Passion Conference - Atlanta January 1-4, 2007

The Passion conference in the past years has been an exciting time of hearing the word preached and being challenged to live holy lives. The conference is for those 18-25 years old and some of the best worship leaders and preachers/teachers around.

The Passion web site announced that as the price would increase for the conference on the 15th the following, "As the price nudged higher at midnight September 15, registration crossed the 13000 mark with over three months to go... and more of you snagged a spot today at the new price. Exciting."

Register now for the conference at Passion. This is a fun web site to visit.

Christianity Today

The title is: "Young, Restless, and Reformed: Calvinism is making a comeback and shaking up the church." The September issue of Christianity Today. The article is by Collin Hansen. Worth picking up a copy of this issue.

Fighter of Liberalism - Geerhardus Vos 1862-1949

Geerhardus Vos, the father of Reformed Biblical Theology, was born in 1862 in the Netherlands. He attended the theological school in Grand Rapids, Michigan, (Calvin College today) then went to Princeton Seminary, and eventually received his doctorate at Strassburg.
After a brief teaching stint at Grand Rapids Vos returned to Princeton as the first chair of Biblical Theology. He remained at Princeton for 39 years, where he taught such eminent men as J. Gresham Machen, John Murray, Ned B. Stonehouse, and Cornelius Van Til (mp3 sermons by Van Til). Throughout his career Vos fought against liberalism at every step, especially on such issues as the kingdom of God and Jesus' Messianic self-consciousness.
After retiring, Vos lived in California before returning to Grand Rapids, where he died in 1949 at the age of 87.

A number of links that herald Vos and his works are as follows:
Monergism
Biblical theology
Kerux
Futher biographical information is available at the Calvin College web site.

Desiring Gods 2006 National Convention "Above All Earthly Powers: The Supremacy of Christ in a Postmodern World" featuring David Wells will touch on the fight that Vos, Machen and other waged in a postmodern world.

"We are called to see that the Church does not adapt its thinking to the horizons that modernity prescribes for it but rather that it brings to those horizons the powerful antidote of God's truth. It is not the Word of God but rather modernity that stands in need of being demythologised."
-- David F. Wells No Place For Truth, p.100

Pipers World Magazine articles

John Pipers, World Magazine feature artilces are found at this link. You can go to World Magazine by checking out the links locatesd on the sidebar.

Hero For Humanity - William Wilberforce

Hero For Humanity by Kevin Belmonte has had a significant influence on my life. "This book invites you on a journey through the life and times of William Wilberforce. Explore his childhood, his troubled youth, and his departure from Christianity. Learn about his early political ambitions and the process of his reunion with evangelical faith - an inner transformation that prepared Wilberforce to embrace his destiny. Experience his triumphant emergence from a forty-six year battle to abolish the slave trade and, ultimately, slavery itself in Britain. And discover how, in forsaking his own success and living for something greater than himself, Wilberforce bolstered the cause of human dignity amidst the turmoil of war and impacted the lives of millions across the globe."

An interview with Kevin Belmonte titled A Faithful Steward is worth checking out.
William Wilberforce is the model of Christian perseverance in abolishing a social evil.

Belmonte recently published through Day One Publishers, Travel with William Wilberforce 'The Friend of humanity', I have personally read others in this series of travel books on Bunyan, Spurgeon, and Knox finding them all very insightful even if you are not traveling to the UK.

Regarding the new movie Amazing Grace which ischeduleded to release in 2007 some interestinconnectionsns in the enterainment industry. Through their production company, FourBoys Films, Heaton and her husband, David Hunt, co-produced Amazing Grace. Along with Walden Media, Heaton and Hunt are producing the feature film detailing the life of William Wilberforce, which is being directed by Michael Apted. Many may know Patricia Heaton in her role as Debr on Everybody Loves Raymond. She has been honored with two consecutive Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for her portrayal as Debra Barone on CBS' top rated series, "Everybody Loves Raymond."

The Mission Statement of "FourBoys Films seeks to provoke and entertain audiences with stories that illuminate the human condition in all its terrifying glory. The evidence of Man's eternal struggle between his desire to do good and his capacity for evil is all around us. It is within this conflict that one finds tales of the majesty in the mundane, the honor in failure, and nobility in victory. FourBoys Films is committed to writers who can find both the humor and the drama in these subjects without resorting to either sentimentalism or nihilism."

For further information on William Wilberforce check out this web site which has great indepth insite into a Hero for Humanity.