{"id":2095,"date":"2009-10-24T19:26:24","date_gmt":"2009-10-24T19:26:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/owenstrachan.com\/?p=2095"},"modified":"2009-10-24T19:26:24","modified_gmt":"2009-10-24T19:26:24","slug":"the-link-10-24-09-evangel-warren-buffetts-money-and-vanhoozer-on-pastor-theologians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thoughtlife\/2009\/10\/the-link-10-24-09-evangel-warren-buffetts-money-and-vanhoozer-on-pastor-theologians\/","title":{"rendered":"The Link 10.24.09: Evangel, Warren Buffett’s Money, and Vanhoozer on Pastor-Theologians"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

1. First Things<\/a> is now hosting a cool blog of evangelicals talking about public square issues in an accessible way.\u00a0 It\u2019s called evangel, and it features\u00a0folks like Justin Taylor, Russ Moore, and more<\/a>.<\/p>\n

2. A NYT profile of Warren Buffett\u2019s son Howard<\/a>, who is presently finding ways to spend billions of dollars for philanthropic causes.<\/p>\n

3. Kevin Vanhoozer recently dropped the following gem<\/a> at the Renewing the Evangelical Mission<\/a> conference at Gordon-Conwell (HT: JT<\/a>):<\/p>\n

Seminary faculties need the courage to be evangelically Protestant for the sake of forming theological interpreters of Scripture able to preach and minister the word. The preacher is a \u201cman on a wire,\u201d whose sermons must walk the tightrope between Scripture and the contemporary situation. I believe that we should preparing our best students for this gospel ministry. The pastor-theologian, I submit, should be evangelicalism\u2019s default public intellectual, with preaching the preferred public mode of theological interpretation of Scripture.\u00a0<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

4. Speaking of the conference mentioned above, the Washington Post wrote it up<\/a>.\u00a0 Worth reading.<\/p>\n

5. One journeyman NBA player\u2019s travels<\/a>.\u00a0 Fun to read about.<\/p>\n

\u2013Have a great weekend, all.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1. First Things is now hosting a cool blog of evangelicals talking about public square issues in an accessible way.\u00a0 It\u2019s called evangel, and it features\u00a0folks like Justin Taylor, Russ Moore, and more. 2. A NYT profile of Warren Buffett\u2019s son Howard, who is presently finding ways to spend billions of dollars for philanthropic causes. 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