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Chapel Service: Bob Botsford (Alumni) - February 20

Audio 5a consists of the following recording:
Title: Bob Botsford (alumnus) on Obeying the Call of God
TWU Alumnus Bob Botsford speaks during a chapel service. He speaks in an informal way, often rephrasing scripture with a modern context in order to reach his audience. He focuses first on his work with Youth Development International ( YDI ) and the possibility of developing a Youth Development International outpost at Trinity Western University. He reads from John Chapter 2, recounting the story of how Jesus turned water into wine. He focuses on the way Jesus takes the attention away from the bride, but in a positive way. The other point he draws from this story is that the servants are told by Mary, no mater what Jesus asks of you - just do it. The theme of obedience permeates the rest of Mr. Botsford’s talk. He then relates a story from Matthew 21 which involves the obedience of two sons to their father. From this story he extracts the point that even if what is asked of the individual is difficult, in the end it is only by following through on the command of the Lord that individuals are rewarded. Mr. Botsford encourages his audience to always follow the call of the Lord, to always keep Jesus present, and to be aware of one’s responsibilities to God. Mr. Botsford relates a personal story about his friend Ed Mitchell helping a deaf child discover Jesus. He again encourages his audience to live their lives placing Jesus Christ first. Finally, Mr. Botsford leads in prayer.
Notes provided by BF, student assistant, 2010/2011

Chapel Service: Ron Genheimer - November 2; Judy Reimer - November 6

Audio 6a consists of the following recording:
Title: Ron Genheimer on Modeling Christ-like behavior as a Missionary
Ron Genheimer, international director of the African Evangelical Fellowship, speaks during a chapel service on the importance of modeling Christ-like behavior. He relates several personal stories about growing up in Zululand, South Africa and his experiences with the Zulu people. Mr. Genheimer believes that by modeling Christ-like traits such as humility, servanthood, integrity and industry, missionaries are able to connect with the community they are serving. Finally, he leads the audience in prayer.
Audio 6b consists of the following recording:
Title: Judy Reimer on Education/Wisdom and Graduate School
An Unidentified speaker on Making Change through Networking
Judy Reimer, a recent graduate of a Master’s program at UBC, speaks to chapel attendees about her Graduate School experience. She feels that while she struggled with the secular environment at UBC, students who have been primarily educated in a Christian Context should attempt to include a secular experience. She feels the most valuable lesson was the difference between wisdom and education. After reading from James Chapter 1 and 3:17, Ms. Reimer compares and contrasts Wisdom and Education. She relates several personal stories. She concludes people need both Education and Wisdom. Finally, she offers students several practical tips for surviving Graduate school. Ms. Reimer leads the students in prayer. The Chapel Service concludes. [16:53]

An unidentified male speaker is picked up near the conclusion of a lecture on making change through networking. He encourages students that God is capable of using anyone and - through manipulating an individual’s sphere of influence through networking - changing the world. The unknown speaker leads the students in prayer.
Notes provided by BF, student assistant, 2010/2011

Chapel Service: Nicholas Wolterstorff - October 17 / Dave Bryant - October 18

Audio 7a consists of the following recording:
Title: Dr. Nicholas Wolterstorff – The Personal Matter of Doing Justice
Chapel speaker Dr. Wolterstorff, professor at Calvin College (later at Yale), addresses the students on the personal matter of doing Justice. He relates a personal story of growing up the child of poor immigrants in Minnesota. He discusses the issue of how Justice is viewed - or not viewed - in American politics. He relates a personal story of his experience visiting the South African homelands and the way it inspired him to activism on the part of black South Africans. The second major influence on Dr. Wolterstorff’s activism was an encounter with a Christian Palestinian Rights group in Chicago in 1978. Additionally, he speaks of his involvement with inner-city housing in Grand Rapids. The recording cuts off suddenly.
Audio 7b consists of the following recording:
Title: Dave Bryant – Concert of Prayer
Chapel speaker Dave Bryant relates a personal story of finding his faith in a Moravian Cemetery in North Carolina. He then recounts how the Moravian Missionaries emerged from a group of German students who held prayer meetings. Mr. Bryant encourages the students in attendance to seek change, and the Lord, through prayer. He references the book “Campus Aflame” Orr, James Edwin (Glendale, CA: Regal Books, 1972). Additionally, he reads from Psalm 1:10 and Ezekiel. Through prayer students can inspire change throughout the world. He leads the students in prayer and then asks those that believe the Lord is working through them and their prayer to set the campus aflame and effect change through the world.
Notes provided by BF, student assistant, 2010/2011

Chapel Service: Mr. Underhill - October 26; Tom Bulick (Student Life) - October 29;

