Episode 019: Bob Lowery
Dr. Robert Lowery outside Restoration Hall, home of the Seminary - Photo by Michael Gowin
Dr. Robert Lowery has taught at Lincoln for more than 33 years. He now serves as Professor of New Testament as well as Co-Dean of the Seminary, and is an acknowledged authority on the book of Revelation. In this episode of Inside LCCS, Dr. Lowery discusses:
- Coming to faith in Indianapolis
- Preaching his first sermon at age 12 in a homeless mission (45 minutes!)
- Involvement in debate and theater in high school
- How plans to study law changed when he attended LCC “just for a year”
- How three high school teachers influenced his decision to become a teacher
- Classes taught in seminary
- Teaching with TCM International
- How his fear of the book of Revelation turned into a passion to study and teach it
- Why most of the approaches that churches take to interpreting Revelation are faulty
- How Revelation is a “discipleship handbook”
- Reasons why Revelation is often misunderstood by its readers and interpreters
- Why understanding the Old Testament is critical to understanding Revelation
- The outline of his approach to interpreting Revelation in his book, Revelation’s Rhapsody
- How Handel’s Messiah and other music influenced his choice of music as a metaphor for his commentary series
- The insights visitors to his website rlowery.com have brought to his thinking and writing
- The value of the immediacy of writing for rlowery.com
- His reading habits–a book each week, the New Testament once/month, the Old Testament twice/year
- Expected publication date of the second and third volumes of Revelation’s Rhapsody
- The delightful lessons learned from his two grandchildren
- His enjoyment of photography
- His lifelong enthusiasm for the music of Bob Dylan
- His hope to teach another decade at the Seminary
After you listen to the interview, be sure to stop by Dr. Lowery’s website, rlowery.com, to read what’s on his mind and heart, and listen to some of the sermons he’s preached at LCCS.
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