The Significance of Nicaea and the Creed at 1700 Years
Our Fall Lectures provide students, faculty, alumni, and local churches an opportunity to engage with some of the finest Evangelical thinkers addressing issues in theology and culture that matter most for the church.
This year’s theme is “The Significance of Nicaea and the Creed at 1700 Years.”
Dr. Wellum will explore this topic is three lectures:
1. Contending for the Truth: The Road to Nicaea
In this lecture, we will focus on the church's need to articulate and defend the truth of God's word in every age. Our focus will be on the history leading to Nicaea that necessitated the Council, and the heresies that had arisen in the church that Nicaea was seeking to address. Specific focus will be on the Arian heresy, which the church had to reject on the basis of Scripture, otherwise the truth of Christ and the gospel would have been lost.
2. The Theology of Nicaea: Articulating the Glory of our Triune GodÂ
In this lecture, we want to focus on the Nicene Creed itself and its basic affirmations and theology. What does the Creed teach us about who God is as our triune God?
3. The Biblical Grounding of the Nicene Creed
In this lecture, we will respond to the charge that the Nicene Creed is a distortion of Scripture and thus contrary to Scripture. By contrast, we will argue that Scripture properly understood teaches exactly what the Nicene Creed does, and as such, the Nicene Creed is authoritative because it is true to Scripture.
Schedule for 22 November
| 09:00 | Doors Open - Coffee & Refreshments - Cafeteria |
| 09:40 | Opening & Introductions - Chapel |
| 10:00 | Contending for the Truth: The Road to Nicaea – Dr. Stephen J. Wellum - Chapel |
| 11:00 | Q & A - Chapel |
| 11:30 | Break |
| 12:00 | Lunch - Cafeteria |
| 13:00 | The Theology of Nicaea: Articulating the Glory of our Triune God – Dr. Stephen J. Wellum - Chapel |
| 14:00 | Q & A - Chapel |
| 14:45 | Coffee & Refreshments - Cafeteria |
| 15:15 | The Biblical Grounding of the Nicene Creed – Dr. Stephen J. Wellum - Chapel |
| 16:15 | Q & A - Chapel |
| 17:00 | Closing |
About Stephen J. Wellum
Stephen J. Wellum is Professor of Christian Theology at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (since 1999) and editor of Southern Baptist Journal of Theology. He received his PhD from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, and he is the author of numerous essays and articles and the co-author with Peter Gentry of Kingdom through Covenant, 2nd edition (Crossway, 2018) and God’s Kingdom through God’s Covenants: A Concise Biblical Theology (Crossway, 2015); the co-editor of Progressive Covenantalism (B&H Academic, 2016); the author of God the Son Incarnate: The Doctrine of the Person of Christ (Crossway, 2016) and Christ Alone—The Uniqueness of Jesus as Savior (Zondervan, 2017); the co-author of Christ from Beginning to End: How the Full Story of Scripture Reveals the Full Glory of Christ (Zondervan, 2018); and the author of The Person of Christ: An Introduction (Crossway, 2021), Systematic Theology: From Canon to Concept, vol. 1 (B&H Academic, 2024), and It is Finished (Union, 2025). Steve also serves on the board and writes at Christ Over All (www.christoverall.com) and is an Elder at Providence Baptist Church, Sellersburg, Indiana. He is married to Karen with five adult children and seven grandchildren.
1-Day Preachers & Leaders Conference
In partnership with Geloofstoerusting and TGC Nederlands, Dr. Wellum will be lecturing on the theme: “The Importance of the Covenants for Preaching Christ from all of Scripture,” Monday, 24 November. Note the location of this event is TBD (please check back in the coming days). Click here for more information and to register.
