{"id":1688,"date":"2011-04-21T16:29:06","date_gmt":"2011-04-21T20:29:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/?p=1688"},"modified":"2013-06-13T17:59:54","modified_gmt":"2013-06-13T21:59:54","slug":"read-the-bible-for-life-conference-wrap-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/?p=1688","title":{"rendered":"Read the Bible For Life Conference, Wrap up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It was a blessing to have almost 700 people gather with us last weekend for the Read the Bible for Life Conference. I am hopeful that the time together will have a lasting kingdom impact.<\/p>\n<p>The audio from the conference is now available.<br \/>\nDavid Platt argued for reading the Bible as a whole, centered on Christ. Here are his three plenary lectures:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.uu.edu\/audio\/detail.cfm?ID=548\">Plenary 1: Reading the Bible as Story <\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.uu.edu\/audio\/detail.cfm?ID=549\">Plenary 2: Teaching the Bible as Scripture <\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.uu.edu\/audio\/detail.cfm?ID=550\">Plenary 3: The Bible Teacher&#8217;s Purpose <\/a><\/p>\n<p>George Guthrie gave an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uu.edu\/audio\/detail.cfm?ID=546\">overview of the problem of biblical illiteracy<\/a> and how the &#8220;Read the Bible for Life&#8221;\u009d curriculum aims to address it.<\/p>\n<p>The available breakout recordings are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uu.edu\/audio\/detail.cfm?ID=539\">Michael Card: &#8220;What would you expect?: Investigating the Gospel of Luke&#8221;\u009d <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uu.edu\/audio\/detail.cfm?ID=540\">Mark Dubis: &#8220;Observation skills: Laying an essential foundation for biblical interpretation&#8221; <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uu.edu\/audio\/detail.cfm?ID=541\">Kelvin Moore: &#8220;Understanding Hebrew poetry and the Psalms&#8221;\u009d <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uu.edu\/audio\/detail.cfm?ID=542\">David Olford: &#8220;Preaching the whole counsel of God: Principles for selecting texts &amp; truths for doctrinal preaching&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uu.edu\/audio\/detail.cfm?ID=543\">Kevin Chen: &#8220;Studying the longer books in the Bible: Structure &amp; themes&#8221;\u009d <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uu.edu\/audio\/detail.cfm?ID=544\">Brad Green: &#8220;Is there a unity to the Bible?: Interpretting the Bible in light of the Bible&#8221;\u009d <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uu.edu\/audio\/detail.cfm?ID=545\">Taylor Worley: &#8220;Reading the Old Testament History again &#8230; and again&#8221;\u009d <\/a>&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uu.edu\/events\/readthebibleforlife\/presentations\/ReadingTheOldTestamentHistoryAgain.pdf\">Notes and Handouts<\/a> (.pdf)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uu.edu\/audio\/detail.cfm?ID=546\">George Guthrie: Leader Training for the &#8220;Read the Bible for Life&#8221;\u009d Small Group Curriculum <\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Ken Easley: &#8220;Jesus&#8217; Parables: Do we read them or do they read us?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Regrettably the recording of Paul Jackson&#8217;s session did not work.<\/p>\n<p>We also have the audio from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uu.edu\/audio\/detail.cfm?ID=552\">panel discussion<\/a> which I led with Platt, Guthrie and Card as panelists.<\/p>\n<p>Audio from previous Ryan Center conferences can be found <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uu.edu\/centers\/biblical\/events.cfm\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was a blessing to have almost 700 people gather with us last weekend for the Read the Bible for Life Conference. I am hopeful that the time together will have a lasting kingdom impact. The audio from the conference is now available. 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