This year's Smart Faith Conference will focus on the intersection of Faith and Morality. How do we argue for and bring goodness into our culture? We will be offering a variety of topics that deal with this important question, both by our keynote speakers and our breakout speakers. Here is the schedule for this year's conference:
- 8:30 AM - Doors opens and walk-up registration begins
- 9:00-9:55 - The Inadequacy of Naturalism to Explain Objective Moral Values by Jason Hyde
- 9:55-10:10 - Break
- 10:10-10:55 - Breakout Sessions (4 sessions running simultaneously)
- Session 1: Do the Ends Justify the Means? by Joseph Valenzuela
- Session 2: Explaining and Defending Marriage in a Non-Christian Culture by Richard Klaus
- Session 3: Agent Causation, the Soul, and Materialism by David Moore and Mark Krause
- Session 4: What is Science? What is Faith? by Peter Rasor
- 10:55-11:10 - Break
- 11:10-12:00 - The Moral Imagination by Shawn White
- 12:00-1:00 - Prayer and Lunch (Chick-fil-A)
- 1:00-1:50 - Restoring True Tolerance by James Umber
- 1:50-2:05 - Break
- 2:05-2:55 - Judging Others: Is It Always Wrong? by Marty Clapp
- 2:55-3:10 - Break
- 3:10-3:55 - Homosexuality by Robby Lashua
- 3:55-4:00 - Final words and conference wrap-up
As usual, lunch is included in the purchase of your ticket. We will be offering a free lunch from Chick-fil-A.