Q&A Session: December 9, 2018
Ken Boa holds a Q&A session, plus leads a discussion on our character and calling as believers.
Ken Boa holds a Q&A session, plus leads a discussion on our character and calling as believers.
Ken Boa’s favorite novel, Fyodor Dostoevesky’s “The Brothers Karamazov” explores the Christian view of redemption, as well as themes related to human nature and relationships.
In a society in which money, marriage, and social status had become the measure of all morality, Jane Austen’s finest novel illustrates the need for love and respect as the basis for any happy, healthy relationship (particularly marriage).
Followers of Christ are to have a compelling character in the context of a “crooked and perverse” culture, with a clear sense of calling as agents of the King, holding fast the timeless and powerful word of God, as we look toward the second coming of Christ.
Penned in 1667, John Milton’s “Paradise Lost” is an epic poem that weaves together all the threads of Scripture to present the story of God’s redemption of humanity through a rich tapestry of extraordinary imagery.
Published in 1952, C.S. Lewis’s “Mere Christianity” came out of a series of BBC radio talks during the Second World War. The book makes the case for Christianity, seeks to delineate those beliefs common to all Christians, and discusses matters related to Christian behavior/morality.
Over the years, Ken Boa has taught and helpfully summarized a number of works from classic literature. This series introduces several of 16 important works.
In spring 2018, Ken Boa led a session for the Colson Center for Christian Worldview on “How to ‘Read’ a Film.” Warren Cole Smith, who facilitated the course, decided to sit down with Ken afterward and discuss more in-depth his 10-part process for evaluating films. This was the
Ken Boa offers lists of “safe” and “be cautious” films that deal with thought-provoking, moral/spiritual themes.
In this recording of a presentation at a men’s retreat in Flowery Branch, GA, in June 2018, Ken Boa begins with a broader talk on “great books” and reading and transitions to an examination of some of C.S. Lewis’s ideas and writings, such as the relationship between higher and lower things and the “hints of heaven” God gives us in the “shadowlands” of this earthly life.
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