{"id":606,"date":"2008-10-18T08:15:36","date_gmt":"2008-10-18T12:15:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.indefenseofthefaith.org\/?p=606"},"modified":"2008-10-18T08:46:58","modified_gmt":"2008-10-18T12:46:58","slug":"2008-national-desiring-god-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indefenseofthefaith.org\/idotf\/?p=606","title":{"rendered":"2008 National Desiring God Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Power of Words and the Wonder of God<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>All the video from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.desiringgod.org\/ResourceLibrary\/ConferenceMessages\/ByConference\/41\/\" target=\"_blank\">the conference<\/a> is now online:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sinclair Ferguson &#8211; &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.desiringgod.org\/ResourceLibrary\/MediaPlayer\/3258\/Video\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Tongue, the Bridle, and the Blessing<\/a>&#8220;<\/li>\n<li>Driscoll, Ferguson, Piper &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.desiringgod.org\/ResourceLibrary\/MediaPlayer\/3259\/Video\/\" target=\"_blank\">Friday Panel Discussion<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Bob Kauflin &#8211; &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.desiringgod.org\/ResourceLibrary\/MediaPlayer\/3260\/Video\/\" target=\"_blank\">Words of Wonder: What Happens When We Sing?<\/a>&#8220;<\/li>\n<li>Mark Driscoll &#8211; &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.desiringgod.org\/ResourceLibrary\/MediaPlayer\/3261\/Video\/\" target=\"_blank\">How Sharp the Edge: Christ, Controversy, and<br \/>\nCutting Words<\/a>&#8220;<\/li>\n<li>Daniel Taylor &#8211; &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.desiringgod.org\/ResourceLibrary\/MediaPlayer\/3262\/Video\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Life-Shaping Power of Story: God&#8217;s and Ours<\/a>&#8220;<\/li>\n<li>Kauflin, Piper, Taylor, Tripp &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.desiringgod.org\/ResourceLibrary\/MediaPlayer\/3263\/Video\/\" target=\"_blank\">Saturday Panel Discussion<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Paul Tripp &#8211; &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.desiringgod.org\/ResourceLibrary\/MediaPlayer\/3264\/Video\/\" target=\"_blank\">War of Words: Getting to the Heart for God&#8217;s Sake<\/a>&#8220;<\/li>\n<li>John Piper &#8211; &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.desiringgod.org\/ResourceLibrary\/MediaPlayer\/3265\/Video\/\" target=\"_blank\">Is There Christian Eloquence? Clear Words and the Wonder of the Cross<\/a>&#8220;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You can also read Dr. Piper&#8217;s message <a href=\"http:\/\/www.desiringgod.org\/ResourceLibrary\/ConferenceMessages\/ByConference\/41\/3265_Is_There_Christian_Eloquence_Clear_Words_and_the_Wonder_of_the_Cross\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>. Abraham Piper provides this summary for us:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The way we talk can undercut the cross. This much is clear in 1 Corinthians (1:17; 2:1). But does all eloquence minimize the gospel? Does the pursuit of  verbal impact necessarily preempt the power of Christ?<\/p>\n<p>Both George Whitefield and Jonathan Edwards were eloquent, each in his own way. Did this &#8220;empty the cross of its power&#8221;? More than that, the Bible itself contains many portions that are nothing less than eloquent. How do we make sense of this?<\/p>\n<p>A pointer is found in the context of 1 Corinthians. Here Paul makes clear that there is a kind of eloquence that exalts self and therefore cripples the cross. But this isn&#8217;t the only brand of eloquence. There&#8217;s another kind, a distinctly Christian eloquence, that humbles self and exalts Christ.<\/p>\n<p>Our eloquence will never be the determining factor in causing someone to believe the gospel, but it still makes a difference. We can hope for at least 5 benefits from Christian eloquence:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li> keeping interest<\/li>\n<li>gaining sympathy<\/li>\n<li>awakening sensitivity<\/li>\n<li>speaking memorably<\/li>\n<li>increasing power<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>[HT: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.desiringgod.org\/Blog\/1423_Conference_Video\/\" target=\"_blank\">Abraham Piper<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Power of Words and the Wonder of God All the video from the conference is now online: Sinclair Ferguson &#8211; &#8220;The Tongue, the Bridle, and the Blessing&#8220; Driscoll, Ferguson, Piper &#8211; Friday Panel Discussion Bob Kauflin &#8211; &#8220;Words of Wonder: What Happens When We Sing?&#8220; Mark Driscoll &#8211; &#8220;How Sharp the Edge: Christ, Controversy, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/indefenseofthefaith.org\/idotf\/?p=606\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">2008 National Desiring God Conference<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57,17,26,36,5,56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-conferences-and-seminars","category-lectures","category-promotionals","category-reforming","category-theology","category-videos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indefenseofthefaith.org\/idotf\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/606","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indefenseofthefaith.org\/idotf\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indefenseofthefaith.org\/idotf\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indefenseofthefaith.org\/idotf\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indefenseofthefaith.org\/idotf\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=606"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/indefenseofthefaith.org\/idotf\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/606\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":608,"href":"https:\/\/indefenseofthefaith.org\/idotf\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/606\/revisions\/608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indefenseofthefaith.org\/idotf\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indefenseofthefaith.org\/idotf\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indefenseofthefaith.org\/idotf\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}