Good news that there will be a New Word Alive in 2009, at sunny Prestatyn… but what will it be like? Well, in light of this, this, and this, I thought I would share my wishlist for Word Alive 2009…
Morning Bible Readings – Alec Motyer on Isaiah… loved him last year at Keswick on Exodus, heard he has a fine commentary on Isaiah, would love to find out what that’s all about…
Leadership seminar – Mark Dever… you could call it 9 Marks of a Healthy Church or something…
Apologetics seminar – Tim Keller… It would be cool to hear him give some practical ways to engage with culture, friends, family, colleagues in light of ‘Reason for God’
Evening Celebrations 1 & 2 – Mark Driscoll on Radical Reformission… would love to hear what he has to say about students and young people being missionaries in their culture in the UK
Evening Celebrations 3 & 4 – CJ Mahaney on Humble Orthodoxy… hadn’t really listened or read anything by CJ up until a few months ago… love it now
…and presumably Adrian Warnock will lead the Band of Bloggers seminar…?
Oh, and Team Strike Force leading the music!!
This is all a little optimistic, but just getting one of these guys would be a scoop! Look forward to hearing the details when they happen…
I knew you’d pick Driscoll, but I was thinking about this and realised that the student NWA is also the “adults without school-age children” week – i.e. young marrieds and empty-nesters. So there’d potentially be a few people who might not quite get on with Driscoll. Still, I’m probably doing them and Driscoll an injustice.
Yeh predictable I know… however, I think my call on Alec Motyer on Isaiah is both good and realistic, maybe better for the proper adults week though…