H-Town Fellows Class Content

Your Guide To Class Content & Media

Christmas Break

The Self-Counseling Project

December 23, 2024

Podcast:

(No Podcast Episode)

The Characters: God & Us

More Info

Week 1

Epic of Eden 1

September 16, 2024

Podcast:

From Chaos to Covenant

The Story: The Gospel and other Tales

Week 2

Epic of Eden 2

September 23, 2024

Podcast:

Unpacking Interpretation

The Story: The Gospel and other Tales

Week 3

Creation Regained + Ships of Tarshish

September 30, 2024

Podcast:

Renewing Creation

The Story: The Gospel and other Tales

Week 4

Truth to Tell & Rethinking Worldview

October 7, 2024

Podcast:

Rethinking Worldview

The Story: The Gospel and other Tales

Week 5

Defining Worldview

October 14, 2024

Podcast:

Defining Worldview

The Story: The Gospel and other Tales

Week 6

Surprised by Hope - Section 1

October 21, 2024

Podcast:

(No Podcast Episode)

The Story: The Gospel and other Tales

Week 7

Redemption Accomplished

October 28, 2024

Podcast:

Our Union in Christ

The Characters: God & Us

Week 8

Redemption Applied

November 4, 2024

Podcast:

(No Podcast Episode)

The Characters: God & Us

Week 9

Augustine's Confessions 1

November 11, 2024

Podcast:

From Longing to Love

The Characters: God & Us

Week 10

Augustine's Confessions 2

November 18, 2024

Podcast:

The Characters: God & Us

Week 11

Thanksgiving Break

November 25, 2024

Podcast:

The Characters: God & Us

Week 12

Unconditional Love

December 2, 2024

Podcast:

Love, the Sum of all Virtue

The Characters: God & Us

Week 13

Life Together

December 9, 2024

Podcast:

Christians in Community

The Characters: God & Us

Week 14

Surprised by Hope - Section 2

December 16, 2024

Podcast:

Hope in Life and in What Is To Come

The Characters: God & Us

Christmas Break

The Self-Counseling Project

December 23, 2024

Podcast:

(No Podcast Episode)

The Characters: God & Us

Week 15

Christian Liberty

January 13, 2025

Podcast:

A Free Servant

The Call: Vocational Work

Week 16

Golden Booklet

January 20, 2025

Podcast:

Transformed Lives

The Call: Vocational Work

Week 17

Sphere Sovereignty - Who's in Charge (and how)

January 27, 2025

Podcast:

God and Culture

The Call: Vocational Work

Week 18

Why Work?

February 3, 2025

Podcast:

Why Work?

The Call: Vocational Work

Week 19

The Ships of Tarshish

February 10, 2025

Podcast:

God's Work in the Background

The Call: Vocational Work

Week 20

How to Change the World (or maybe not)

February 17, 2025

Podcast:

Changing The World?

The Call: Vocational Work

Week 21

Art & Faith

February 26, 2025

Podcast:

Makers and Remakers

The Call: Vocational Work

Week 22

The Redemptive Frame

March 3, 2025

Podcast:

More Than Moral

The Call: Vocational Work

HISD Spring Break

No Classes

March 10, 2025

Podcast:

The Acts: The Gospel & Houston

Week 23

How Then Should We Work: Why Work Matters.

March 17, 2025

Podcast:

The Acts: The Gospel & Houston

Week 24

Cultural Renewal Presentations

March 24, 2025

Podcast:

The Acts: The Gospel & Houston

Week 25

Cultural Renewal Presentations

March 31, 2025

Podcast:

The Acts: The Gospel & Houston

Week 26

Cultural Renewal Presentations

April 7, 2025

Podcast:

The Acts: The Gospel & Houston

Holy Week

No Classes

April 14, 2025

Podcast:

The End: Liturgies of Glory

Week 27

Surprised by Hope - Section 3

April 21, 2025

Podcast:

Life after, Life after Death.

The End: Liturgies of Glory

Week 28

You Are What You Love 1

April 28, 2025

Podcast:

You Are What You Love

The End: Liturgies of Glory

Week 29

You Are What You Love 2

May 5, 2025

Podcast:

The End: Liturgies of Glory

Welcome to our Calendar events '24-'25

Retreat Schedule and Guide

Retreat 1

An Introduction to H-Town Fellows

Date/Time:

Friday September 6

6:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Saturday September 7

8:30 AM - 4:00 PM

Location:

Fuller Theological Seminary - Texas

10200 Richmond Ave., Houston, TX 77042

The retreat will take place in the atrium of the building.

