In this post, I asked:
What does this mean?
Ben Wright thinks it means something. Notice carefully Ben’s headline. Then consider the full schedule of events. Notice the place and prominence given to what Ben calls a "special guest lecturer".
I would suggest, "featured speaker," would be more accurate.
But, dear reader, what do you think it means? I have an opinion. Of course. I’ll share it with you shortly. But I’d like to see if anyone would care to "pontificate", as Ben calls it, before I charm you with my opining.
Several readers have given their opinions:
- Kent thinks "fundamentalism, as you knew it, Don, is essentially gone"
- Jack thinks "they don’t appear to be concerned about being fundamental or baptist"
- Andy thinks "We are definitely in a time of transition" though he wouldn’t look at Calvary seminary as a benchmark
No one who reads me regularly will be surprised to know that I tend to agree with these opinions. It seems to me that Ben, whose post alerted me to this conference, sees the same things I and others are seeing. His headline is "Ed Welch to Speak at CBTS Leadership Conference". He is picking up on the significance of Welch’s participation. He learned of this conference, it seems, over at SI, where the whole article reads this way:
National Leadership Conference To Focus On “Ministering God’s Truth In A Broken World”
by PastorJoeRoof at 5:48 pm January 29, 2009. 82 views. Filed under: Filings
Read here.
To date, there has been no discussion of the link at SI, but it is not too surprising, because they only mention the conference itself, not Welch’s participation. So it hasn’t received much attention over there. But Ben picks up on it. This is a fairly significant event.
Why do I say that?
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