John L. Bell, an ordained minister and hymnodist of the Church of Scotland, is delivering the Ray Frank Robbins Lecture at Samford University on March 31 from 2:45 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. Bell is speaking on “Social Justice in the Name of Jesus.”
The Robbins Lecture, inaugurated in 2008 by the department of religion, is in honor of the longtime professor of New Testament at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary who began his academic career at Samford. The lectureship focuses on the intersection of scholarship and Christian living.
Bell is an international preacher, lecturer, hymn writer and author with a passion for congregational song.
He has received fellowships from the Royal School of Church Music and the hymn societies of both the United States and Canada.
He holds an honorary doctorate from the University of Glasgow.
Bell will be leading a musical event titled “Justice and Peace at God’s Request” at Samford’s school of the arts in Brock Recital Hall from 7:30 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Bell is speaking to students at Brock Forum on March 30 at 2:45 p.m. on “Bible and Spirituality” in a University Fellows program.
For more information, call 205-726-2991 or visit www.samford.edu.
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