Audio 9a consists of the following recording:
Title: Mr. Underhill – The First Commission
Speaking at Chapel, Mr. Underhill advocates that no matter a student’s chosen profession, the first commission of God is to make His world work. Mr. Underhill references several biblical passages: Acts 18, Genesis 1, Mathew 28:18, Acts 8, 1 Peter 2:9, and the majority of Acts. He argues that the duty of everyone in the service of the Lord is to make the world work and to spread the Word of God. Mr. Underhill notes that many Biblical figures moved from place to place and worked at professions that were secular in nature. He feels that people are made in the image of the Lord and have two duties: to make the world work and to fill it. Mr. Underhill illustrates his points with readings from the New Testament. He then relates a personal story where an associate discovered that Jesus Christ is working through everyone constantly. Finally, he concludes by leading the students in prayer.
Audio 9b consists of the following recording:
Title: Tom Bulick – Community Standards
Tom Bulick addresses the rationale behind TWU's community standards while speaking at Chapel. He explains that community standards have three purposes: to promote a sense of community, to provide context for positive peer influence, and to establish an orderly community. Mr. Bulick then defends the following three areas of the community standards in terms of biblical and practical reasons: the use of tobacco, the use of alcohol, and social dancing. He illustrates his points using personal stories. Finally he leads the group in prayer.
Notes provided by BF, student assistant, 2010/2011

Chapel Service: Tom Bulick (Student Life) - January 9

Audio 12a consists of the following recording:
Title: Tom Bulick – Defining our Community - "Community Living and Standards"
VP of Student Affairs, Tom Bulick, speaks in chapel about a few phrases that define the people of TWU. First he explores what it means to be part of a Community, a group of people who share interests, live together, share goals, and care for one another. He then elaborates on what it means to be a part of a University Community, full of academic goals and degrees. Finally, he takes the definition one step further to “Christian University Community” and a commitment to the University’s mission of developing Christian Leaders. He argues that this definition is important to the community. He then discusses the recent changes in the community standards, the release of the ban on social dancing, and the continuance of the prohibition on alcohol and tobacco. He states that while they do not actively police these bans, it is in the best interests of the community as a whole to respect the community standards as they are an integral part of what defines Trinity Western.
Notes provided by BF, student assistant, 2010/2011

Lecture: Dave Busby - February 7 / Dr. Don Page (TWU Administrator) - February 11

Audio 17a consists of the following recording:
Title: Dave Busby - Dependency
Guest speaker Dave Busby continues his lecture series on the Church that God is building out of God-filled people. He discusses the concept of dependency, focusing on three major points: what dependency is not, what dependency is, and what dependency looks like. Busby argues that dependency is not trying harder and drinking from the well of false idols. Instead, a dependant person knows that Jesus is the only true well and turns to him, not only in a storm, but in the calm as well. Busby illustrates his points with several interesting stories about his own life and the lives of those he’s ministered to over the years. See also Aud 16
Audio 17b consists of the following recording:
Title: Dr. Page – Organizational Motivation and Effective Leadership
Dr. Page focuses on the importance of doing business, not more efficiently or expediently, but rooted in God’s direction. He references Exodus 18 and the appointment of judges as a comparison to building an organization through delegation. Dr. Page discusses the importance and difficulty of delegation. He emphasizes that leaders must know to whom they are ultimately responsible: God. He also notes that one of the key elements of delegation involves clearly outlining the limits of the authority granted to the delegates. Another key point is to choose people who are God-seeking and trustworthy. Finally, he notes that the most important element of leadership is that the leader contains a teachable spirit, that he/she is open to new ideas and asks for help when needed. Dr. Page relates his lecture to the recent restructuring of the university and insists that the actions of the university are founded in the Word of God.
Notes provided by BF, student assistant, 2010/2011

Lecture: Don Page (TWU Administrator) / Staley Lecture: Dr. Lynn Buzzard - November 15

