What makes this years theme, “Teaching Them to Obey,” especially relevant to contemporary theological discourse?
The theme, “Teaching Them to Obey,” taken from the Great Commission of Matthew 28, taps into the ethical content of the Great Commission and reaches back into the Old Testament as well as forward to the kingdom of God inaugurated by Christ. Our plenary speakers will explore this dimension, breaking the theme down into four component parts: the NT perspective (Douglas Moo, Wheaton College), the OT perspective (Christopher J. H. Wright, Langham Partnership International), the world perspective (Philip Jenkins, Penn State University), and the Christian formation perspective (David Wells, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary). We are trying to turn this dimension of the Great Commission facet by facet, so that we can see its multi-dimensions for faith and life as they are explored by scholars from four different disciplines. Which papers do you expect will stir the most discussion? I think such papers as R. Chisholm, “Did Chemosh Defeat Yahweh? Israel’s Retreat and the ‘Failure’ of Prophecy
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