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1 GENERAL CONFERENCE INFORMATION Conference Registration The best conference prices are available to members of ETS, ATS, EPS, and NEAS. If you want to attend the Annual Meeting, but are not a member, consider joining ETS. In addition to great conference rates, you ll receive a one year subscription to the Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, online access to our JETS archive, and more. For information on becoming a member, please visit, Online registration is available at This page includes complete details on pricing, key dates, and how to register online. If you need assistance, please us at meeting@etsjets.org. To register for the conference, apply for membership, or subscribe to JETS by mail or fax, use one of the forms found in the back of the program. Mail the completed form(s) to Evangelical Theological Society, 2825 Lexington Rd. Box 927, Louisville, KY or fax to (502) On-site registration will be available at the Conference Registration Desk on the first floor of the Hilton. Tickets for the annual ETS Banquet will also be available at the registration desk for $20. Subsidized by ETS, this three course, $50 meal, will be followed by Dr. Scott B. Rae s presidential address. Online registration is available through October 16th. On-site registration prices are in effect after Oct. 16th. So register early to get the best price. For a complete listing of prices and dates please see the registration form in the back of the program or visit Conference Location Conference Sessions and Events All Sessions, plenary addresses, and special events will be held at the Hilton Atlanta, 255 Courtland St. NE, Atlanta, GA Accommodations Group rate rooms are available at the Hilton. To make a reservation by phone please call Be sure to ask for the ETS group rate. To book a room online, go to and click on the link. Booking through this page will automatically apply the group rate to your reservation. Space is limited so please book early. Conference Registration desk The Conference Registration Desk, located on the first floor of the Hilton, will be open: Monday: 6pm-9pm Tuesday: 7am-5pm Wednesday: 7am-5pm Thursday: 8am-1pm The Exhibit Hall The Exhibit Hall is located in the Galleria Exhibit Hall on the lower level of the Hilton. With more than 65 confirmed exhibiters, this year promises to be exceptional. Most exhibitors offer generous discounts on their products making this an excellent opportunity to gain valuable resources. Conference name badges must be worn to gain entrance to the Exhibit Hall. There are no exceptions to this policy. The hours for the Exhibit Hall are: Tuesday: 8:30am-6:00pm Wednesday: 8:30am-6:00pm Thursday: 8:30am-4:00pm A floor plan of the exhibits and a listing of exhibitors may be found on pages ( ). Program APP

2 GENERAL CONFERENCE INFORMATION Program APP Download the ETS Program App onto your Iphone or Smartphone for access to the program, maps, list of exhibitors, advertisements, special events and more. The program app is updated immediately with every change in the program so you will never get caught at a cancelled session when using the app. View the daily schedule Add sessions to your personal schedule Search the app for people, topics, sessions And much more Search for ETS 2015 in the App StoreTM or Google PlayTM. Online Program The program is available online at Overview Parallel sessions The parallel sessions are composed of five different session types. AFFILIATED SOCIETY SESSIONS feature presentations that were selected and arranged by one of the three societies which join ETS each year: the Adventist Theological Society, the Evangelical Philosophical Society, and the Near Eastern Archaeological Society. DISCIPLINE SPECIFIC SESSIONS are composed of presentations that were submitted by ETS members and rated by a panel of scholars who served under the direction of the program chair. These presentations have been grouped into basic disciplines: Old Testament, New Testament, Systematic Theology, Church History/Historical Theology, and Practical Theology. PROGRAM UNIT SESSIONS are a combination of invited papers and proposed presentations which were selected by the program unit steering committees. ETS has three types of program units. Consultations are new program units which are responsible for 1 session of invited papers at the meeting. Study Groups are narrowly focused groups which require active, collaborative participation by the group members. ETS encourages study groups to publish the results of their work. Study groups are responsible for one session of invited papers at the annual meeting. Sections are broadly defined groups that represent general areas of interest. Responsible for one session of invited papers and one session of papers drawn from member submissions, the sections offer the most access for unsolicited papers. THEME SESSIONS are composed of presentations submitted by members, which address the conference theme. These presentations were evaluated by a panel of scholars under the direction of the program chair. The theme presentations have been arranged into cohesive sessions based on texts, topics, and methods. CAREER SESSIONS are special sessions that are designed to help ETS members in their careers. These sessions include discussions of the academic job market, publishing, interviewing and other significant career development topics. 67 th Annual Meeting // Marriage and the Family 3

3 LETTER FROM THE PROGRAM CHAIR Welcome to the 67th Annual Meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society The theme of this year s conference is Marriage and the Family. With the recent Supreme Court decision about what constitutes marriage, our focus could not be more timely. Such a pragmatic topic needs rigorous academic and biblicallygrounded examination. The issues related to marriage, family, sex, gender identity, and the like have seen almost unbelievable redefinition via political and social engineering in just the last few years. Thoughtful, grace-and-truth imbued articulation from a thoroughly Christian perspective is desperately needed in our post-christian world. I stand in awe of our sovereign God s design of having this theme at ETS this year, since the themes are planned out years in advance. ETS is the right venue for this topic because the issues touch everyone s life and the best answers to today s troubled conundrums must come from those with a high view of scripture and a heart for people. We have four plenary speakers at this conference who will address a variety of topics related to our theme. Each of the following scholars were chosen because of their expertise on their assigned topics. Dr. Everett Worthington, of Virginia Commonwealth University, will speak on forgiveness in marriage, a much-needed topic in light of the divorce rate among believers. Dr. Myrto Theocharous, at the Greek Bible College in Pikermi, Greece, will address the sex trade and what believers can do to help rescue these girls from their enslavement and bring them to Christ. Dr. Wesley Hill, Trinity School for Ministry, will discuss what the Church s relation to the homosexual community is and what it should be. Dr. John Trent, at Moody Theological Seminary, will address raising Christian children in a post-christian world. As expected, hundreds of significant, stimulating, and erudite papers on the main theme as well as scores of other topics are also on the program this year. We anticipate rich academic fellowship, irenic yet profoundly engaging dialogue in a sola scriptura community, edification of heart and mind, and much to meditate on at our conference in Atlanta. Thanks are due to the ETS Executive Committee, program unit committees, and the many volunteers who culled through a myriad of proposals for this conference. Without the labors of these folks, the annual meeting would take on a haphazard, amateurish hue. We are especially indebted to Mike Thigpen, the Executive Director of ETS, his wife Bonnie, and their hand-picked team of dedicated servants who work out the extraordinarily complex logistical details, weaving them into an orderly, efficient tapestry. Mike is responsible not just for the annual program, but for the administration of the Society year-round. He is the unsung hero of the continued growth and success of ETS. Atlanta, here we come! I look forward to seeing you all there. Daniel B. Wallace Senior Professor of New Testament Studies Dallas Theological Seminary Executive Director Center for the Study of New Testament Manuscripts 4 67 th Annual Meeting // Marriage and the Family

