Lecture Recordings
The Pepperdine Bible Lectures is an annual event hosted by Pepperdine University featuring a wide variety of lectures and classes on topics and themes in the Bible and Christianity. The Lectures, retitled "Harbor" in 2013, are now coordinated by the Office of Church Relations. Pepperdine Bible Lectures began in January 1943 and were modeled after similar programs at Abilene Christian University, David Lipscomb University, and Harding University. Lectures have been held annually in the spring since 1943 (with the exception of 1957). In the early years, the lectures were held at the original George Pepperdine College campus in Los Angeles. Between 1958 and 1967, the Lectures were held twice annually, with closing night keynotes taking place in the Shrine Auditorium and Los Angeles Sports Arena. Since 1973, the Lectures have been held at Pepperdine University's campus in Malibu, California
Lectures from 2014
Class: Helping Hispanics Understand Christianity 101, Tom Allen
Class: God Shows Up When We Shut Up (7 Things I Learned From 30 Days of Silence), Chris Altrock
Class: Mist (Reflections on the Brevity and Priorities of Life), Rick Atchley
Class: Sunday's Coming (The Joy [and Work] of Weekly Sermon Preparation), Rick Atchley, Randy Harris, and Chris Seidman
Class: In the Name of Jesus (Not Just Because We’re Nice People), Wyane Atkinson
Class: A Theologian and a Psychologist Walk into a..., Richard Beck and Mark Love
Class: Spiritual Passport (From Diplomat to Bible College Director), Fred Bergh
Class: Growing a Mobile Church (Out of the Building and Engaging the Community), Tim Blair and Lisa Blair
Class: The Nature of God as Hermeneutic (When Magna Cum Laude Meets, Marries, and Ministers with Thank You Laude), Dick Blythe and Rhonda Blythe
Class: Equipping the American Church to Serve a Global Mission: Setting Realistic Expectations (Strategy and Metrics), Dan Bouchelle, Mark Hooper, and Jonathan "JoJo" Ramos
Class: Covenant in All Its Complex Diversity, Walter Brueggemann
Class: Is the Future Worth Imagining for Churches of Christ?, Brady Bryce
Class: Resurrecting the Hermeneutics Discussion (Why It Is Still Crucial for Churches of Christ), Kelly Carter
Class: All Cleaned Up and Nowhere to Go? (Baptism as Commission and Choreography), Jeff Childers
Class: Financial Stewardship in a Depraved World, Winston Chong
Class: Churches of Christ and Change, Lauren Cosentino and Patrick Mead
Class: God's Forever Family (Mark 3:31-35), Billy Curl
Class: The Happiness Project (Exceptionally Created for an Exceptional Life), Jason Darden
Class: Survey Says! (What’s Happening in Churches of Christ?), Dyron Daughrity
Class: A Good Blend (Stepfamilies and the Church), Ron Deal
Class: Look, Here Is Water! (Baptism in the Book of Acts), Kindalee Pfremmer DeLong
Class: Theology and Science (What’s All the Fuss?), Chris Doran
Class: Answering the Call to God’s Lost People, Shaun Dutile, Marci Dutile, Cody Balch, and Micah Balch
Class: Children’s Worship (What’s the Point and What Are Our Goals?), Lila Earwood
Class: Revival 101 (How the Charismatics and Universalists are Radically Changing the College Campus, and Why I Absolutely Love It), Thomas Fitzpatrick
Class: Baptism and Unity: Can You Have Both?, Doug Foster
Class: Worship, Work, and Women (How Scripture Shapes a 21st-Century Church), Carl Garrison, Amy Bost Henegar, Jason Isbell, Larry Mudd, Angel Reyes, and Tom Robinson
Class: Loves God, Likes Girls (Can You Be a Gay Christian?), Sally Gary
Class: In Weakness Made Strong (The Power of Vulnerability for Strengthening and Sustaining Intimacy), Jaime Goff