Retreat 2

The Shark & The Fin and other Tales of Brokenness

Date/Time:

MDPC Cohort

January 10 - 11, 2025

Bitty & Beau's Cohort

January 24 - 25, 2025

Location: Caldwell, TX

Retreat 3

Sending Forth - Leading from Your Core

Date/Time:

Saturday May 17

8:30 AM - 4:00 PM

Location:TBA

2024 - 2025 H-Town Fellows Schedule

Course Material & Schedule

Syllabus

Week 1

Epic of Eden 1

The Story: The Gospel and other Tales

Week 2

Epic of Eden 2

The Story: The Gospel and other Tales

Week 3

Creation Regained + Ships of Tarshish

The Story: The Gospel and other Tales

Week 4

Truth to Tell & Rethinking Worldview

The Story: The Gospel and other Tales

Week 5

Defining Worldview

The Story: The Gospel and other Tales

Week 6

Surprised by Hope - Section 1

The Story: The Gospel and other Tales

Week 7

Redemption Accomplished

The Characters: God & Us

Week 8

Redemption Applied

The Characters: God & Us

Week 9

Augustine's Confessions 1

The Characters: God & Us

Week 10

Augustine's Confessions 2

The Characters: God & Us

Week 11

Thanksgiving Break

The Characters: God & Us

Week 12

Unconditional Love

The Characters: God & Us

Week 13

Life Together

The Characters: God & Us

Week 14

Surprised by Hope - Section 2

The Characters: God & Us

Christmas Break

The Self-Counseling Project

The Characters: God & Us

Week 15

Christian Liberty

The Call: Vocational Work

Week 16

Golden Booklet

The Call: Vocational Work

Week 17

Sphere Sovereignty - Who's in Charge (and how)

The Call: Vocational Work

Week 18

Why Work?

The Call: Vocational Work

Week 19

The Ships of Tarshish

The Call: Vocational Work

Week 20

How to Change the World (or maybe not)

The Call: Vocational Work

Week 21

Art & Faith

The Call: Vocational Work

Week 22

The Redemptive Frame

The Call: Vocational Work

HISD Spring Break

No Classes

The Acts: The Gospel & Houston

Week 23

How Then Should We Work: Why Work Matters.

The Acts: The Gospel & Houston

Week 24

Cultural Renewal Presentations

The Acts: The Gospel & Houston

Week 25

Cultural Renewal Presentations

The Acts: The Gospel & Houston

Week 26

Cultural Renewal Presentations

The Acts: The Gospel & Houston

Holy Week

No Classes

The End: Liturgies of Glory

Week 27

Surprised by Hope - Section 3

The End: Liturgies of Glory

Week 28

You Are What You Love 1

The End: Liturgies of Glory

Week 29

You Are What You Love 2

The End: Liturgies of Glory

2024 - 2025 H-Town Fellows Schedule

Summer Reading Material & Media

Summer Readings

Dominion

Tom Holland

Every Good Endeavor

Tim Keller

What is Cultural Renewal

Tim Keller

Welcome to our Calendar events '24-'25

H-Town Fellows invites you to know about our pre-course readings.

Other Resources

The Expulsive Power of a New Affection

“Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.”- 1 John ii. 15.

September 15 - 16

Devotions:

Retreat 1 | Introduction

Podcast:

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Week of September 18

Devotions:

Ritcher, Epic of Eden, chs. Intro-4

Podcast:

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Glimpses 1-5

From Chaos to Covenant

The Visual Commentary on Scripture 

Week of September 25

Devotions:

Ritcher, Epic of Eden, chs. 5-9; Bloesch

Podcast:

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Glimpses 6-10

Unpacking Interpretation

Born of the Gospel

Week of October 2

Devotions:

Mouw, "Ships of Tarshish"
Wolters, Creation Regained

Podcast:

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Glimpses 11-15

Renewing Creation

The Gospel and the African

Week of October 9

Devotions:

Newbigin, Truth to Tell
Bertrand, "Rethinking Worldview" in Gotham Reader (GR) pt. 1

Podcast:

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Glimpses 16-20

Rethinking Worldview

The Gospel and the City

Week of October 16

Devotions:

Plato, Machiavelli, Franklin GR pt. 1

Podcast:

