I’ve been a bit steeped into the conference lately, having written all those stream-of-conscience reviews of the papers.  I was particularly struck by Ray Faircloth’s paper on predestination in Romans 9.  It gave a very vivid and nuanced understanding of predestination based on the three metaphors/stories in the chapter.  I would encourage all to check out the lecture and paper, as I would for all the presentations.  Lennox’s presentation was also very pointed and well done.  Between his and Chuck Jones, the conference was well balanced with pertinent pastoral information as well as theological truth.

With all of this going on, I would highly recommend you give the lectures at least a glance if you don’t listen to them all the way through.  So I’m not going to make post about a specific topic.  I just want to give you all time to sort through the quick posts we put up earlier in the week.  I really do feel that they are valuable, worth consideration, and certainly worth discussion.  Each presenter put in a lot of hard work on their topic and their voices should be heard.

3 Responses to “Reflecting on the Theological Conference”

  1. on 05 May 2008 at 8:57 amSean

    John, while you are reflecting, perhaps you would like to see some pictures that Michelle Cox has just made available through some fancy online slideshow technology.

    click here to see them

  2. on 09 May 2008 at 2:21 pmKyle

    Sean, I couldn’t help but notice that the beard is gone. I have to admit, I’m a little disappointed.

  3. on 09 May 2008 at 3:27 pmSean

    The beard has always been seasonal. It’ll be back by winter :)

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