4 PLENARY SPEAKERS Wesley Hill ETS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Trinity School for Ministry President Washed and Still Waiting: Homosexuality in Evangelical Perspective Scott B. Rae Talbot School of Theology President-Elect Daniel B. Wallace Dallas Theological Seminary Myrto Theocharous Vice-President Greek Bible College in Athens, Greece Sam Storms Becoming a Refuge: Sex Trafficking and the People of God Bridgeway Church, Enjoying God Ministries Secretary/Treasurer Gregg R. Allison The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary Everett L. Worthington Virginia Commonwealth University Forgiveness in Marriage Past Presidents Clinton E. Arnold (2011) Talbot School of Theology Paul R. House (2012) Beeson Divinity School Robert W. Yarbrough (2013) Covenant Theological Seminary Thomas R. Schreiner John Trent The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary Moody Theological Seminary Revolutionary Marriage: The revolution needed to champion an Evangelical theology of marriage as we face The Law of Graduality Executive Director J. Michael Thigpen 67th Annual Meeting // Marriage and the Family 5

5 OVERVIEW OF SCHEDULE TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17 7:45-8:15am Morning Prayer EPS Plenary Session 2:00-2:50pm Mike Austin s A 8:30-9:10am 9:20-10:00am 10:10-10:50am 11:00-11:40am s D 3:00-3:40pm 3:50-4:30pm 4:40-5:20pm 5:30-6:10pm 11:45-1:00pm 1:15-1:45pm Lunch ETS Business Meeting I 7:00-8:00pm 8:00-9:00pm Banquet Presidential Address s B 2:00-2:40pm 2:50-3:30pm 3:40-4:20pm 4:40-5:10pm Plenary Session 1 5:25-6:15pm Wesley Hill THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19 7:45-8:15am Morning Prayer 8:30-9:00am 8:30-9:00am Plenary Session 3 9:10-10:00am ETS Business Meeting II EPS Business Meeting Everett Worthington WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18 7:45-8:15am Morning Prayer s C 8:30-9:10am 9:20-10:00am 10:10-10:50am 11:00-11:40am 11:45-12:45pm 12:00-1:00pm Plenary Session 2 1:00-1:50pm Lunch NEAS Member Meeting Myrto Theocharous 10:10-10:40am Plenary Session 4 10:45-11:35am 11:45-12:45pm 12:00-1:00pm s E 1:00-1:40pm 1:50-2:30pm 2:40-3:20pm 3:30-4:10pm Corporate Worship John Trent Lunch NEAS Member Meeting 6 67 th Annual Meeting // Marriage and the Family

6 SPECIAL EVENTS TUESDAY LUNCH 4th Annual ETS Colson Center Lecture Series Colson Center for Christian Worldview 11:45 AM to 1:00 PM Grand Salon C Luncheon for Scholarship Recipients Evangelical Theological Society 11:45 AM to 1:00 PM W. Bradford Wilcox on Work, Poverty and Marriage Oikonomia Network 11:45 AM to 1:00 PM Grand Salon E TUESDAY EVENING For the Life of the World Screening Acton Institute 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM Grand Salon B Southeastern Theological Fellowship Banquet 6:45 PM to 8:45 PM Crystal Ballroom Networking and Discussion on Theological Education for the Church in China China Academic Consortium 7:30 PM to 9:00 PM Room 305 A Question Mark over my Head : Female Theologians at the Evangelical Theological Society Christians for Biblical Equality 7:45 PM to 9:15 PM Evangelical Philosophical Society Reception 8:30 PM to 10:00 PM Grand Salon C SBC Professor's Dessert B&H Publishing Group 9:00 PM to 11:00 PM Grand Salon A WEDNESDAY BREAKFAST Dallas Theological Seminary Alumni Breakfast 6:45 AM to 8:15 AM Grand Salon D WEDNESDAY LUNCH Early Christianity in Asia Minor, Turkey Tutku Tours 11:45 AM to 12:45 PM WEDNESDAY EVENING Southern Seminary Dessert Reception 9:15 PM to 12:00 AM Grand Salon D Trinity Alumni & Friends Dessert Reception 9:15 PM to 11:00 PM Grand Salon E THURSDAY BREAKFAST Associated Schools of Jerusalem University College 7:00 AM to 9:00 AM Talbot Alumni Breakfast 7:00 AM to 8:00 AM Room 305 The Master's Seminary Alumni Breakfast 6:45 AM to 8:15 AM Crystal Ballroom D 67 th Annual Meeting // Marriage and the Family 7