Timothy George is on campus today and tomorrow giving lectures in chapel. To be honest, I was unfamiliar with the gentleman prior to hearing about his coming to SEBTS to deliver lectures. This says more about me than it does about him for today was a fantastic recap of the Reformation era in a lecture entitled Five Revolutions of the Reformation Era. The five revolutions corresponded to five well-known men of yesteryear:

1. Copernicus -posited heliocentricity contra geocentricity; Luther theocentricity contra anthropocentricity
2. Christopher Columbus – “Christopher” = “Christ bearer” (Greek); charting new geography displaced eurocentricity; that we would be Christ bearers (“Christophers”)
3. Gutenberg and his printing press – years later, Baptists in love with printing Bibles and publishing translations
4. Erasmus and his Greek New Testament – ad fontes approach; “do penance” (Vulgate) vs. “repentance” (GNT)
5. Luther and the rediscovery of the gospel – justification through faith alone in Christ alone (to be elaborated on tomorrow)

It doesn’t appear that the lecture is online yet, or else you would have a link pointing to it in place of this sentence. George did mention that the lecture today would be the first chapter in a forthcoming book; consequently, it’s possible that the lecture might not be posted online and you’ll just have to wait for the book.

Update: Lecture 1 and Lecture 2 for download. [HT: Denny Burk]