Class: Transitioning Through Tribulation Towards Transformation (Imagining a New Today for the Church of Tomorrow), Chris Goldman
Class: World Christian Broadcasting, Maurice Hall
Class: Galatians, Randy Hall
Class: The Idiot’s Guide to Theology, Randy Harris
Class: The Sacramental Presence of the Future in the Assembly, John Mark Hicks
Class: Speaking Christian (Breathing New Life into Ancient Words), Wade Hodges
Class: Evolution and Christianity (Are They Incompatible Worldviews?), Rodney Honeycutt
Class: Raising Resilience (Where Is God in This?), Connie Horton
Class: Preaching with Prezi (Reaching Visual Learners with Your Presentation), Shane Hughes
Class: Mega vs. Movement (Investing in the Few to Reach the Many), Charles Kiser, Julie Kiser, and Fred Liggin
Class: When Our Hearts Condemn Us (Learning to Forgive Ourselves), Kevin Knight and Kris Knight
Class: Blood Work (Redeemed, Reconciled, and Reminded by the Blood of Christ), Victor Knowles
Class: Seeing God in the City (Engaged Ministry on the Margins), Dwayne Lee and Kavian McMillon
Class: Gay Marriage, Islam, Zombies, and Liberals (How the Bible Quiets Our Biggest Fears), Jason Locke
Class: A Symposium on Baptism and the Lord's Supper in Ministry, Stuart Love and D'Esta Love
Class: Confident Leadership in Challenging Times (Five Essential Strategies), Randy Lowry
Class: Lay Down Your Guns, Amanda Madrid
Class: Operation Ecuador (Equip and Release), Joshua Marcum
Class: Walter Brueggemann and Churches of Christ, Rick Marrs
Class: God's Brave New World: Dreams of Life as It Is Meant to Be, Bobby Valentine
Lectures from 2013
Class: Can You Hear Me Now? (Learning to Listen to God), Rick Atchley
Keynote: Heaven on Earth (Revelation 21-22), Rick Atchley
Class: Love Your Muslim Neighbor as You Love Yourself (Exploring the Golden Rule in an Interreligious Context), John Barton, Keith Huey, and Saeed Khan
Class: Love Wins (Evangelical Universalism in the Churches of Christ), Richard Beck
Class: God, Gangs, and Glue (An Introduction to Kenya Street Ministry), Dusty Breeding and Cecily Breeding
Class: The Bible Miniseries: Telling Scripture’s Story in Ten Hours (on the History Channel), Mark Burnett and Roma Downey
Class: War in the Book of Revelation, Lee Camp
Class: “Eucatastrophe!” says J.R.R. Tolkien (Why Tolkien’s Apocalyptic Vision Conveys Gospel So Well Today), Jeff Childers
Class: The Slaughtered Lamb (Revelation 5), Dave Clayton
Keynote: The Slaughtered Lamb (Revelation 5), Dave Clayton
Keynote: The World’s Worst (and Best) War Story (Revelation 14-20), Mike Cope
Class: All Days Are Not Equal (Standing in the Gap for Trafficked Children), Pam Cope and Rachel Johnson
Class: Why We Exist (The Reason Churches of Christ Came into Being), Lauren Cosentino and Patrick Mead
Class: The End in Graphic Terms (What Comic Books Get Right [and Wrong] About the Apocalypse)Class, Ron Cox
Class: Reaching and Discipling Twenty-Somethings, Matt Dabbs, Eric Brown, and Charles Kiser
Class: Whose Praises Do You Sing? (The "Political" Hymns of Revelation), Kindy DeLong
Class: Footprints of the Divine (Seeking the Sacred Within Pop Culture), Craig Detweiler
Class: Feelings Idolatry (The Real Enemy That Is Destroying Us), Kinwood DeVore
Class: The Red Thread Movement (Combating Human Trafficking and Modern-Day Slavery), Linda Egle and Brittany Partridge
Class: Jesus Is Bigger Than That, Josh Graves and Sara Barton
Keynote: The Throne Above All Thrones (Revelation 4), Fate Hagood
Class: Knowing God, Randy Harris
Keynote: The Christmas Story as You Rarely Heard It (Revelation 12-13), Randy Harris
Class: A Still Unfinished Reconciliation (Race Relations in Churches of Christ), Gary Holloway and John York
