This morning I left Orlando and it was in the 80s. Right now, I am in Chicago and it is 5 degrees. Ugh.
From the weather service:
At 1035 PM CST...radar indicated an area of snow across the Chicago Metro area extending into much of Northwest Indiana... travel conditions will be extremely hazardous.Blowing snow will continue to reduce visibilities to a quarter mile or less in open locations...with localized visibilities approaching zero... west winds gusting to 40 to 50 can be expected. The combination of the cold temperatures and very strong winds will produce wind chills of 20 below to 30 below zero overnight. If you must travel...allow plenty of extra time to reach your destination and exercise extreme caution.
Here's a quick recap of the week so far:
We had a good day yesterday in Orlando with the folks at Global Church Advancement. I taught on missional church planting. It was always good to get dinner with friends Steve Childers and Bart Johnson.
Early this morning, I jumped on a plane from Orlando to Chicago (where I am right now).
This is Church Planting Week at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. It also included an Acts 29 bootcamp. So, I did two sessions this afternoon. Then, we went to dinner with the Evangelical Free leadership and Trinity Faculty up at the seminary "mansion." It was a great time of dialogue about how a seminary can train church planters.
Then, Mark Driscoll, A.J. Hamilton, Scott Thomas drove off and went out for Buffalo wings. It was good to catch up with them and some other old friends... although Mark almost killed us driving back through the snow.
Tomorrow morning I catch a flight to Lynchburg to speak at Liberty University and meet with Jonathan Falwell, Ergun Caner, and Dave Early to talk about their aggressive new church planting plans.
More tomorrow about future teaching plans.
Comments (8)
wow...doesn't Mark know that your family is about to ban you from motorized vehicles?
sheshhhh...I'll let him have it on myspace! he's on my top friends list!
Posted by irreverend fox | January 30, 2008 7:25 AM
Posted on January 30, 2008 07:25
Does Liberty (Caner, particularly) still teach its students that Calvinists are heretics?
Posted by Jack Brooks | January 30, 2008 9:20 AM
Posted on January 30, 2008 09:20
I am not sure what they teach but I do know that Jerry Falwell indicated they believe that limited atonement was heresy.
Posted by Ed Stetzer | January 30, 2008 9:24 AM
Posted on January 30, 2008 09:24
oh...Caner believes that Calvinism is a cancer in the SBC...and your view of Soteriology is considered "hyper-Calvinism" by Caner...but whose counting?
;^)
I still like Butch...honestly. Just wish he could be a bit less divisive with with rhetoric...it's all good...anyone who'd get stun-gunned for Jesus is ok with me.
Posted by irreverend fox | January 30, 2008 10:50 AM
Posted on January 30, 2008 10:50
I heard Dr Caner preach once. I loved him then. After reading these comments, I love him more.
Posted by Michael | January 30, 2008 5:28 PM
Posted on January 30, 2008 17:28
Glad to see that Caner is finally interested in church planting......he must have gotten tired of watching all those gosh darn Calvinists do it for him.
What would the church ever do without Arminians?
Posted by Shane | January 30, 2008 10:54 PM
Posted on January 30, 2008 22:54
Fox, I can tell you with certainty that Caner does not consider my soteriology "hyper Calvinist."
Posted by Ed Stetzer | January 30, 2008 11:12 PM
Posted on January 30, 2008 23:12
Dr. Stetzer,
I was at the bootcamp, (helped you open the doors when it got hot), and wanted to say that I thoroughly enjoyed both of your sessions. It was a pleasure to meet a man who loves the Lord with all his mind.
Glad Mark didn't kill you! The snow brings out masculinity in most guys!!!
Thanks for signing my book!
Posted by Steve Fuentes | February 1, 2008 1:23 PM
Posted on February 1, 2008 13:23