LUTHER 500 The 500th Year of Luther’s Reformation The 15th Annual Evangelicals Concerned Preaching Fest Ocean Grove, New Jersey, October 6-8, 2017 An Introductory Lecture and Three Sermons Dr. Ralph Blair (PDF version available here.) LUTHER 500: Sola Scriptura C. S. Lewis recognized that, “Every age has its own outlook. It is specially good at…
LUTHER 500 The 500th Year of Luther’s Reformation The 15th Annual Evangelicals Concerned Preaching Fest Ocean Grove, New Jersey, October 6-8, 2017 An Introductory Lecture and Three Sermons Dr. Ralph Blair (PDF version available here.) LUTHER 500: Sola Gratia Well, what did you bring with you this afternoon – besides all that coffee you drank…
LUTHER 500 The 500th Year of Luther’s Reformation The 15th Annual Evangelicals Concerned Preaching Fest Ocean Grove, New Jersey, October 6-8, 2017 An Introductory Lecture and Three Sermons Dr. Ralph Blair (PDF version available here.) LUTHER 500: Sola Fide Luther had tried for so long to appease a “Christ” he’d been taught to dread as…
by Ralph Blair This is the text of Ralph Blair’s keynote at connECtion2oo6, the summer weekend gatherings of Evangelicals Concerned, held at Kirkridge Retreat Center on the Appalachian Trail (June 2-4, 2006) and on the campus of Reed College in Portland, Oregon (July 27-30, 2006). Jesus told some Pharisees: “Unlike those who come to…
by Ralph Blair One in What Spirit? is an expanded version of Dr. Blair’s keynote at the connECtions2005 at Kirbridge in the eastern Pennsylvania mountains and at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma. A new resident introduces herself to two new patients on the psych ward. “Good morning. I’m Dr. Brown.” “I’m Julius Caesar.” “How do…
by Dr. Ralph Blair Freed for Freedom! is Ralph Blair’s 2010 keynote at the eastern and western Evangelicals Concerned connECtions at Kirkridge, on the Appalachian Trail in Pennsylvania, and at the Marriott City Center in Oakland, California. “It is for freedom that Christ has set us free!” – Paul A graffiti artist tags trash bins…
Ralph Blair is a psychotherapist in private practice in New York City. He is also the founder of Evangelicals Concerned, a national organization of Christians addressing the integration of Christian lifestyle and homosexuality. This booklet is an expanded edition of continuing education lectures given by Dr. Blair to United Methodist clergy meeting at the Churches…
Dr. Ralph Blair’s Keynote ConnECtion2017 June 3, 2017 Were you there when this question and response was heard each week across America? “What sort of day was it? A day like all days, filled with those events that alter and illuminate our times – and you, were there.” Were you, there? Those words were spoken…
by Dr. Ralph Blair This booklet is a slightly expanded version of an address delivered by Dr. Blair at the Annual Michigan Area United Methodist Pastor’s School, August 22, 1983 on the campus of Ferris State College in Big Rapids, Michigan. Dr. Blair’s address followed one by Dr. Robert Lyon, Professor of New Testament Interpretation…
The Bond that Breaks the Boundaries An expanded version of a lecture by Dr. Ralph Blair to Courage Trust at the Anglican Church of St. James the Less, Pimlico, London, November 2, 2001. (PDF version available here.) When it comes to the subject of gay and lesbian evangelical Christians, most evangelical Christians agree with most…