Class: Exploring Babylon (Urban Reality in America’s Cities), Larry James
Class: God’s Economics (Why We Should Make Poor Choices), Milton Jones
Class: Transforming Lives, Nurturing Hope, Living Christ (Rescuing Street Children and Setting Them Among Princes), Hung Le and Corinne Le
Class: The Living Jesus Among His Churches (Revelation 1-3), Rich Little
Keynote: The Living Jesus Among His Churches (Revelation 1-3), Rich Little
Class: Renewal for Restoration Churches (Seeking Hope for Christianity in North America), Jason Locke
Class: Renewal for Restoration Churches (Seeking Hope for Christianity in North America), Jason Locke, Mark Lowe, and John York
Class: Renewal for Restoration Churches (Seeking Hope for Christianity in North America), Jason Locke, Ben Ries, and Aaron Metcalf
Class: Living Resurrection: Engaging His Story (A Meditative Experience in Scripture), Rhonda Lowry
Class: Back to the Future (A Look at Daniel 7-12), Rick Marrs
Class: Funny How God Works...But He Does, Don McLaughlin
Keynote: The Ultimate Failure of Evil (Revelation 6-11), Don McLaughlin
Class: Wrestling with Prayer (For Those Who Struggle with Prayer), Patrick Mead and Matt Elliott
Class: Angels and Revelation (On the Way to God’s Ultimate Goal), Larry Mudd
Class: Congregations Caught in a Vise (Revelation 1-3), Rick Oster
Class: A Restoration Movement (Bigger Than We’d Thought), Josh Ross and Jonathan Storment
Class: Bible Lectureships are Dinosaurs—Overcoming the Jaded Expectations of a Skeptical Fellowship, Jerry Rushford
Class: Say What?! (The Disturbing Words of Jesus), Chris Seidman
Class: Revelation and the Witness of Christ, Greg Stevenson
Class: Revelation, Evil, and Suffering, Greg Stevenson
Class: Revelation, War, and the Language of Hope, Greg Stevenson
Class: Uppity Women of the Stone-Campbell Movement, Bobby Valentine
Class: The Importance of Holy Terrorism, Jeff Walling
Class: Early Christian Responses to the Roman Empire, James Walters
Class: Sorting Out the “Mills” (What Does It Mean to Be Pre-Millennial, Post-Millennial, or A-Millennial?), John Wilson
Lectures from 2012
Class: The History of Bible Lectureships in Churches of Christ (A Centennial Reflection on these Annual Assemblies), Tom Olbricht
Class: The Impact of the Pepperdine Bible Lectures (1983-2012) (Putting the Last 30 Years in Historical Context), Tom Olbricht
Lectures from 2009
Keynote: In Him All Things Hold Together (Colossians 1:15-20), Rick Atchley
Keynote: Do Everything in the Name of the Lord Jesus (Colossians 3:12-17), Mike Cope
Keynote: Christ, the Mystery of God (Colossians 2:1-7), Monte Cox
Keynote: Christ in You, the Hope of Glory (Colossians 1:24-30), Rich Little
Keynote: Set Your Mind on Things Above (Colossians 3:1-11), Josh Ross
Keynote: You Have Died With Christ (Colossians 2:16-23), Curt Sparks
Lectures from 2008
Keynote: Two Houses in a Storm (Matthew 7:24-29), Jerry Taylor
Lectures from 2007
Class: Revisiting the Classics of Christian Spirituality, Harold Hazelip
Lectures from 2002
Keynote: Christ: God's Yes (2 Corinthians 1:18-22), Randy Harris
Class: Women in the Church: Three Difficult Texts, Carroll Osburn
Lectures from 1997
Class: The Power of the Powerless: Second Corinthians and the Gospel According to Megan, Mike Cope
Lectures from 1995
Keynote: A Dream Worth Keeping Alive (John 17:1-26), Max Lucado
Lectures from 1994
Keynote: Life in the Spirit of Christ (Galatians 5:16-26), John O. York
Lectures from 1987
Keynote: The Triumph Song of Life (Acts 28:30-31), Jerry Rushford
Lectures from 1986
Keynote: Man of Sorrows— What a Name (Isaiah 53:1-12), Frank Pack
Lectures from 1985
Keynote: The Finality of Christ (Hebrews 1:1-4), David Davenport