ATC 2011

After singing “I’d Rather Have Jesus,” Dr. Dave Doran began his message:

Text: Col. 1:28

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After singing “Day by Day,” Tim Jordan invited Mark Dever to the platform. Another of his pastoral interns, Tripp, shared his testimony of faith in Christ and then Mark began his message.

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After a beautiful time of worship (with strings, guitar, piano, and vocals) singing songs like: Before the Throne of God Above, In Christ Alone, It Is Well, and How Can I Keep from Singing, Dr. Sam Harbin launched into a great overview of 2 Corinthians.

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At 2 PM this afternoon, the ATC Conference hosted a panel with the following men on the platform together: Dave Doran, Tim Jordan, Mark Dever, Kevin Bauder, and Sam Harbin. I have to be honest, for the first 38 minutes I was completely bored. It’s not that the conversation was uninteresting, but the elephant in the room didn’t emerge until that time. So here are a few notes from the panel session.

After singing “Leaning on the Everlasting Arms,” Dr. Tim Jordan gave his testimony of faith in Christ, which is also his earliest memory. “It was the first of thousands of times I asked Him to save me. (Laughter) God saved me the first time and tolerated the rest.” He then moved to his message. What follows is not a transcript but just some of the highlights from the message from my perspective. Get the mp3.

Text: 1 Timothy 4:6-16

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After singing “How Firm a Foundation” and listening to another testimony from Jamie, a Bostonian who is a pastoral intern at Dever’s church, Mark was given the pulpit. These notes are not a transcript but highlights of the message from my perspective.

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Before I get too far into this, I want to say that I’m not a pastor; I’m not a formal theology student; in fact all the formal training I had was four years of a Youth Ministries degree in undergrad. I’m writing this from the perspective of a blue-collar church member, a one-time “Young Fundamentalist” who doesn’t really have a label anymore.

The following is not a transcript of the message. Rather, I have included the simple outline preached along with highlights from the sermon. I would encourage you to download the mp3 when available and listen to the message in its entirety.

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Coming soon: blog posts from the 2011 Advancing the Church conference in Lansdale, PA.