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Glimpses 21-25

Defining Worldview

Steve Jobs Commencement

Week of October 23

Devotions:

Surprised by Hope pt. 1

Podcast:

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Week of October 30

Devotions:

Murray, Redemption Accomomplished & Applied, chs. 9-10

Podcast:

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Psalms Lectio 1-5

In Christ: Our Union and Glory

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Week of November 6

Devotions:

Murray, chs. 1-5

Podcast:

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Psalms Lectio 6-10

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Week of November 13

Devotions:

Rylaardsdam, "Reading Augustine's Confessions", GR pt. 2
Augustine, Confessions, bks. 1-3

Podcast:

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Psalms Lectio 11-15

From Longing to Love

Give Me Mine

Week of November 20

Devotions:

Thanskgiving Break

Podcast:

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Week of November 27

Devotions:

Augustine, Confessions, bks. 4-6

Podcast:

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Psalms Lectio 16-20

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Week of December 4

Devotions:

Powlison, "Unconditional Love", GR pt. 2
Edwards, "Love the Sum of all Virtue"  

Podcast:

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The Lord's Prayer Devotional: Deepening in the Most Well-Known Prayer by David Kim (Days 1-5)

Love, the Sum of All Virtue

The New Community

Week of December 11

Devotions:

Bonhoeffer, Life Together

Podcast:

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The Lord's Prayer Devotional: Deepening in the Most Well-Known Prayer by David Kim (Days 6-10)

Life Together: Christians in Community

Neighbors

Week of December 18

Devotions:

Wright, Surprised by Hope, pt. 2

Podcast:

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Phillippians 6-10

Hope in Life and in What is to Come

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Week of December 25

Devotions:

Christmas Break
Owen, Mortification of Sin, part 3, chapters 5 & 6; Chalmers, "Expulsive  Power of a Greater Affection", GR pt. 2

Podcast:

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January 5 - 6 (MDPC)
January 12-13 (FPC)

Devotions:

Retreat 2 | Sin
Self-Counseling Project (pre-work before retreat)

Podcast:

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Week of January 8

Devotions:

Luther, Christian Liberty

Podcast:

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Calling Devotional

A Free Servant

A New Heart

Week of January 15

Devotions:

Calvin, Golden Booklet

Podcast:

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Calling Devotional

Transformed by Union

Praying Our Anger

Week of January 22

Devotions:

Whelchel, How Then Should We Work?

Podcast:

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Calling Devotional

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Nona Jones Trailer, 1, 2

Week of January 29

Devotions:

Sayers, Why Work, GR pt. 3
Willard, "The Business of Business"

Podcast:

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Calling Devotional

Why Work?

Workplace as Discipleship

Week of February 5

Devotions:

Kuyper, Sphere Sovereignty

Podcast:

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Examen wk. 1

God and Culture: Sphere Sovereignty

Kaemingk, "Sphere Sov."

Week of February 12

Devotions:

Berkhof, "Summary of Christian Doctrine", Grudem, "Common Grace" GR pt. 3, Mouw "Ships of Tarshish"

Podcast:

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Examen wk. 2

God's Work Behind the Scenes

Jones 3

Week of February 19

Devotions:

Hunter, "How to Change the World" GR pt. 3, Crouch "How Not to Change…" Strange, "Can the Enemy be my Friend?" GR pt. 3

Podcast:

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How to (Not?) Change the World?

The Gospel in a Pluralistic Society

Week of February 26

Devotions:

Fujimura, Art and Faith, chs. 1, 3, 5, 6

Podcast:

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Our Image as Makers

Jones 4 & 5

Week of March 4

Devotions:

"Redemptive Frame" from Praxis

Podcast:

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More than Moral

Blueprint for Social Renewal

Week of March 11

Devotions:

Spring Break

Podcast:

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Jones 6

Week of March 18

Devotions:

Cultural Renewal Presentations

Podcast:

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Jones 7

Week of March 25

Devotions:

Cultural Renewal Presentations

Podcast:

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Work and Rest

Week of April 1

Devotions:

Easter Break

Podcast:

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Week of April 8

Devotions:

Cultural Renewal Presentations

Podcast:

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Week of April 15

Devotions:

Cultural Renewal Presentations

Podcast:

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Week of April 22

Devotions:

Wright, Surprised by Hope pt. 3

Podcast:

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Life After, Life after Death

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Week of April 29

Devotions:

Smith, You are What You Love, chs. 1-4

Podcast:

