Mr. Melvin Tinker, internationally renowned Christian author and speaker, will deliver the keynote address at Lubbock Christian University’s 5th Annual Lanier Theological Library Lectures, this Thursday, November 10, from 7-8:30 p.m. in the W.R. Collier Auditorium in the Margaret Talkington Center for Nursing Education. The event is free to the public, but registration is appreciated.
Tinker will be speaking on tolerance in a modern context, in a lecture titled, “The Tyranny of Tolerance: How We Can Be Truly Tolerant in an Increasingly Intolerant Age.”
Tinker’s writings display a concern for faith interacting with culture. His upcoming lecture at Lubbock Christian University will dive into what tolerance has meant in the past, in both secular and religious settings, and what the world is becoming, given the evolving, popular understanding of what it means to be tolerant.
“Until relatively recently, tolerance was a supporting virtue of other primary virtues, especially focused on liberty-freedom of conscience, speech and assembly. And so, to be tolerant of someone was to take the posture of saying, ‘I may not agree with your views, but I would defend your right to hold them and express them.’ The new tolerance is different in saying ‘You must accept all views as equally valid, if not, you won’t be tolerated.’ This threatens the liberty of all and will have serious consequences,” said Tinker.
LCU President Tim Perrin said, “We are deeply grateful for our partnership with Mark Lanier and his remarkable theological library. Through the support of the Lanier Theological Library and with the sponsorship of Platinum Bank, we have the opportunity each year to meet and to learn from leading Christian thinkers and writers.”
The Lanier Theological Lecture series has entered its fifth year and has hosted speakers who have discussed topics such as, “Does the Bible Support Slavery?” and “C.S. Lewis and the Post Modern Generation: His Message 50 Years Later.” As a part of this lecture series, LCU also hosted the Dead Sea Scrolls exhibit on campus in 2014.
To register for the lecture please visit: LCU.edu/Lanier
(News release from LCU)
