Desiring God Conference Reflections (10/03/06 - 54 Comments)
After eating a delicious meal of soda crackers chased by warm, flat ginger ale, I've been able to crawl off the couch for a few minutes to get some writing done. I wanted to be sure to spend a few minutes reflecting on the Desiring God Conference before the memories began to fade. I fear that what I will remember most clearly about this weekend is the food poisoning I managed to contract just before...
DG06 - Session 6 (10/01/06 - 9 Comments)
This morning we come to Sunday morning worship and the final session of the 2006 Desiring God National Conference. John Piper will lead us in a message entitled "The Supremacy of Christ and Joy in a Postmodern World." I have not yet had a chance to edit this, so you're getting it as-is for now! I won't be in front of a computer again until I get back to Toronto this evening. As with D.A....
DG06 - Session 5 (10/01/06 - 2 Comments)
D.A. Carson will lead tonight's session, the second to last at this conference. He will speak about "The Supremacy of Christ and Love in a Postmodern World." Carson began by reading all of the seventeenth chapter of John (a passage commonly known as Jesus' High Priestly prayer). My generation, he said, was taught to sing "what the world needs now is love sweet love. It's the only thing that there's just too little of." This...
DG06 - Session 4 (09/30/06 - 78 Comments)
This afternoon Mark Driscoll, pastor of Mars Hill Church in Seattle will teach on "The Supremacy of Christ and the Church in a Postmodern World." He was introduced by John Piper who said that never before had a speaker gotten him in this much trouble even before he had spoken! Mark took the stage and introduced his speech around the framework of two issues regarding Christology and two issues regarding missiology. Christology Driscoll began by...
DG06 - Session 3 (09/30/06 - 0 Comments)
The morning's second plenary session will feature Tim Keller, pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City. He will speak on "The Supremacy of Christ and the Gospel in a Postmodern World." He will talk about how we do evangelism, how we communicate the gospel, in a postmodern world. It will be, in some ways, more a lecture than a sermon. The postmodern world presents a crisis to us. The Western world is now...
DG06 - Session 2 (09/30/06 - 10 Comments)
My second day in Minneapolis began early. We did not get back to our hotel until 11 PM last night and we were roused at 6 AM to get up and ready in time to get to an early breakfast with Justin Taylor and Roger and Amy of A-Team Blog. I had hoped to meet Roger last year when I was at the Shepherd's Conference, but it did not work out, so it was nice...
DG06 - Session 1 (09/29/06 - 29 Comments)
And here I am, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, at my second Desiring God National Conference. This convention center is a great deal busier than it was last year. The room is nearly packed from front to back with the 3,130 people who are supposed to be in attendance. There is a real sense of eagerness and anticipation. Everyone I've spoken to has been excited, waiting eagerly for the sessions to begin. I have already met several...
It's a Long Way To Minnesota (09/29/06 - 11 Comments)
It was just about a year ago that I first liveblogged a conference. I posted the following: By the time you read this I should be well on my way to Minneapolis. It is amazing how three hours worth of flying can consume an entire day. It will take about an hour to get to the airport and of course I have to be at the airport at least two hours in advance so I...