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You Are What You Love

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Week of May 6

Devotions:

Smith, You are What You Love, chs. 5-7

Podcast:

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May 11

Devotions:

Retreat 3 | Covenantal Commissioning (in Houston)

Podcast:

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June 18, 2023

Every Good Endeavor, parts 1 & 2

June 25, 2023

Every Good Endeavor, part 3

July 2, 2023

The Story of Christian Theology, part I

July 9, 2023

The Story of Christian Theology, part 2

July 16, 2023

The Story of Christian Theology, part 3

July 23, 2023

The Story of Christian Theology, part 4

July 30, 2023

The Story of Christian Theology, part 5

August 6, 2023

The Story of Christian Theology, part 6

August 13, 2023

The Story of Christian Theology, part 7

August 20, 2023

The Story of Christian Theology, part 8

August 27, 2023

Main Street Fellows Social (FPC only)

August 27, 2023

The Story of Christian Theology, part 9

September 2, 2023

Summer Reading Ends

H-Town Fellows

An Introduction
to H-Town Fellows

Week 1

September 16, 2024

Epic of Eden 1

From Chaos to Covenant

The Story: The Gospel and other Tales

Week 2

September 23, 2024

Epic of Eden 2

Unpacking Interpretation

The Story: The Gospel and other Tales

Week 3

September 30, 2024

Creation Regained + Ships of Tarshish

Renewing Creation

The Story: The Gospel and other Tales

Week 4

October 7, 2024

Truth to Tell & Rethinking Worldview

Rethinking Worldview

The Story: The Gospel and other Tales

Week 5

October 14, 2024

Defining Worldview

Defining Worldview

The Story: The Gospel and other Tales

Week 6

October 21, 2024

Surprised by Hope - Section 1

(No Podcast Episode)

The Story: The Gospel and other Tales

Week 7

October 28, 2024

Redemption Accomplished

Our Union in Christ

The Characters: God & Us

Week 8

November 4, 2024

Redemption Applied

(No Podcast Episode)

The Characters: God & Us

Week 9

November 11, 2024

Augustine's Confessions 1

From Longing to Love

The Characters: God & Us

Week 10

November 18, 2024

Augustine's Confessions 2

The Characters: God & Us

Week 11

November 25, 2024

Thanksgiving Break

The Characters: God & Us

Week 12

December 2, 2024

Unconditional Love

Love, the Sum of all Virtue

The Characters: God & Us

Week 13

December 9, 2024

Life Together

Christians in Community

The Characters: God & Us

Week 14

December 16, 2024

Surprised by Hope - Section 2

Hope in Life and in What Is To Come

The Characters: God & Us

Week 15

January 13, 2025

Christian Liberty

A Free Servant

The Call: Vocational Work

Week 16

January 20, 2025

Golden Booklet

Transformed Lives

The Call: Vocational Work

Week 17

January 27, 2025

Sphere Sovereignty - Who's in Charge (and how)

God and Culture

The Call: Vocational Work

Week 18

February 3, 2025

Why Work?

Why Work?

The Call: Vocational Work

Week 19

February 10, 2025

The Ships of Tarshish

God's Work in the Background

The Call: Vocational Work

Week 20

February 17, 2025

How to Change the World (or maybe not)

Changing The World?

The Call: Vocational Work

Week 21

February 26, 2025

Art & Faith

Makers and Remakers

The Call: Vocational Work

Week 22

March 3, 2025

The Redemptive Frame

More Than Moral

The Call: Vocational Work

HISD Spring Break

March 10, 2025

No Classes

The Acts: The Gospel & Houston

Week 23

March 17, 2025

How Then Should We Work: Why Work Matters.

The Acts: The Gospel & Houston

Week 24

March 24, 2025

Cultural Renewal Presentations

The Acts: The Gospel & Houston

Week 25

March 31, 2025

Cultural Renewal Presentations

The Acts: The Gospel & Houston

Week 26

April 7, 2025

Cultural Renewal Presentations

The Acts: The Gospel & Houston

Holy Week

April 14, 2025

No Classes

The End: Liturgies of Glory

Week 27

April 21, 2025

Surprised by Hope - Section 3

Life after, Life after Death.

The End: Liturgies of Glory

Week 28

April 28, 2025

You Are What You Love 1

You Are What You Love

The End: Liturgies of Glory

Week 29

May 5, 2025

You Are What You Love 2

The End: Liturgies of Glory

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