Talks and Lectures by Dr. Blair
1912 ~ The Centennials ~ 2012 Lottie Moon – William Booth – Francis Schaeffer – Jacques Ellel This is the opening talk by Dr. Ralph Blair given at the 2012 Preaching Festival. The 2012 weekend focused on a group of centennial, historical Christians whose journeys and testimonies are an encouragement and inspiration to all. Sermons…
by Dr. Ralph Blair – The American Psychiatric Association Convention, May 7, 2012 An integration model for cognitive therapy with clients experiencing dissonance between same-sex orientation and faith commitment is discussed. For optimal psychological coping, clients need a coherent understanding of themselves. Since experienced dissonance is evidence that clients are torn between telic congruence and…
1911 ~ The Centennials ~ 2011 Hannah Whitall Smith – Carry A. Nation – Mahalia Jackson – Bob Jones, Jr. This is the opening talk by Dr. Ralph Blair given at the 2011 Preaching Festival. The 2012 weekend focused on a group of centennial, historical Christians whose journeys and testimonies are an encouragement and inspiration to all. Sermons…
1910 ~ The Centennials ~ 2010 William Holman Hunt – Louis Klopsh – The Fundamentals – F. F. Bruce This is the opening talk by Dr. Ralph Blair given at the 20120Preaching Festival. The 201o weekend focused on a group of centennial, historical Christians whose journeys and testimonies are an encouragement and inspiration to all. Sermons from…
The first in a series of three sermons given by Dr. Ralph Blair at the 2010 Preaching Festival held in Ocean Grove, N.J. “Ye Olde Postmodernism” Prefixing “Postmodernism” with the quaintness of “Ye Olde” and its visions of English village shambles and whiffs of ale and Cheshire cheese, isn’t as anachronistic as “Ye Olde’s” pseudo…
The second in a series of three sermons given by Dr. Ralph Blair at the 2010 Preaching Festival held in Ocean Grove, N.J. “The Good News: It’s a Whole Lot More!” Luke gives us this report: “Once when we were going to the place of prayer, we were approached by a slave girl who had…
The third in a series of three sermons given by Dr. Ralph Blair at the 2010 Preaching Festival held in Ocean Grove, N.J. “The Light of the World” In the biblical book of Revelation, at 3:14-22, we read Christ’s letter to the messenger of the congregation at Laodicea in Asia Minor. Here it is: …
Dr. Ralph Blair’s Keynote at the GCN Conference in Seattle, Washington, January 4-7, 2007 At first, they were impressed – a bit surprised, but impressed. But when the guest preacher began to “reinterpret” Scripture, they were confused. As he went on, they were shocked. Finally, they were furious. They knew their Bible. And, for starters,…
Introductory Lecture for the Jonathan Edwards / John Wesley Tercentenary Preaching Festival of Evangelicals Concerned Ocean Grove, New Jersey September 26, 2003 The evangelical movement sailed forth in the fervor for the gospel of Christ in 18th century “Great Awakenings” on both shores of that ocean out there. As it’s been said, “Evangelicalism emerged precisely…
A Lecture at Princeton Theological Seminary March 21, 2003 What’s so immediately evident is this: Of all Christians, Evangelicals have perhaps the most difficulty integrating any expression of homosexuality with Christian faith. But here’s what’s not so immediately evident: Of all Christians, Evangelicals should have the least difficulty integrating at least some expression of homosexuality…