Ron Julian is a teacher at McKenzie Study Center, a tutor at Gutenberg College, the author of Righteous Sinners, and a co-author of The Language of God: A Commonsense Approach to Understanding and Applying the Bible. Other audio series by Ron Julian are available to download from the MSC website and available to purchase in the audio section of the Community Bookstore.

Reformation Fellowship meets Sunday afternoons from 4:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. at North Park Community Church, 3484 Harlow Road, in Eugene.

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For other materials by David Crabtree, see his author page on the McKenzie Study Center website.

Dr. David Crabtree is the president and a tutor at Gutenberg College, and he is a co-author of The Language of God: A Commonsense Approach to Understanding and Applying the Bible. Other audio series by David Crabtree are available to download from the MSC website and available to purchase in the audio section of the Community Bookstore.

Reformation Fellowship meets Sunday afternoons from 4:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. at North Park Community Church, 3484 Harlow Road, in Eugene.

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Join us on either May 20 or 21 at the Gutenberg College Open House, and see Gutenberg’s latest theater production: a history of modern philosophy—as a cooking show! Please join us for dinner at 6:00 p.m. The play, written by Gutenberg tutor Tim McIntosh and performed jointly by Gutenberg students and working actors from Eugene, will follow at 6:30 p.m. The cost is $5 per person, and reservations are required. Please call 541-683-5141 to reserve tickets.

Gutenberg College premiered its first dinner theater performance in 2009. All the plays have been based on Gutenberg’s “great books” curriculum and have included The Trial of Socrates, Narcissus & Echo Go to the Mall, The Trial of Luther, The Metamorphosis, and Hell, Purgatory & Heaven: A Walking Tour (based on Dante’s Divine Comedy). The Open Houses and performances are a great way for people to get to know Gutenberg better.

Tutor Tim McIntosh, who has written all of the plays, teaches writing to Gutenberg freshmen and sophomores. He is also a playwright, screenwriter, and actor. His play Søn of Abraham received a “Best New Plays” award, and the film of his screenplay Mandie was released by Kalon Media in spring 2009. He earned his M.A. in theology from Reformed Theological Seminary.

 
 
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We all love America’s Founding Fathers. But what did they really say? Does their plan still work? Join us at the 2010 Summer Institute to discuss the history and future of American democracy. 

Modeled after Gutenberg College’s “Great Books” approach to education, small group discussion of historical, contemporary, and biblical authors is the heart of the Summer Institute. (See schedule below.) Reading materials will be sent to participants after they register.

This year’s Great Books topics:

• Monday:  Purpose of Life
  Author: Fyodor Dostoyevsky
  Reading: Part II, Book 5, Chapter 4, “Rebellion” and Chapter 5, “The Grand Inquisitor”; and all of Book 6, “The Russian Monk” from The Brothers Karamazov
• Tuesday:  Founding Fathers’ Intent: Representative versus Radical Democracy
  Author: James Madison (under the pseudonym “Publius”)
  Reading: Numbers 10 and 51 of The Federalist Papers
• Wednesday:  Nature of Individualism
  Author: F. A. Hayek
  Reading: Chapter 1, “Individualism: True and False,” from Individualism and Economic Order
• Thursday:  Complications of Modern Democracy
  Author: Alexis de Tocqueville
  Reading: Book 4 of Democracy in America
• Friday:  Solutions/Conclusions
  Author: Jacques Ellul
  Reading: Chapter 6, “Political Solutions,” and Chapter 7, “Depolitization and Tensions,” from The Political Illusion

Corresponding Bible topics:

(Click here for a PDF of all the Bible readings and associated study questions.)

• Monday:  Purpose of Life/Role of Tension, Conflict, and Suffering
• Tuesday:  Political Equality and Biblical Equality
• Wednesday:  Bible and Human Freedom, Responsibility, and Moral Maturity
• Thursday:  Democracy and Human Depravity
• Friday:  God’s View of Institutions: Is There a Biblical Mandate?

Daily lectures by Gutenberg faculty will help put the topics and readings in perspective. Meals together (breakfast, lunch, and dinner), coffee-and-conversation breaks, and evening activities will provide more time for discussion and fellowship.
 

COST
(includes reading materials and meals: 5 breakfasts, 5 lunches, 4 dinners) 

• $380—without housing
  $220 for a second family member
• $550—with housing (limited availability)
  $390 for a second family member (limited availability)
• $200 for prospective Gutenberg students
  $250—with housing (limited availability)
• $60—non-refundable reservation deposit required

REGISTRATION & INFORMATION

Please register early to receive reading materials in time to read them before the start of the Institute. 

To register and for more information, use the “Contact Us” link in the left column to contact Gutenberg College. More details about the conference will be posted on this website in coming weeks. Check back!

SCHEDULE

Breakfast: 8:15 – 8:45

Morning: 9:00 – 12:00
• 09:00 – 9:20: GB Context Lecture (historical, philosophical, etc.)
• 09:35 – 10:30: Great Book Group Discussion
• 10:45 – 11:45: Great Book Topic Lecture

Lunch: 12:00 – 1:00

Afternoon: 1:15 – 4:00
• 01:15 – 02:00: Biblical Passage Group Discussion
• 02:15 – 02:45: Biblical Topic Lecture
• 03:00 – 04:00: Q & A

Dinner: 6:00 – 7:00

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