Alex Chediak

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

Well, its less than 48 hours until I need to pick up Mark Driscoll from the airport for the Desiring God National Conference. I have the distinct honor of hosting him during his stay in the Twin Cities. So you won't be hearing from me for a few days. Check out Tim Challies live-blogging at his website this Friday through Sunday if you are unable to attend the conference. … [Read more...] about Mark Driscoll (and company) coming to town

This summer Mark Dever wrote an incisive post on "assumptions and pursuits" that included this quote: I think the most basic practical division among evangelical pastors today may be between those who pursue faithfulness and assume relevance and those who pursue relevance and assume faithfulness. The Together for the Gospel gang has now expanded on this theme in an article jointly written by Mark Dever, Ligon Duncan, Albert Mohler, and C. J. Mahaney. It apparently is a compilation of posts from this past summer. Each writer weighs in on the question of how pastors should think about … [Read more...] about The Great Divide? Faithfulness vs. Relevance

Tim Challies interviews Mark Dever. … [Read more...] about Mark Dever Interview