Fide-O Gets All Touchy-Feely at T4G and Quotes the Preamble to the Brothers' Statement of Purpose
"So far here is my summary of T4G. The conference is one of the most unique conferences that I have ever attended in that it seems less like a conference and more like a big reunion. Granted most of the attendees do not know each other personally, but it feels like we are all distant cousins. You sense a connection, a family connection, to everyone in the room and have an interest in how their life is going. Usually in a conference my focus is on the speakers, seminars, and schedule. But here the seminars feel more like a gathering rather than anything else. Now I know that I have used the word "feeling" more times in this post than I have in all Fide-O posts combined, but that is just the reality of my experience."
But possibly of even more interest is his quotation of the preamble of the T4G "Statement of Purpose":
"We are brothers in Christ united in one great cause -- to stand together for the Gospel. We are convinced that the Gospel of Jesus Christ has been misrepresented, misunderstood, and marginalized in many churches and among many who claim the name of Christ . . . . We are also brothers united in deep concern for the church and the Gospel. This concern is specifically addressed to certain trends within the church today. We are concerned about the tendency of so many churches to substitute technique for truth, therapy for theology, and management for ministry . . . that God's glorious purpose for Christ's church is often eclipsed in concern by so many other issues, programs, technologies, and priorities . . . [there is] confusion over crucial questions concerning the authority of the Bible, the meaning of the Gospel, and the nature of truth itself... We stand together for the Gospel -- and for a full and gladdening recovery of the Gospel in the church."
