RTS DALLAS
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Join us throughout the spring semester for a complimentary lunch and a message from notable guest speakers like Ligon Duncan, Scott Swain, and Dustin Messer.
These luncheons will all be held on campus at 1202 Dragon Street Suite 104. Doors open at noon, and our speakers will begin promptly at 12:15.
Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III is the Chancellor & CEO of Reformed Theological Seminary and the John E. Richards Professor of Systematic and Historical Theology. He is also currently serving as President of RTS Jackson. He served as Senior Minister of the historic First Presbyterian Church (1837) in Jackson, Miss. for 17 years (1996-2013). He is co-founder of Together for the Gospel, Senior Fellow of the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood (having served as both Chairman of the Board and President), and was President of the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals from 2004-2012. Duncan served as the Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in America (2004-2005). He studied at Furman University, Greenville, SC (BA); Covenant Theological Seminary, St. Louis (MDiv, MA, cum laude); and the University of Edinburgh, Scotland (Ph.D.). Duncan has edited, written, and contributed to numerous books. Ligon and his wife Anne reside in Jackson, Miss. They have two adult children.
Dr. Scott R. Swain is President and James Woodrow Hassell Professor of Systematic Theology at Reformed Theological Seminary in Orlando, Florida. Dr. Swain has served on the RTS faculty since 2006, having previously taught at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas.
His main research interests include the doctrine of God, theological interpretation of Scripture, and modern Protestant theology, and he has published a number of books and essays on these topics. With Dr. Michael Allen, he serves as general editor of two series: Zondervan Academic’s New Studies in Dogmatics and T & T Clark’s International Theological Commentary.
Dr. Swain is an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church in America. He and his wife, Leigh, have four children.
(BA, Boyce College; MA, Covenant Theological Seminary; ThD, La Salle University) is vicar of All Saints Dallas in downtown Dallas, Texas, and teaches at the Dallas campus of Reformed Theological Seminary and The King’s College in New York City. Dustin’s wife, Whitney, helps lead a classical Christian school near their church, and together they have one daughter, Pennilyn Grace.
February 20th - Dr. Ligon Duncan
"The Differences Between Reformed and Dispensational Theology"
March 2nd - Fr. Dustin Messer
"Catechesis and the Deconstructing Self"
April 14th - Dr. Scott Swain
"The Trinity & Prayer"
We will open our doors and get you signed in, direct you to our lunch, and let you mingle and grab your seat for the lecture.
Our guest lecturer will be introduced and give their planned presentation. If you are entering later than 12:15, please be mindful of our speakers.
We want to honor your time and will go no longer than 1:15 so that you can return back to work from your lunch break.