Andy Naselli has
posted an announcement about the upcoming
Mid-America Conference on Preaching, hosted by
Inter-City Baptist Church and
Detroit Baptist Theological Seminary, is scheduled for Thursday and Friday, October 18–19, 2007.
"Learning from the Past, Pressing toward the Future"This year’s speakers include
Doug McLachlan,
Mark Minnick,
Sam Horn,
David Saxon,
David Doran, and
the faculty of DBTS.
Here's some more information on the conference...
A Message to Pastors Dear Pastor,
We would love to have you join us for the 2007 Mid-America Conference on Preaching. Our theme for this year, Learning from the Past, Pressing toward the Future, is a reminder that we are runners in a relay race that began with the Apostles and will continue until our Lord returns. We can’t live looking backward, but if we don’t understand what has happened before us, we’re surely headed for trouble.
Our desire for the MACP remains the same: to equip and encourage those who serve Christ’s church as pastors. We count it a real privilege to serve the Lord and His servants in this way. These two days will be packed with great times in the Word and encouraging fellowship together. We are pleased to have Doug McLachlan, Mark Minnick, Sam Horn, and Dave Saxon join the DBTS faculty and me as speakers for this year. We are making some changes to the format that I think you will enjoy, and we have some special surprises for you that we hope will make the conference a special blessing to you. Dress for the conference is business casual.
The reality of our accountability to the Lord constantly motivates me to grow as a believer and a pastor. I am looking forward to how God will use this year’s conference in my own life. Please join us for two spiritually refreshing and refining days!
For the sake of His name,
David M. Doran
- Special discounts at Inter-City Christian Bookstore
- Shuttle service to/from airport and conference hotel
- Hospitality room: refreshments and fellowship
- Internet café available for e-mail service
- Wireless web connections for laptop users
Sample Workshop Topics
- Essential Qualities of God-Honoring Worship Songs
- A Model for Developing A God-Centered Ministry
- Shades of Evangelicals: Recognizing the Differences
- Conservative Evangelicals and Fundamentalists: Recognizing the Differences
- Are We Worried about Holiness or How We Look?
- Expositional Preaching from the Parables
- Designing Sermons for Effective Communication
- Weakness or Wisdom? Fundamentalism and Romans 14:1–15:13
- Are Baptists Protestants?
- In Defense of Penal-Substitutionary Atonement
- Evangelistic Calvinists Past and Present: Being What We Were Chosen to Become
- Is There a Present Form of The Kingdom of God/Heaven: A Case Study in Hermeneutics and Theology
- The Meaning of Fellowship in 1 John
- An Overview of Ecclesiastes
- Local Church Membership and the Practice of the Ordinances
Conference Schedule
Mid-America Conference on Preaching: Oct. 18-19, 2007
Andy Naselli has posted links to a series of lectures he recently gave at Detroit Baptist Theological Seminary on the early Keswick movement. Andy wrote his doctoral dissertation on Keswick and has condensed it for these lectures, which are well worth listening to. You can also download his PowerPoint presentation and a five-page handout, both in PDF format. The handout contains an informative outline and a chart showing the different theological views on sanctification. “The manuscript for this lecture series is scheduled for publication in the fall 2008 Detroit Baptist Seminary Journal” (Andy Naselli). Andy’s work on Keswick is enlightening; it will help you understand the background and problems of some erroneous views of holiness that survive today. 
