2025 Chafer Theological Seminary Pastors’ Conference

The Framework at Fifty

Fifty years ago, Pastor/Bible teacher Charles Clough began developing the Biblical Framework approach to address the hostile university culture that was taking many casualties among college students. He recognized the importance of not merely knowing what the Bible taught, but how it fit together as a significant whole.

Among the early listeners whose understanding of the Scripture and the importance of the intersection and interdependence of apologetics, exegesis, hermeneutics, and theology were George Meisinger, Randy Price, Tommy Ice, and Robby Dean.

The Framework approach recognized the need to deal not only with the parts of the Scriptures, but how they fit together or interlocked as a whole. Since then this approach has transformed the thinking of untold hundreds of university students, seminary students, as well as thousands of believers to think critically, to act effectively, and to recognize the agenda-driven errors of the culture around them.

The Framework examines how to counter the secular agenda especially as it has subtly impacted the ­thinking of Christians. Vital issues are addressed:

• Why are we here on this planet?
• Why does evil exist all around us?
• What is truth?
• Where can I find security?
• Where is history going?

A Biblical Framework for Worship and Obedience in an Age of Global Deception

The Framework series is a collection of 224 MP3 lectures with over 700 pages of extensively footnoted class notes and transcripts, available for free on the bibleframework.org website. It is an extremely popular course at Chafer Seminary.

The speakers for the Chafer Conference this year will highlight the Framework’s impact on their lives and ministries throughout the world, and highlight why YOU should be learning and applying the Framework method to your worldview.

DVDs of the conference can be ordered here (“regular” DVDs) or here (multimedia disc—with all conference materials—navigate to page 3). You must register on the DBM website so you can order these free materials. (Available after the start of the conference on Monday.)

To listen to this conference as an audio podcast, copy and paste the following URL into your podcast software (available after the conference begins on Monday).
www.deanbibleministries.org/podcasts/2025chaferconf.xml

To view all video Bible studies in the 2025 Chafer Theological Seminary Pastors’ Conference series, click here for the Vimeo channel. Click here to view them on YouTube.