DesiringGOD National Conference

Greetings from Minneapolis where much more than a pennant race is taking place! 3,130 people from across the country and Canada have gathered here at the Minneapolis Convention Center for the fourth annual DesiringGOD National Conference. For those of you who have been living under a rock (hiding from the resurgance of reformed theology sweeping the twentysomething generation), DesiringGOD is the resource ministry of John Piper. If you don't know who John Piper is, just stop reading now.

The theme of this year's conference is "Above All Earthly Powers: The Supremacy of Christ in A Postmodern World." The title comes from a 2005 book by the same name by David Wells, professor at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. He lifted the title from a verse in Martin Luther's hymn "A Mighty Fortress is Our God."

David Wells opened the conference Friday evening with a wonderful exposition of Hebrews which is summarized here: http://www.samshua.com/blog.

The most controversial aspect of the conference is the fact that John Piper invited the cussing pastor, Mark Driscoll, from Mars Hill Church in Seattle to be a keynote speaker. Mark spoke today on the nine areas of theology we must hold and contend for in our left hand as we hold open our right hand to be relevant to the culture. Mark will be a guest on The Paul Edwards Program this coming Monday (October 2) at 5:00 pm ET. Stream the audio of the program LIVE at http://www.godandculture.com. Tonight Donald Carson will keynote. He is the author of "Becoming Conversant with the Emerging Church."

More later...