Currie-Strickland Lectures

The Currie-Strickland Distinguished Lectures in Christian Ethics were established by Gary and Mollie Elliston to honor their friends, Dr. David R. Currie and the late Phil Strickland. The lecture series is designed to provide a special opportunity for students, faculty, and the general public to consider the importance of Christian ethics in the workplace, in the classroom, in ministry, in national and world affairs, and in the minds of Christians as they make decisions in their daily lives.

Past Speakers and Themes

2021 — Dr. M. Daniel Carroll R. (Rodas) — “The Bible and Immigration”

2020 — Dr. Myles Werntz — “War and the Christian Life”

2019 — Dr. Matthew Kaemingk — “Muslim Immigration: Following Christ Through the Debate”

2018 – Rev. Suzii Paynter — “Women’s Leadership, Global Mission, and Course Correction”

2017 — Dr. Roger Olson — “Both-And Ethics: Reconciling Niebuhr and Hauerwas”

2016 — Dr. Robert Sellers — “The Gospel and Religious Pluralism”

2015 — Dr. Willie James Jennings — “The Risk of Being Christian in Racial America”

2014 — Dr. Elizabeth Newman — “Work and Rest: Vice, Virtues, and Christian Practice”

2013 — Dr. Jeph Holloway — “The Practice of Christian Moral Discernment”

2012 — Stephen Reeves, Rev. Suzii Paynter, Rev. C. Welton Gaddy — “Faith and Politics: Being Prophetic Without Being Partisan”

2011 — Rev. Ira Peak, Dr. Doug Ezell, Rev. George Mason

2010 — Dr. Gary Manning, Rev. Robert Williams, Dr. Bill Fowler

2009 — Dr. Bill Tillman, Dr. James Denison

2008 — Dr. W. David Sapp, Dr. Richard Jackson, Dr. Jimmy Allen