Dean of Spiritual Life and Campus Pastor Forrest Buckner presents "Angels, Shepherds, and Wrapping Cloths: The Messiah and Lord."

Campus Pastor Mindy Smith presents "Dead Girl and Bleeding Woman: Restoration for the Outsider."

Dean of Spiritual Life and Campus Pastor Forrest Buckner presents "Samaritan Leper: Surprising Mercy and Thanks."

Dean of Spiritual Life and Campus Pastor Forrest Buckner presents "Criminals on the Cross: Unmerited Mercy."

Campus Pastor Mindy Smith presents "John the Baptist: Doubting, Seeing, and Hearing."

In this symposium, "Editing the Genome: Should We Alter the Future of Humankind?," experts address the ethical responsibilities of this new technology. The speakers are Nigel Campbell, Ph.D., president of the Center for Policy on Emerging Technologies; Meaghan O'Keefe, Ph.D., a bioethicist from the University of California Davis; and Andrew Scharenberg, Ph.D., with the University of Washington and Seattle Children's Hospital, who studies how to use genome editing technology in medicine.

Kent McDonald, a member of the Whitworth campus ministry staff and Young Life Regional Trainer, presents "Eating with the Pharisees: A Holistic Salvation for All Peoples."

Dean of Spiritual Life and Campus Pastor Forrest Buckner presents "Disciples at the Transfiguration: One Big Story of Our Loving Father."

Peter Wehner presents a lecture, "Reflections on the Current Election Season." Wehner is a senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center. He writes widely on political, cultural, religious, and national-security issues for publications including "The New York Times," the "Wall Street Journal," "Christianity Today" and "Time" magazine.

President Beck A. Taylor presents "The Twelve Sent: Participating in the Mission of Jesus."