Comments on: NFC V: David Wells on “Preaching the Cross in the Modern World” http://timmybrister.com/2007/06/27/nfc-v-david-wells-on-preaching-the-cross-in-the-modern-world/ Trusting God :: Treasuring Christ :: Triumphing the Gospel Sat, 26 May 2012 00:03:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: POTW :: 08.12.07 :: Triple Trouble « Provocations & Pantings http://timmybrister.com/2007/06/27/nfc-v-david-wells-on-preaching-the-cross-in-the-modern-world/#comment-10336 Sat, 11 Aug 2007 10:47:05 +0000 http://timmybrister.com/2007/06/27/nfc-v-david-wells-on-preaching-the-cross-in-the-modern-world/#comment-10336 [...] and her boyfriend is an atheist.  We had a good conversation, and it made me realize all the more what David Wells said earlier this summer–that when we preach the cross in our world, we must begin with Genesis 1:1 and not John [...]

]]> By: NFC Summary and Compilation « Provocations & Pantings http://timmybrister.com/2007/06/27/nfc-v-david-wells-on-preaching-the-cross-in-the-modern-world/#comment-8761 Thu, 05 Jul 2007 16:54:36 +0000 http://timmybrister.com/2007/06/27/nfc-v-david-wells-on-preaching-the-cross-in-the-modern-world/#comment-8761 [...] SBC” NFC IV: Raymond Perron on “Preaching the Gospel in a Secular Culture” NFC V: David Wells on “Preaching the Cross in the Modern World” NFC VI: Bill Ascol on “Isaac McCoy: Pioneer Baptist Preacher to the Oklahoma [...]

]]> By: Gene M Bridges http://timmybrister.com/2007/06/27/nfc-v-david-wells-on-preaching-the-cross-in-the-modern-world/#comment-8495 Thu, 28 Jun 2007 19:53:54 +0000 http://timmybrister.com/2007/06/27/nfc-v-david-wells-on-preaching-the-cross-in-the-modern-world/#comment-8495 Tom,

We are truly grateful for men like you. Thank you for your commitment to truth and your perseverance in opposition by so many. I am extremely thankful to be able to help you and my brothers from my little spot in God’s world, and I look forward to the day when we are not aliens living in a strange Baptist land.

]]> By: tom ascol http://timmybrister.com/2007/06/27/nfc-v-david-wells-on-preaching-the-cross-in-the-modern-world/#comment-8487 Thu, 28 Jun 2007 13:27:16 +0000 http://timmybrister.com/2007/06/27/nfc-v-david-wells-on-preaching-the-cross-in-the-modern-world/#comment-8487 Letitia:

“We want people to want God on OUR terms.” Great point! We–eveangelical Christians–are so biblically uninformed in our day that we assume we know what evangelism is and try to engage in it based on those assumptions. Yet we too often are far away from *biblical* evangelism.

Regarding your question: I think the future holds great promise, amazing opportunities and incredible challenges for the “second generation of Founders-affiliated Soutthern Baptists.” If Joe Thorn and Timmy Brister are indicatve of that generation, and I think they are, old guys like me have much for which to be thankful and hopeful when thinking of the future.

]]> By: Letitia Wong http://timmybrister.com/2007/06/27/nfc-v-david-wells-on-preaching-the-cross-in-the-modern-world/#comment-8470 Thu, 28 Jun 2007 06:13:51 +0000 http://timmybrister.com/2007/06/27/nfc-v-david-wells-on-preaching-the-cross-in-the-modern-world/#comment-8470 Superb. I would have to agree with everything Dr. Wells said, especially at the end where he says we need to develop God’s patience in communicating with our postmodern culture. We do much to complain that the world only wants God on its own terms, yet we as believers many times want the same thing only in reverse. We want people to want God on OUR terms. Perhaps this is why the Gospel has been obscured in many of our churches. Our terms for faith in Christ have superceded the essentials of the faith. We have traded true conversion for good behavior/morality. Service for busy-ness. Understanding for conformity. True joy for a happy face. American Christian subculture for the Kingdom of God. Given those options, is it any wonder why the average postmodern passes on Christianity?

BTW, what DOES the future hold for the second generation of Founders-affiliated Southern Baptists?

]]> By: Timmy Brister http://timmybrister.com/2007/06/27/nfc-v-david-wells-on-preaching-the-cross-in-the-modern-world/#comment-8467 Thu, 28 Jun 2007 06:01:30 +0000 http://timmybrister.com/2007/06/27/nfc-v-david-wells-on-preaching-the-cross-in-the-modern-world/#comment-8467 Marty,

Well, not quite. But I did learn typing in the 6th grade by typing entries in the WorldBook Encyclopedia. It’s one of the things I have no idea why I did it, but I guess know it is paying off a little bit. :)

Gene,

Joe and I had dinner tonight with Tom, and we talked about a lot of these issues. I will mention what you requested here. I am excited about what the future holds for the second generation of Founders-affiliated Southern Baptists.

]]> By: Gene M Bridges http://timmybrister.com/2007/06/27/nfc-v-david-wells-on-preaching-the-cross-in-the-modern-world/#comment-8464 Thu, 28 Jun 2007 02:21:24 +0000 http://timmybrister.com/2007/06/27/nfc-v-david-wells-on-preaching-the-cross-in-the-modern-world/#comment-8464 Timmy,

I gather Tom did a PSA for supporting Founders.

I’m asking you to do this since you are actually, you know, there and I don’t know if Tom will be checking his email while there.

Please make a note to, if possible, ask him to ask the folks there tomorrow to go to the Founders website and update or add their church information (assuming they are in a church that is “Founders friendly). Regardless of whether they feel they can do that, they can also add their names to the list of individuals by state.

I get emails from folks periodically asking for help in either finding a Reformed Baptist / Founders friendly church and/or some folks living in their local area with whom they can have fellowship, even if they chose not to move their membership. I typically get these from Baptist folks who don’t necessarily want to move their memberships, but who would like to have a “safe space” of some sort by way of fellowship with others in their local areas, where they don’t feel like “fish out of water.” Keeping the Founders Directory up-to-date helps them and those of us who hear from them.

]]> By: Marty Duren http://timmybrister.com/2007/06/27/nfc-v-david-wells-on-preaching-the-cross-in-the-modern-world/#comment-8462 Thu, 28 Jun 2007 01:38:24 +0000 http://timmybrister.com/2007/06/27/nfc-v-david-wells-on-preaching-the-cross-in-the-modern-world/#comment-8462 Timmy-
Glad to hear that you graduated from that court reporting school. ;^) Man, you set speed records for note taking.

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