Mark Dever was one of the speakers at the recent Beeson Divinity School conference entitled "J. I. Packer and the Evangelical Future." The conference took place on the occasion of J.I. Packer's 80th Birthday. As reported by Ligon Duncan, Dever "bravely and kindly expressed his concerns about Packer's endorsement of ECT [Evangelicals and Catholics Together], and gave the best presentation on Packer, justification and ECT that I've ever read." Apparently, there is a conference book forthcoming which will contain Dever's address. Also present at the conference were Chuck Colson, Bruce … [Read more...] about Mark Dever speaks at J.I. Packer’s 80th Birthday
Archives for October 2006
Speaker Panels at DG Conference
Pastor Paul Martin (pastor of some guy named Tim Challies....ever heard of him?) did a great job live blogging the speaker panels. … [Read more...] about Speaker Panels at DG Conference
Thabiti M. Anyabwile
Thabiti M. Anyabwile is the senior pastor at First Baptist Church in Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands. I had the pleasure of listening to his testimony a few weeks ago. The content was engaging and its delivery Christ-centered. I'm delighted that Focus on the Family's Boundless.org ministry has now published his testimony. Also, Pastor Thabiti is the Pastoral speaker at the 2007 Desiring God Pastors Conference (February 5-7, 2007). … [Read more...] about Thabiti M. Anyabwile
Upcoming Interview with Ligon Duncan and Derek Thomas
Next Friday (Oct. 13) I will have the pleasure of being interviewed by Lig Duncan and Derek Thomas. We will be discussing issues related to With One Voice and the pro-marriage article I wrote for boundless.org. The interview will be aired on a radio program called First Things. Here's some information on the program: First Things. 9:00 am - 9:30 am Sunday. First Things is the weekly radio program carried live on Jackson radio station WJNT News/Talk 1180 AM. Format consists of interviews, devotional messagesand panel discussion of contemporary social and theological subjects. You … [Read more...] about Upcoming Interview with Ligon Duncan and Derek Thomas
Picture of Human Depravity
One consequence of the Fall is that people do things when nobody is looking that display a profound degree of lawlessness. We've seen a number of random killings in schools recently (girls are still dying in the recent Amish shooting). Of course, this is a picture of human depravity. It seems molestation was an aim. But I was struck by a perhaps more graphic manifestation of man's depravity in watching a portion of 60 Minutes this past Sunday. There is supposedly a national trend of high school boys going out and violently beating homeless men. One gentleman in the story makes the … [Read more...] about Picture of Human Depravity
Looking back on the Desiring God Conference
I really enjoyed and was blessed by the Desiring God National Conference. Hosting Mark Driscoll was fun. We had a good time chatting about the 10 year anniversary of Mars Hill Church, his upcoming writing projects (Death by Love, and an essay in a multiviews book on the Trinity, the atonement, and one other big topic....the multiviews book is ready to go, and it comes out in January), and general church/culture stuff. The funniest moment came about 30 minutes before the Friday evening Q&A session when he asked me to please run and get him a couple cans of Red Bull. To accomplish this in a … [Read more...] about Looking back on the Desiring God Conference