February « 2009 « Between The Times

Global Context (CA-Afghanistan): The Kite Runner

Feb 8th, 2009 by Bruce Ashford

Global Context (Central Asia-Afghanistan): The Kite Runner
This series of posts deals with the global context in its historical, social, cultural, political, economic, demographic, and religious dimensions in particular. We will provide book notices, book reviews, and brief essays on these topics. We hope that you will find this series helpful as you live and bear witness in a complex and increasingly hyper-connected world.
Khaled Hosseini’s stunning debut novel is the masterfully told story of two boys … [Read More]

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20/20 Conference, Plenary Session V: Danny Akin

Feb 7th, 2009 by Nathan Finn

Question: How does the gospel come to life according to Jesus?
Answer: Love.
Jesus taught us in Matt. 22 that the greatest commandment is to love the Lord with all of our heart, soul, and mind. The second greatest is to love our neighbors as ourselves.
John says his Gospel that they will know we are his disciples if we love one another.
John says in 1 John that we love because God is love. He loved us so … [Read More]

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20/20 Conference, Plenary Session IV: Bill Brown

Feb 7th, 2009 by Nathan Finn

Bill begins with a story about the squalor of Calcutta: who takes care of these people? Hindus don’t-this is their lot in life. Muslims don’t-they are the scum of the earth. Only the Christians take care of these people.
Bill looks forward to the day when people don’t think of right-wing extremists when they hear Christian, but think of the gospel come to life. He’s talking to us about “Engaging the Culture for Life.”
The text is … [Read More]

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20/20 Conference, Session III: Mark Driscoll

Feb 7th, 2009 by Nathan Finn

Today Mark is picking up where he left off last night: his seventh point.
7. The doxological view of culture
Worship is not an event. It includes events, but it is all of life. Worship does not start and stop, like a church service. Worship is not reduced to music, but it includes music, because music is part of our life with God. Worship is not something done solely by Christians or religious people; all people worship … [Read More]

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20/20 Conference, Plenary Session II: C. J. Mahaney

Feb 6th, 2009 by Nathan Finn

After sensing the leading of the Spirit, C. J. is changing from his original plan and is now preaching from Mark 14: the woman’s anointing of Jesus’ head and feet with costly perfume. He wants us to meditate on the gospel that has so ably been applied by Mark Driscoll in the previous address. The title of C. J.’s message is “Extravagant Devotion.”
An insight from an article of Sports Illustrated written during the Clinton Administration: … [Read More]

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20/20 Conference, Plenary Session I: Mark Driscoll

Feb 6th, 2009 by Nathan Finn

Mark begins with his testimony.
Born in North Dakota in 1970, moved to Seattle as a young man. Lost when he went to college, knew nothing of the Christian faith, was in a fraternity for a couple of weeks, then left the frat because he loved his girlfriend Grace. He came to faith in Christ after reading Romans in his dorm room.
God speaks: “Marry Grace and plant a church.”
Stays in school, earns a degree in … [Read More]

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Nathan Finn “Live Blogs” SEBTS Conference

Feb 6th, 2009 by Bruce Ashford

For those of you who are unable to attend SEBTS’ The Gospel Comes to Life Conference, you may keep up with the conference as Nathan Finn “live blogs” the Mahaney, Driscoll, and Akin sessions on Friday and Saturday. Stay tuned. For those interested in attending, we are at maximum capacity in the chapel. However, we do have overflow seating with live video-feed, on a first-come, first-serve basis.

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The Southern Baptist Generation Gap

Feb 4th, 2009 by Nathan Finn

The Southern Baptist Generation Gap
By Nathan A. Finn

After the 2008 SBC annual meeting in Indianapolis, I was among the many commentators who noted the relatively poor attendance. I also specifically mentioned the lack of messengers under age 40. (The hordes of 20-somethings working the agency booths don’t count. They are all paid to be there, and relatively few of them are messengers.) This does not bode well for the future of a democratic denomination like the Southern Baptist … [Read More]

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Pastoral Leadership, Part 3: Courage

Feb 3rd, 2009 by Daniel Akin

I have the joy of teaching in our Doctor of Ministry Program at Southeastern Seminary. It is an outstanding program of study with majors in Expository Preaching, Leadership, Biblical Counseling, Faith and Culture, and Missions, Evangelism and Church Growth. You can learn more about the program by going here or by phone at 919-761-2216.
Recently, I received a very fine paper from one of my students on “Leadership in the Local Church.” The author is a … [Read More]

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