We at Between the Times would like to make you aware of a conference being held on SEBTS’ campus on February 6-7. The Gospel Comes to Life: Why Everything You Do Matters to God is a conference intended primarily for college students, but also open to seminary students, lay people, and advanced high school students. If you are interested in registering for the conference, please click here.

The thrust of the conference is the belief that the gospel is powerful and it is relevant for absolutely everything we think or do. Its relevance is not limited to the four walls of a church building, but extends to every square inch of the fabric of human existence, to every dimension of human culture, and to every intellectual and social endeavor of mankind. It is relevant not only to our private devotions, but to our college classes and our future vocations. It matters not only during Sunday morning worship, but also during coffee shop conversations, movie viewings, and discussions about public issues. Come and see how everything we do and think matters to God and how, when we discover this, the gospel really comes to life.

The plenary sessions will be led by Danny Akin, Mark Driscoll, C. J. Mahaney, and William Brown. The conference schedule is as follows:

Main Sessions

Session 1: Mark Driscoll
Session 2: CJ Mahaney
Session 3: Mark Driscoll
Session 4: Bill Brown
Session 5: Daniel Akin

Breakout Sessions: General Interest

How to Read the Bible: A Christ-Centered and Gospel-Centered Reading of the Grand Biblical Narrative  (Steve McKinion)

The Bible Comes to Life: How Scripture Memory Transforms One’s Life (Andy Davis)

Christianity & Public Life: Bringing the Gospel to Bear on all Facets of Society & Culture  (Bruce Ashford)

Theology & Culture: Toward a Theory of Cultural Interpretation (David Nelson)

Christianity & Human Intellect: How the Life of the Mind Matters to God (Bruce Little)

Christianity & Other Religions: Jesus among other gods (George Robinson)

Breakout Sessions: Christianity & Public Life

Music (Joshua Waggener)

Cinema (Ed Gravely)

Literature (Micah Mattix)

Creation & Evolution (Ken Keathley)

Science & Faith (Harry Poe)

Psychology (Sam Williams)

The Public Square (Jeremy Evans)

Education (Gary Bredfeldt)

Breakout Sessions: Christianity & Callings:

Your Calling in the Family (Dave Owen)

Your Calling as a Citizen (J. D. Greear)

Your Calling in the Church (John Hammett)

Christianity & Morality

Sex, Money & Power (Heath Thomas)

Life & Death (Mark Liederbach)

War (Daniel Heimbach)

The Environment (Dave Jones)