Good piece from the New Yorker just published in this week’s edition. Entitled “Thumbspeak” and written by Louis Menand, the short article covers a new book by David Crystal, Txting: The Gr8 Db8. Here are some quick hits from the interesting piece: The Anatomy of Texting (for those not in the know): “Most of the shortcuts used in texting are either self-evident (@ for “at” and “b” for “be”) or new initialisms on the model of the old “A.S.A.P.,” “R.S.V.P.,”... Read more
Here is a compilation of posts from the recent “Politics of Jesus” conference. Please do make sure to visit the page and look for the podcasts as soon as they become available. It was an honor and a pleasure to live-blog this conference. Live-Blogging “The Politics of Jesus” Begins…Now! The Politics of Jesus, Message One: Andy Davis’s “Babylon: An Ancient Assessment of a Present Reality” The Politics of Jesus, Message Two: David Nelson’s “Adorning Our Savior’s Teaching: How the Gospel... Read more
Dr. Nathan Finn, assistant professor of church history at The College of Southeastern, gave a lecture on Friday at the “Politics of Jesus” conference at the First Baptist Church of Durham, NC. The talk was thoroughly researched and thought-through and included much helpful material to chew on from the life and ministry of Charles Spurgeon. Finn is an emerging Southern Baptist leader and a very promising scholar, and his message showed how one can do very fine historical work and... Read more
The conference has now concluded. It was an honor to be asked to live-blog this event. I can say that it was personally easy for me to accept this gracious invitation because I love the fact that a Baptist State Convention is leading the way in thinking faithfully and carefully on the relationship between Christian faith and politics. That is a most-welcome happening, and I was privileged to be a part of it. Also, please note that I will be posting... Read more
The final event of the “Politics of Jesus” conference, held on October 9-10 at the First Baptist Church of Durham, NC and sponsored by the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina, was a panel discussion with several young evangelical leaders from various sectors of society. The four people involved were: David Sanders, who recently wrote a piece for the Wall Street Journal, Tom Strowd, a worker in a pro-life ministry in Durham, NC, Sean Cordell, a young pastor from the... Read more
Ken Fentress, the pastor of Montrose Baptist Church in Rockville, MD, delivered the Friday afternoon lecture of the “Politics of Jesus” conference at the First Baptist Church of Durham, NC on October 10th, 2008. Fentress’s extensive lecture included a powerful, rigorously scriptural call to Southern Baptists and all Christians to allow the gospel of Jesus Christ to shatter the walls of racism that still exist in the current day. “The Ancient Church of Antioch and the Future Southern Baptist Convention”... Read more
Just moments ago on Friday afternoon, October 10th, Dr. Greg Thornbury of Union University in Jackson, TN gave an address at “The Politics of Jesus” conference at the First Baptist Church of Durham, NC entitled “Marriage: If Not Sacred – What?” The young theologian of rising renown spoke with characteristic eloquence and punch in his talk, questioning as he went along the helpfulness of natural law theory, the state of marriage in the current, the need to evangelize through biography,... Read more
Dr. C. Ben Mitchell, Associate Professor of Bioethics and Contemporary Culture at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Chicago, IL, spoke on the morning of Friday, October 10th at the “The Politics of Jesus” conference at the First Baptist Church of Durham, NC on “Remaking the Future: The Looming Challenge of Resurgent Islam and Evolving Transhumanism.” The message was bold and bracing and included much piercing social analysis on the subjects of Islam and “trans-humanism.” “Remaking the Future: The Looming Challenge of Resurgent... Read more
Last night Dr. David Nelson, Senior Vice-President of Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculty of Southeastern Seminary in Wake Forest, NC, delivered a noteworthy address at “The Politics of Jesus” conference at the First Baptist Church of Durham, NC. The talk was entitled, “Adorning Our Savior’s Teaching: How the Gospel Matters for Public Life”. The following is a transcript of the notes from Dr. Nelson’s address. v Introduction Ø Reflection on Titus 2:10 § Instruction to slaves to live in... Read more
The following is a transcript from the first message of “The Politics of Jesus” conference. Dr. Andy Davis, the pastor of the First Baptist Church of Durham, NC, where the conference is being held, delivered “Babylon: An Ancient Assessment of a Present Reality” on the evening of Thursday, October 9th. The following is an edited summary of Dr. Davis’s incisive and personally searching remarks. “Babylon: An Ancient Assessment of a Present Reality” On August 30, 1933, a German pastor named... Read more
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