Day Two

dmicah

The conference cranked back into session this morning with more folk (6-7k my rough estimate) and a plethora of more free literature from the numerous exhibitors at the conference. (Yesterday i thought it was limited, but they have been releasing in waves apparently.) While attenders have to wade through some “Christianized Commercialism”, there are benefits. My backpack is literally full of free books, videos and journals, not including the bag full I received yesterday. Our staff is literally considering shipping the books home because we only packed small carry-ons.

Discussion

Gospel Coalition - Day One

dmicah

Day one of the Gospel Coalition for 2011 has been very long, but profitable. As I’ve been up for 17 hours with a two hour drive and two hour flight in the mix, I will have to be brief. I had the privilege of being at the 2009 event and this by far is bigger with a much better venue - McCormick Place in Chicagoland. As is the tradition at TGC, an attendee receives free bibles and books. There were fewer goodies this year, but the participants have also increased. No one has stated a number, but i would wager greater than 6,000 folk are in attendance.

Discussion

The Postmortem of Historic Fundamentalism

Ron Bean
This four part series can be found http://www.straightwayonline.org/default.aspx?id=200: here.

In the first paragraph of Part One is this statement: ” One may enter a Fundamentalist church now and find it comfortably taking no stand against the apostasy, evidenced by its contemporary music, its “up to date” Neo-Christian Bible versions, and its casual dress standards. (Bold print added)

Discussion

Are Fundamentalists more esteemed by God?

FredK
Eating out with church friends last night, we discussed whether committed F are more highly prized in the eyes of God than non-F - the rest of Christ’s true church? What would you say?

Secondly, should we consider non-F as typically morally inferior to committed F?

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