Haverim Lecture Series featuring Dr. Richard Middleton

1180 Upper Bellbrook Road,Xenia OH 45385

25 June, 2022

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Richard is teaching in the Dayton/Xenia area June 25th! Join us in study and conversation by registering for free tickets on this page. Richard Middleton, our featured teacher for this event, is a biblical scholar whose work influences academia, church leaders, and disciples serious about serving God in their generation. His books reveal a passion for communicating and applying biblical ideas in a post modern culture. Portrait of a Disgruntled Prophet: Samuel’s Resistance to God and the Undoing of Saul The story of Saul, Israel’s first king, is a tragic one. Israel began as a nation without a monarchy (different from almost every ancient Near Eastern society we know of). Although it was the people who asked for a king so they could be like the other nations (1 Samuel 8:4–5), God accepted their request (1 Samuel 8:21–22) and chose Saul specifically (1 Samuel 9:15–16). Yet Saul ends up as a confused and vacillating leader, and is ultimately replaced by David. The prophet Samuel is also chosen by God (1 Samuel 3). Samuel not only anoints Saul as king (1 Samuel 10:1), but he presides over Saul’s demise and removal from the monarchy (1 Samuel 15). Yet few Bible readers have attended carefully to the role of Samuel in undermining Saul’s ability to rule well. In these three talks, we will examine the power dynamics between Samuel and Saul to see what lessons we can learn about how we use power badly or well in the church today. Saturday, June 25th, from 9am to 1:00pm This lecture series is hosted by our friends at Church of the Messiah and is suitable for friends and family. Seating is limited so please get your free tickets on this page. We look forward to seeing you there. Dr. Richard Middleton J. Richard Middleton (PhD Free University Amsterdam) is Professor of Biblical Worldview and Exegesis at Northeastern Seminary on the campus of Roberts Wesleyan College, in Rochester, NY. A Jamaican by birth and ethnicity, Richard began his education at Jamaica Theological Seminary, completed it in Canada, and now teaches in the U.S. So he regards himself as a “Jamericadian.” He is past president of the Canadian Society of Biblical Studies (2019–2021) and the Canadian-American Theological Association (2011–2014). His most recent book is Abraham’s Silence: The Binding of Isaac, the Suffering of Job, and How to Talk Back to God (Baker Academic, 2021). He is also the author of The Liberating Image: The Imago Dei in Genesis 1 (Brazos, 2005), A New Heaven and a New Earth: Reclaiming Biblical Eschatology (Baker Academic, 2014), and has published articles on creation theology, the problem of suffering, the theology of popular music, interpreting the Bible in the Caribbean, and the dynamics of human and divine power in biblical narratives.