WTS Duke Day 1

I had a really great day at Wesley Theological Society at Duke University. It is always great to see old friends and meet a few new ones. This is a really significant year because WTS is meeting together with the Society of Pentecostal Studies. They have 600 people registered which is incredible.

There are so many young scholars coming up through the academic ranks. On the one hand this is really wonderful because they are incredibly bright, gifted and prepared. On the other hand, the Church of the Nazarene has a really hard time hanging on to them for a variety of reasons.

It was wonderful to get to hear Stanley Hauerwas and Jurgen Moltmann speak today. Dr. Hauerwas was chosen by Time magazine a couple of years ago as America's best theologian and Moltmann has won several awards naming him the most significant theologian of the last half of the 20th century. Without question they have been the two most influential theologians for myself and many others. It's always a privilege to get to hear them.

Duke is incredibly beautiful. The chapel and divinity school are connected and amazing. The whole place makes me wish I was 18 again and could do it all over.