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ENGAGE 23 This edition of Engage Magazine is not unlike a visit to the Denver Seminary campus. Its pages include the work of professors who spend their days exploring the powerful themes of Scripture and teaching them to students. And, it includes the experiences of students and graduates now putting what they've learned into action. If you were to walk the Seminary campus, you would see multiple reflections of Engage Magazine in every building. Classrooms are filled with men and women eager to grow in their understanding of God's purposes. The library is crowded, but quiet, as scholars pour through ancient and contemporary theological literature. In every conference room and office, you will find mature members of our community mentoring and guiding the next generation on their spiritual and emotional journey, as well as giving practical advice for ministry enhancement. In short, what you have read in this issue is just a small representation of what happens every day on Denver Seminary's campus. Training. Deepening. Maturing. Equipping. Dreaming. Sending. Serving in churches throughout North America in dozens of denominations. Serving in chaplaincies, in counseling centers, in international missions organizations. While Engage Magazine cannot be an exhaustive resource, it is rather an opportunity to give you a taste of what seminary life is all about. We hope you will be led to meditate on some core issues of faith, ask a few searching questions of your own, and gain fresh insight into some aspects of God's intentions for the Christian movement. And, who knows what could happen after that? You may discover a greater enthusiasm for our school. You might pay a visit to our Littleton, Colorado campus. Why, you might want to engage yourself. BENEDICTION Gordon MacDonald CHANCELLOR "It is at the lowest moments that God often does the most amazing things … God's glory in the midst of our brokenness." Brad Strait, MDiv 1992 and current Doctor of Ministry student "There would be no redemption if the power of God wasn't greater than that which holds us in bondage. In the resurrection of Christ from the dead the power of God is made manifest even over death and the results of all that had happened in the fall. And when God restores all things, ultimately the power of God will be seen in ways that none of us can even begin to comprehend today; and so the power of God is sufficient." Dr. Mark Young "We can only serve authentically if we understand the gospel." Sarah Geis, MA 2012 "In God's gracious providence, good work that is done— regardless of where it is done—is part of God's work in the world." Dr. Dave Buschart "The God who is with us in our sorrows also provides lightness of heart to receive life when things are going well. So, it does not spoil happiness but thickens it. All the joys and losses, happiness and heartache we can ever experience are reconciled through the same incarnate Lord who has entered the full extent of our humanness: all the hurt and all the joy, and taken that up to the Father." Dr. Don Payne "Our very inability in our natural resources is God's opportunity to show His strength in our weakness. That is why 'weakness is the way'— the way of faithfulness and fruitfulness. This mode of being fights against the habits of the flesh, but is the vital truth of the Christian life rightly lived." Dr. Doug Groothuis "[Jesus] will take all that is wrong and make it right. This gift is God in the flesh. Jesus didn't merely come into the world. Jesus was given for the world." Billy Waters, MDiv 1999 WORD FOR WORD