality: Shame No More

doug.becker@emergencenj.org (Isaiah Martin) — Wed, 7 Aug 2024 14:01:48 +0000

Summer Sessions 2024

Gospel Backgrounds: The Birth of Jesus

doug.becker@emergencenj.org (Doug Becker) — Wed, 31 Jul 2024 14:00:10 +0000

Summer Sessions 2024

Sexuality: Cultural Context

doug.becker@emergencenj.org (Isaiah Martin) — Tue, 30 Jul 2024 17:24:35 +0000

Summer Sessions 2024

Gospel Backgrounds: Between the Testaments

doug.becker@emergencenj.org (Doug Becker) — Thu, 25 Jul 2024 15:03:56 +0000

Summer Sessions 2024

Sexuality: The Genesis of Sexuality

doug.becker@emergencenj.org (Isaiah Martin) — Tue, 23 Jul 2024 15:51:37 +0000

Summer Sessions 2024

Job 3b

doug.becker@emergencenj.org (Ric Gallipoli) — Wed, 26 Jun 2024 16:21:40 +0000

Summer Sessions 2023

Biblical Themes: King

doug.becker@emergencenj.org (Doug Becker) — Wed, 7 Feb 2024 13:59:59 +0000

How the idea of Jesus as king comes into focus in the Old and New Testaments.

Biblical Themes: Rest

doug.becker@emergencenj.org (Jordan Marotti) — Tue, 30 Jan 2024 15:17:33 +0000

You won't snooze during this talk on rest!

Biblical Themes: People of God

doug.becker@emergencenj.org (Doug Becker) — Tue, 23 Jan 2024 13:37:59 +0000

God sets apart a people to be his treasured possession.

Biblical Themes: Spiritual Growth

doug.becker@emergencenj.org (Walt Windish) — Wed, 17 Jan 2024 17:19:59 +0000

How does God shape us into the people he wants us to be?

Biblical Themes: Grace

doug.becker@emergencenj.org (Jordan Marotti) — Wed, 10 Jan 2024 22:50:40 +0000

Exploring the theme of God's amazing grace as it unfolds through Scripture.

Biblical Themes: The Temple

doug.becker@emergencenj.org (Doug Becker) — Tue, 12 Dec 2023 15:19:39 +0000

The story of God dwelling among his people.

Job Part 6

doug.becker@emergencenj.org (Ric Gallipoli) — Thu, 24 Aug 2023 18:29:30 +0000

Summer Sessions 2023

Roman Catholicism: The Canon of Scripture

doug.becker@emergencenj.org (Emergence Church) — Tue, 22 Aug 2023 15:45:43 +0000

Summer Sessions 2023

Job Part 5

doug.becker@emergencenj.org (Ric Gallipoli) — Thu, 17 Aug 2023 18:18:23 +0000

Summer Sessions 2023

Roman Catholicism: Mary

doug.becker@emergencenj.org (Doug Becker) — Tue, 15 Aug 2023 17:31:50 +0000

Summer Sessions 2023

Job Part 4

doug.becker@emergencenj.org (Doug Becker) — Fri, 11 Aug 2023 14:01:42 +0000

Summer Sessions 2023

Roman Catholicism: The Eucharist and Baptism

doug.becker@emergencenj.org (Doug Becker) — Wed, 9 Aug 2023 10:46:11 +0000

Summer Sessions 2023

Roman Catholicism: Salvation

doug.becker@emergencenj.org (Doug Becker) — Thu, 3 Aug 2023 14:56:45 +0000

Summer Sessions 2023

Job Part 3

doug.becker@emergencenj.org (Ric Gallipoli) — Tue, 1 Aug 2023 13:29:15 +0000

Summer Sessions 2023

Roman Catholicism: The Papacy

doug.becker@emergencenj.org (Doug Becker) — Wed, 26 Jul 2023 12:41:51 +0000

Summer Sessions 2023

Job: Part 2

doug.becker@emergencenj.org (Ric Gallipoli) — Tue, 25 Jul 2023 12:21:17 +0000

Summer Sessions 2023

Job: Part 1

doug.becker@emergencenj.org (Ric Gallipoli) — Wed, 19 Jul 2023 14:16:23 +0000

Summer Sessions 2023

Roman Catholicism: Sola Scriptura, Tradition, and Authority

doug.becker@emergencenj.org (Doug Becker) — Tue, 18 Jul 2023 18:10:02 +0000

Emergence Summer Sessions 2023

Old Testament History & Archaeology: The Final Years of Judah

doug.becker@emergencenj.org (Doug Becker) — Tue, 17 Jan 2023 16:45:33 +0000

The events leading up to, and after, the invasion of Judah by the Babylonians.

