These essays began life as presentations made at a Conference with similar title as this book, Dei Verbum: The Bible in Church and Society which was organised by the Ethos Institute for Public Christianity on 28 September 2019.

Many Protestant Christians would knowledge the authority of Scripture, following the great Reformers of the sixteenth century.

However, sola scriptura (Scripture alone) has sometimes been bandied about by some Christians as a slogan that is somewhat devoid of theological depth. What did the Reformers mean by this great assertion that the Church's doctrine and life should be grounded in and shaped by Scripture alone? ...

What is the place and role of the Christian Scriptures in the public debate? Should Christians expect the words of Scripture to be heard and respected in the modern public square, where secularism and religious diversity uneasily and awkwardly occupy the same space, and where different and competing worldviews and ideologies jostle for attention?

Speakers' Profile:

Dr Lee Chee Chiew currently serves as Senior Director of Advanced Studies and Associate Professor of New Testament at Singapore Bible College. She is a Langham Scholar and obtained her PhD in Biblical Theology from Wheaton College, USA. Her publications include: Interpreting New Testament Epistles (in Chinese); The Blessing of Abraham, the Spirit, and Justification in Galatians: Their Relationship and Significance for Understanding Paul's Theology; Handbook on Research and Writing (co-authored; in Chinese), as well as articles in academic journals and edited books. Her areas of research and teaching include biblical languages, hermeneutics, NT epistles, the book of Revelation, Pauline theology and biblical theology. She has also participated in revising Chinese Bible versions.

Dr Lai Pak Wah is the Principal and lecturer of Church History and Historical Theology at Biblical Graduate School of Theology (BGST). A graduate from BGST (Grad Dip CS) & Regent College, Vancouver,(MCS, ThM), Pak Wah completed his PhD at Durham University, where he specialised in Christianity in Late Antiquity (the history, theology and spirituality of the 2nd - 5th century church fathers, also known as Patristic Studies). Pak Wah has publicised articles and chapters on John Chrysostom's preaching, soteriology and Trinitarian doctrine. He is also author of The Dao of Healing: Christian Perspectives of Chinese Medicine. Previously, Pak Wah was a full-time lecturer at the School of Business, Singapore Polytechnic, and engaged in investment promotion work with the Singapore Economic Development Board.

Dr Scott N. Callaham is a Lecturer in Biblical Hebrew and  Old Testament at Baptist Theological Seminary, Singapore, where he teaches in both Chinese and English. Dr Callaham is author of Modality and the Biblical Hebrew Infinitive Absolute and lead editor of World Mission: Theology, Strategy, and Current Issues. His research and writing covers a broad array of fields including Hebrew linguistics and Old Testament theology. Dr Callaham is also a composer of Chinese worship music for congregational singing.

Rev Dr Lewis Winkler is an ordained minister of the Evangelical Church Alliance (USA) since 1996. Lewis Winkler (PhD, Fuller Theological Seminary), has been a youth and interim pastor and has helped plant two churches, one in the US and one in Singapore. He also served as a lecturer of systematic theology at the International School of Theology for five years and was a visiting teacher in ethics for one year at BIOLA University (USA). In 2006, he moved to Singapore to teach theology, church history, and ethics at the East Asia School of Theology. He has authored a book on Christian and Muslim dialogue and has contributed chapters and an article in three other recent publications. Lewis and his wife Barbara have three adult children, two of whom are married and will become a grandfather for the first time in August.

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