USA Today has a note about a conference/music festival for emergent-types, and it is set to take place next week in North Carolina. It’s called “The Wild Goose Festival,” and conference organizers are expecting about 3,000 to attend. According to the website, here’s what “The Wild Goose Festival” is all about. “The Wild Goose is a Celtic metaphor for the Holy Spirit. We are followers of Jesus creating a festival of justice, spirituality, music and the arts. The festival is rooted in the Christian tradition and therefore open to all regardless of belief, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, denomination or religious affiliation.”
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David Platt’s Message at the SBC
David Platt delivered the convention sermon at the SBC this year. I’m grateful for Platt’s heart and ministry. His message was powerful, and you can watch it below. It starts at about 8:00.
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Tribute to Dads
For Father’s Day weekend, here’s a tribute to Dads everywhere from Johnny and Chachi.
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Piper’s Prophetic Message to the SBC
Here’s the video of John Piper’s prophetic message to the Southern Baptist Convention. It’s titled “Be a Radically God-Centered Pastor,” and it’s an exposition of one line from the Lord’s prayer, “Hallowed be your name.” As I noted yesterday, the manuscript is available as well at the DesiringGod.org website. The other messages from the SBC Pastor’s Conference are available here.
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Videos of SBC Pastor’s Conference
It looks like the videos of the SBC’s Pastor’s Conference will all be posted for free at the Conference’s Vimeo site. Speakers include John Piper, Darrin Patrick, Louie Giglio, Rick Warren, and more. As I write, eight sermons have been posted, and the rest will be uploaded very soon. Darrin Patrick’s sermon is above. For the rest, see here.
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John Piper’s Message at the SBC
The manuscript ofJohn Piper’s message to the Southern Baptist Convention’s Pastor’s Conference is now available from DesiringGod.org. It’s titled “Be a Radically God-Centered Pastor,” and it’s an exposition of one line from the Lord’s prayer, “Hallowed be your name.” The audio version of this and all the other messages will be available for purchase at a later time from SBC Tapes (yes, you read it right—tapes!).
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Chuckles with the Dalai Lama
In the video above, an Australian reporter gets a little bit cheeky with the Dalai Lama. For some reason, the reporter thought it would be a good idea to try out his best Dalai Lama joke on the man himself. “So the Dalai Lama walks into a pizza shop, and says, ‘can you make me one with everything?'” What can I say? It didn’t go over very well. See above.
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Book Length Responses to Love Wins
John Starke has a helpful round-up of book-length responses to Rob Bell’s book Love Wins. He notes that the one by Francis Chan is probably the highly anticipated of the bunch. He also observes the following: “These books are being published very quickly after the Bell’s book began mailing and hitting shelves. The obvious reason for this was how much the blogs dominated this discussion. Most of the notable reviews occurred within a few days of the book’s publication date. Subsequent reviews seemed dated and almost had to interact with others reviews as much as the book itself. So the speed of these publications says something of the speed of…
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Owl City’s Newest Drops Today
Owl City’s sophomore release drops today. It’s the follow-up to the 2009 album containing the mega-hit single “Fireflies.” My two girls loved “Fireflies”especially the video. They don’t know that the lead singer’s name is Adam Young. They always refer to him as “the man with all his toys.” Christianity Today has an interview with Adam Young today. In the interview, Young talks about how he writes songs. He explains, “My prayer has always been, ‘Lord, just give me the songs you want me to write so I can record them, release them, put them in the can, and reflect all glory and praise back to you.” Read the rest here.…
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Free Greek NT for Kindle
I have really enjoyed owning and using a Kindle e-reader—especially on trips. One of the things I have missed, however, is a good edition of the Greek New Testament for Kindle. The editions available in the Kindle store are dated and useless. I have tried to create my own version in a PDF format, but that proved to be pretty clunky as well. I found out on Sunday that a fine e-reader version of the Greek New Testament is now available. A company called OSNOVA has recently produced a Kindle version of the SBL Greek New Testament, and it is fantastic. Here is a picture of what the text looks…