13 “One-Liners” from The Gospel Coalition National Conference 2019

Two weeks ago I had the pleasure of attending The Gospel Coalition’s 2019 National Conference. It was a week to remember and there is much I could write about. However, I thought I would just leave thirteen of the best one (or two)-liners that either challenged me, or that I thought were just generally impactful and worth reflecting on.

1. “If you haven’t read a gospel as an adult, you are not informed enough to accept or reject Christianity.” — “Skeptics Welcome” Panel discussion
2. “Don’t start evangelizing a Muslim until you’ve got a spare room ready for them to move into.” — “Skeptics Welcome” Panel discussion
3. “Do not be too familiar with Jesus.” — Kevin DeYoung, paraphrase
4. “Don’t let general themes override exegesis.” — DeYoung
5. “Imagine if we spent more time teaching and cultivating Christian kindness instead of glorifying and spreading worldly sarcasm.” — Jen Wilkin, paraphrase
6. “The Gospel is irreducibly doctrinal.” — Ligon Duncan
7. “When doctrine goes wrong, it is either bad doctrine or bad use of good doctrine.” — Duncan
8. “Love opens the heart to receive truth.” — Duncan
9. “Following Jesus means being willing to give up everything for Him.” — Jon Piper
10. “Nothing the world offers will last. Nothing!” — H.B. Charles
11. “What we find  as rational is imbedded in a framework of faith.” — Augustinian Apologetics: Mark Allen/Joshua Chatraw
12. “We are driven most deeply by what we love.” — Augustinian Apologetics
13. “Unfortunately, most of our theological thoughts lie under secular understandings.” — Disruptive Witness: Cosper and Nobel

I still have a lot of time to spend going back through all of my sermon and lecture notes, but I am thankful to have been under so much unashamed Christ-centered preaching and teaching.

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