Looks like Concordia Theological Seminary has put together a very worthwhile one day conference on "Contending for the Faith" (Friday night, May1, and all day Saturday, May 2).
The faculty member behind this is Dr. Adam Francisco, an understudy of LCMS apologetics-guru Rod Rosenblatt at Concdia University-Irvine. Dr. Francisco got his doctorate from Oxford in Islamic history and theolgy, so he's no dummy. :) They've put together a fine lineup of speakers, including himself. My wife and I have gotten to know the Franciscos fairly well (He married Rachel Newton, who's a missionary kid and daughter of LCMS California-Nevada-Hawaii District President, Dr. Bob Newton.). They've written a couple small books together--fascinating to be around if you get the chance. Interestingly, if you didn't know, he's not a pastor, but he's certainly a very learned man with a great passion to defend the faith at the highest level. You might not guess it at first, but he's a former Navy SEAL, so he brings that energy to his teaching and presentations. He is part of the "new blood" on the CTS campus, and I'm thankful for that, as I hope his presence on the faculty and events like this become more common again.
Concordia Theological Seminary was founded as a confessional Lutheran missionary seminary, that is, as a seminary that understands a firm confession of the Christian faith and missionary zeal to be a unity, not a dichotomy. My hope, my prayer really, is that events like this signify a CTS willing to take on the "edge" of confessional mission, to explore the post-Constantinian world more vigorously.
All this is to say, if you get a chance to go, I think it will be worthwhile. Plus, the price ($50) is doable.
Yours in Christ,
Lance_+
P.S. Here's the link to the conference's information page. On the top is a short and edgy promo video that a number of friends just posted on Facebook.
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