071112 Blue Lake Seminar - Dr. Wesley Wachob

Wesley H. Wachob is the Senior Minister at the Pensacola, Florida First United Methodist Church.. He is a native of Chipley, Florida; he and his wife Deborah have two children, Wes and Katie. He pursued his undergraduate degree at Southeastern College (B.A.), studied at Erskine Theological Seminary and the Candler School of Theology (M.Div.), did his doctoral work at the University of Chicago and Emory University (Ph.D.), and has been a member of the Society of Biblical Literature since 1985. A member of the Alabama – West Florida Conference of the United Methodist Church since 1975, he has also served congregations in three other annual conferences (North Georgia, Northern Illinois, and South Carolina). Prior to his present position, he was the Sr. Pastor of the Glenn Memorial United Methodist Church on the campus of Emory University, where he also taught in the Candler School of Theology.
Among Dr. Wachob’s publications are The Voice of Jesus in the Social Rhetoric of James (Cambridge University Press), and contributions to The Anchor Bible Dictionary, Authenticating the Words of Jesus, and Fabrics of Discourse.

This is a brilliant insightful recording of the beginning lecture on the Epistle of James by the world renowned scholar and theologian Wesley Wachob at the Blue Lake United Methodist Retreat near Andelusia, Alabama. Other lectures were recorded but retained at Wesley's request in anticipation of his later writings.