"Living Current: God's Word on Today's BIG Issues" is the theme Dr. Jim Denison, pastor of Park Cities Baptist Church in Dallas, Texas, brings to Hardin-Simmons University for this year's The Cornerstone Series. The series, featured Sep 30 - Oct 2, is a sequence of Bible lectures presented to help perpetuate the ideals set forth in the foundation agreement of Simmons College, now Hardin-Simmons University. These ideals are commensurate with the New Testament revelation of Christ, the cornerstone of the Christian faith.

Dr. Denison's work in apologetics, worldviews, and cultural studies is extensive and well documented. He has also written a number of scholarly articles which examine historical evidences for Jesus, the Bible, and Christianity.

All sessions are open to the public, and Dr. Denison's words promise to be compelling and thought-provoking. The lectures are presented in Behrens Chapel on the Hardin-Simmons University campus and begin at 9:30 a.m. Topics include:

Tuesday, Sep 30 - Radical Islam

Wednesday, Oct 1 - Evil and Suffering

Thursday, Oct 2 - End Times

Dr. Denison writes a daily devotional on cultural issues from a spiritual perspective, "God Issues Today," which is e-mailed each weekday to more than 11,000 subscribers worldwide (www.godissues.com and www.godissues.org. He is author of five books, Wrestling With God: How Can I Love a God I'm Not Sure I Trust?; The Bible--You Can Believe It: Biblical Authority in the Twenty-First Century; Myth and the Manger; Life on the Brick Pile: Answers to Suffering from the Letters of Revelation ; and Seven Crucial Questions About the Bible. His weekly Bible commentaries written for Sunday School teachers are used by BaptistWay Press as an online teaching tool.

Dr. Denison has a Doctor of Philosophy and Master of Divinity from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, and an honorary Doctor of Divinity from Dallas Baptist University. He teaches a PhD seminar at DBU, where he also serves as chairman of the Board of Trustees. He also serves on the board of trustees for the B.H. Carroll Theological Institute.
Prior to PCBC, he pastored churches in Atlanta, GA, Midland, TX, and Mansfield, TX.

Worship leaders for the series are Hardin-Simmons University students Zeke Dorr and Brian Jones. They currently lead worship at University Baptist Church in Abilene.

The Cornerstone Series was endowed in 1966 by Dr. Lee Hemphill and his late wife, Lunelle Nix Hemphill, in honor of his parents, the late Mr. and Mrs. C.W. Hemphill of Coleman, Texas.