Old Testament History & Archaeology: The Fall of Samaria and Its Aftermath

doug.becker@emergencenj.org (Doug Becker) — Tue, 10 Jan 2023 16:22:56 +0000

Old Testament History & Archaeology: The Divided Monarchy

doug.becker@emergencenj.org (Emergence Church) — Tue, 3 Jan 2023 12:14:51 +0000

Today we talk about Israel and Judah for the first hundred years (or so) after they split.

Old Testament History & Archaeology 3: The United Monarchy

doug.becker@emergencenj.org (Doug Becker) — Tue, 20 Dec 2022 18:46:46 +0000

The reigns of Saul, David, and Solomon.

Old Testament History & Archaeology 2: Conquest and Settlement

doug.becker@emergencenj.org (Emergence Church) — Tue, 13 Dec 2022 11:28:48 +0000

https://files.snappages.site/CN87T8/assets/files/Session-2-Conquest-and-Settlement.pdf

Old Testament History & Archaeology 1: Joseph and the Exodus

doug.becker@emergencenj.org (Doug Becker) — Tue, 6 Dec 2022 15:15:32 +0000

We opened with the background and evidence for the narratives about Joseph and the Exodus. The accompanying slides are available here.

Big Questions 6: Is Christianity Bigoted?

doug.becker@emergencenj.org (Emergence Church) — Mon, 8 Aug 2022 14:49:11 +0000

Inclusive? Exclusive? Tolerant? Intolerant? Bigoted? Find out!!

Ruth, part 5

doug.becker@emergencenj.org (Emergence Church) — Thu, 4 Aug 2022 12:54:26 +0000

Ruth finds her redeemer and is brought into the family of God.

Big Questions 5: What About Evolution?

doug.becker@emergencenj.org (Doug Becker) — Mon, 1 Aug 2022 17:03:12 +0000

How does the Bible relate to biological evolution?

Big Questions 4: Did Jesus Rise from the Dead?

doug.becker@emergencenj.org (Doug Becker) — Mon, 25 Jul 2022 14:04:39 +0000

Walt makes the case based on historical evidence for Jesus' resurrection.

Ruth, part 4

doug.becker@emergencenj.org (Donna Aust) — Sat, 23 Jul 2022 11:01:33 +0000

Naomi launches a bold plan.

Big Questions 3: Are the Gospels Reliable?

doug.becker@emergencenj.org (Doug Becker) — Mon, 18 Jul 2022 14:41:53 +0000

Do Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John give us accurate accounts of Jesus' words and deeds?

Ruth, part 3

doug.becker@emergencenj.org (Donna Aust) — Fri, 15 Jul 2022 12:08:16 +0000

Naomi and Ruth return to the land of Israel.

Big Questions 2: Does God Exist?

doug.becker@emergencenj.org (Walt Windish) — Mon, 11 Jul 2022 11:31:53 +0000

Walt discusses the cosmological and fine tuning arguments for God's existence.

Ruth, part 2

doug.becker@emergencenj.org (Donna Aust) — Fri, 8 Jul 2022 10:38:03 +0000

Donna discusses the plight of Ruth and Naomi, as they return to the land of Israel.

Ruth, part 1: Intro

doug.becker@emergencenj.org (Emergence Church) — Mon, 4 Jul 2022 09:32:15 +0000

Donna introduces us to the book of Ruth.

Big Questions 1: Do I Need Evidence to Believe?

doug.becker@emergencenj.org (Doug Becker) — Fri, 1 Jul 2022 15:13:39 +0000

To kick off this year's Summer Sessions, Doug begins by examining whether or not we need evidence in order for Christian belief to be rational.

Summer Sessions 2022 Intro

doug.becker@emergencenj.org (Doug Becker) — Thu, 30 Jun 2022 20:01:32 +0000