Audio 19a consists of the following recording:
Title: Dr. Page – “Materialism, Secularism, and Pluralism”
Dr. Page, Academic Vice President, argues that because politicians are feeling such a large amount of pressure from alternate viewpoints, while not hearing from the Christian point of view, the latter is being forgotten. However, he continues that if we build an argument on Christian values even non-Christians will listen, because they are searching for meaning. He then takes questions from the audience. He notes that the Church functions best when under persecution and, currently, it is under persecution by secular humanism. He briefly touches on the issue of amending the Human Rights Act to include sexual orientation. Then, Dr. Page offers recommendations on how to write an action letter to an MP. Petitions, form letters, multiple signature letters are ineffectual. However the most important letter you can send is a personal letter to your own MP. He answers a few more questions. An unidentified person closes off the discussion.
Audio 19b consists of the following recording:
Title: Dr. Lynn Buzzard – “The Importance of Christian Values and the Law”
Dr. Buzzard, Staley lecturer, continues his lecture series and discusses the importance of Christian values and the Law. He argues that when a society loses its lawfulness, it doesn’t result in anarchy; instead it results in many little laws. He discusses the volume of lawsuits occurring in the United States and illustrates the issue with personal stories. He then continues to explore how the Law fails to serve an important role in society due to the loss of core values. Having stripped God from His connection to law, what goes in His place? He argues that the universities have abandoned the quest for truth. Dr. Buzzard encourages the students to ask, “What is a proper interaction between Law, Justice, and Biblical Values?” The Church should be an advocate for Justice. Often interest in Law is based on personal gain. He argues that the Law can fail. Too often people pin their hopes on the false god of law, but passing a law does not fix a failing of society. [32:20] A new section begins, wherein an unidentified speaker discusses the conversion of the Honduran cabinet to Jesus Christ. Only Christ is the hope for change. He speaks on the assets of Canada; the world has a positive view of Canada and this gives the Church an opportunity to reach out to others. Now is a time, states the speaker, when Christian values can have the greatest impact on the world since WWII. He relates a personal story about interacting with a scientist. A student begins to ask a question; the recording ends before the speaker answers.
Notes provided by BF, student assistant, 2010/2011
[Lynn Buzzard served for fifteen years as executive director of the Christian Legal Society and Center for Law and Religious Freedom before joining the Campbell University Law faculty in 1985.
Source: http://law.campbell.edu/faculty-staff/lynn-buzzard.html (accessed November 18, 2010)]

Praise Chapel: Malcolm Cameron (TWU Staff Member) - October 24-25

Audio 21a consists of the following recording:
Title: Malcolm Cameron – “Self Esteem”
Malcolm Cameron discusses the importance of accepting the fact God has made every person in his own image. When individuals are unable to see how they have been affected by life - the negative relationships and events - they struggle to grow. Personal growth is achieved through acknowledging God. He acknowledges the questions and struggles students face, academically, sexually, and emotionally. He encourages students to reach out the community of Trinity Western for support, strength, and love. After a moment of silence the group sings “Amazing Grace”.
Audio 21b consists of the following recording:
Title: Praise Chapel
The recording consists of praise and worships songs until [15:08] when an unidentified speaker discusses the presentations of chapel speakers from the previous few days on the topic of “Self Esteem”. He encourages the students to open themselves to letting God change an aspect of their lives they would like to see changed. He leads the students in prayer. Once prayer is concluded, the group resumes singing. At [31:15] the speaker leads the students in prayer again. Piano music plays as prayer concludes.
Notes provided by BF, student assistant, 2010/2011

Radio Program: Paul Chamberlain (TWU Professor) - April 11

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Audio 23a consists of the following recording:
Title: Paul Chamberlain - Interviewed by Bill Good on CKNW
This recording features a radio discussion re the book “Can We Be Good Without God” by Paul Chamberlain. They discuss the central moral issue of the book - morals in a nonreligious society - and the development of the book. The show takes calls from listeners, who introduce issues including Adam and Eve and procreation; free will; right and wrong; moral knowledge being infused in the psyche from God; and the negative impact of organized religion as group psychopathology versus spirituality. Recording contains two commercial breaks.
Notes provided by BF, student assistant, 2010/2011

TWU Fall Banquet: Chuck Colson - October 30

Audio 24a consists of the following recording:
Title: Chuck Colson – “God Demands Our Obedience”
Chuck Colson, a Christian leader, cultural commentator, and author who served as Special Counsel for President Richard Nixon from 1969 to 1973, speaks at the Pan Pacific Hotel in Vancouver during Trinity's Fall Banquet. He opens with a joke about being tape-recorded - referring to Watergate. He also tells several humorous anecdotes. He poses the question, “What can a fellow believe in now?” Colson discusses the breakdown of government and loss of trust in society. He discusses how modern society lives as if God is dead. Colson examines what it means to be a Christian in a religious sense and not merely a situational or cultural sense. The Church must stand on truth, on Scripture. Colson also examines the Trinity Western Statement of Purpose and the importance of the mission to create leaders who think as Christians constantly. He discusses how God has not used his triumphs, but the great defeat of his life - going to prison - to impact others. Colson argues that it is not what we do, but what God chooses to do through us, and our obedience to Him. He then examines what it means to love God. Finally, Colson calls out to the people not to simply sit smugly and be saved, but to go out and live as members of the Church of Christ in the middle of the decaying Kingdom of the world. President Snider thanks Colson for coming and makes a few closing remarks.
Notes provided by BF, student assistant, 2010/2011

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