Finding Our Place in the Biblical Story
Brookside Christian Reformed Church
Grand Rapids, Michigan
September 22-23, 2006

The Bible tells the story of the world's redemption through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. As Christ's disciples—worship leaders, educators, parents, and all disciples of Christ—we have been given the task to continue his redemptive work in the world today. Yet, too often, our lives are shaped more by the stories of our cultures, nations, and socioeconomic classes than they are by the biblical story. If we are to faithfully fulfill our calling, our lives must be shaped by the story of the Bible.

Friday

Opening Worship

First Plenary Address
At the Crossroads Between Two Stories
Michael Goheen, Trinity Western University
How we live in the Biblical story in a culture that is shaped by a different story.
[Summary / Outline]

Response and Dialogue with Michael Goheen
led by John Witvliet

Saturday

Opening Worship

Second Plenary Address
Finding Our Place in the Biblical Story
Michael Goheen, Trinity Western University
The importance of understanding the authority of the Bible in terms of one unfolding story and what it means to find our place in that story.
[Summary / Outline / Audio clip /

Breakout Sessions

Confronting the Idols of our Time: Hedonism, Consumerism, and Pragmatism
John Cooper
This session focused on how our American culture and lifestyle serve these idols and how they have affected our own Christian lives and churches, and offered suggestions and dialogue on how God's Word and Spirit set us free from these idols to seek first his Kingdom.
[Outline / Audio: Part 1 / Part 2 ]

Young People at the Crossroads: The Crafting of a Midi-Narrative
Darwin Glassford
What is a midi-narrative? How does it function? What does it offer? Why is it attractive? This session examined these questions and wrestled with their implications for parenting and ministry.
[Audio]

A Prophetic People: The Church's Place in Redemptive Revelation
Michael Williams
This session explored how an understanding of what the Old Testament prophets were doing opens our understanding of redemptive revelation and the contemporary church's place in furthering that revelation.
[Outline / Audio: Part 1 / Part 2 ]

Panel Discussion
Our local churches must provide a context within which our lives can be shaped and formed by the Biblical story. Yet, too often, our churches reflect their cultures, nations, and socioeconomic classes more so than the Biblical story. In this panel discussion a collection of various church leaders discussed practical implications and ideas about how we can find our place in the Biblical story through the ministries of the local church.

Closing Worship


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