TODD VON HELMS

Dr. Todd von Helms has more than two decades of experience working with teenagers and college students as a professor, chaplain, headmaster, and speaker.  He holds degrees from the University of Texas at Austin, Dallas Baptist University, Southwestern Seminary, Southern Seminary…

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Todd von Helms

Dr. Todd von Helms has more than two decades of experience working with teenagers and college students as a professor, chaplain, headmaster, and speaker.  He holds degrees from the University of Texas at Austin, Dallas Baptist University, Southwestern Seminary, Southern Seminary, Southern Methodist University, and Duke University.  Todd is the author of the best-selling book, Before You Leave: For College, Career, and Eternity, and currently serves as a Senior Fellow at the King’s College in New York City, a Senior Fellow for the Center for Faith and Culture at Southeastern Seminary, and as an adjunct professor and the Presidential Scholar for Dallas Baptist University.  In addition to creating and facilitating speaker series events such as the King’s Forums in New York City, the Chaplaincy Speaker Series at St. David’s School in Raleigh, North Carolina, and City Center Conversations in Little Rock, Arkansas, Todd frequently speaks on college campuses, and to youth groups, men’s groups,  recovery groups, churches, and fraternities across the country

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Can we trust the Bible, or has it been distorted over the centuries? If Christians believe that the Bible contains the very words of Almighty God, why have most never read it cover to cover or made it part of their daily lives? How did we get the Bible? How should one respond to legitimate criticism?
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Todd provides a very direct engagement of what are some of the most challenging topics and ideas that many of us have never dealt with in a deep and meaningful way.

General Tim Gibson President, The King's College, New York City

Given his exceptional credentials and vast experience, I cannot think of anyone better suited to address the myriad challenges facing today's youth and college students.

Honorable Mark Martin Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of North Carolina (ret.),
Dean of the Law School, High Point University

I am grateful for Todd's irenic spirit and conversational tone, while still facing head on the more academic questions in a down to earth kind of way.

Fr. Wes Gristy Rector, All Saints Anglican Church,
Jackson, Tennessee

Dr. von Helms has the gift of taking difficult topics and making them understandable in a way that transforms one's thinking.

Dr. Adam Wright President, Dallas Baptist University

Todd will help you explore the essential questions that we are all asking, both inside the church, and outside the church.

Blake Holmes Senior Pastor, Watermark Church,
Dallas, Texas

Todd challenges us to decide how to think and talk about topics that most people don't talk about.

Dr. Warren Smith Professor of Historical Theology,
Duke University
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