Louisville, KY—Arrived in town this morning for the New Attitude conference. It’s my first Na and anticipate the firsthand experience I’ve heard for years from my friends. I’m especially jazzed to hear Devon Kauflin (Bob Kauflin’s son) lead worship after his excellent new album, Looked Upon. I believe the album is released publicly at the conference. I highly recommend it, having listened to it 20+ times. You can download a free copy of one of the songs here: What A Savior.
Today between the airport and hotel, we (Dr Dever and CJ) stopped at the SBTS bookstore, another first for me. In the entrance stands this nice display of Dr Tom Schreiner’s new book, New Testament Theology: Magnifying God in Christ (Baker, 2008). I’ve read bits of the 1,000 page tome that is getting nice reviews around the blogosphere. Well, here’s an iPhone pic of the SBTS bookstore display:
And here is a pic of CJ’s recommended Summer reading that sits off to the side in the SBTS bookstore:
That’s all I got. I’m off somewhere in Louisville to enjoy the beautiful afternoon and my very first taste of Barth (Church Dogmatics IV.2). It’ll be a day of many firsts.
Thanks for reading.
Tony
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Tony,
Being an SBTS alum the picture of the bookstore brings a tear to my eye…man good times! I am glad you are enjoying the great city…as well as Na, went last year it was awesome!
Actually, NOT reading Barth sounds like a better idea (heh, heh). Neo-orthodox, bad doctrine of Scripture, tons of teeny-weeny print – what’s to like?
Tony,
Hope you enjoy your time at NA. I think it’s been a blast so far. Josh Harris’ message last night really convicted me about my attitude towards God’s Word. What an excellent challenge to match our confession of the Bible as God’s Word with the practice of obeying and applying what it says and desiring to delight in reading it.
Steve
Good to hear from you all. The conference has been wonderful so far. And Barth on harmartiology (CD, IV.2.xv.65-66, pp. 378-499) has been excellent (justifying the high respect this section receives in the reformed community). Thanks for reading.
Wow–it was one of my New Year’s “resolutions” to read a few books from CJ’s recommended read list–and I realize now that I’m a wee bit behind! Thanks! :-)
Sorry, but I’m not impressed with Kauflin’s “What A Savior”. The traditional hymn version is much better. All he has done is jazz it up with some contemporary instruments.
As far as Barth, I’ve noticed that many young evangelicals seem to be reading Barth. What’s the point? A neo-orthodox who made fun of preaching the Biblical gospel. I have his commentary on Romans only because it was $1.00 at a used book sale, yet, after using it for some background study on a preaching series through Romans, I found the book not worth my time. Wading through the junk wasn’t worth the very occasional good comment. Remember the fall of Fuller Seminary and their fascination with neo-orthodox theology.