While watching the New Attitude 2008 Conference video (see it below – it’s a good vid), I was reminded of Humble Orthodoxy. I’ve posted on it before.
Josh Harris preaches a message I need to keep hearing. Now that I’m hanging out with Anglicans more, it’s a message that they need to hear too! There are Reformed Evangelical Christians who are so dogmatic about the truth, that they fail to love. Arrogant Orthodoxy is ugly. Humble orthodoxy is “a commitment to believe, live, and represent biblical truth with humility.”
If you are a pastor or pastor-in-training, whether you think you’re arrogant or not, please, for the Glory of Jesus, listen to this word and embrace Humble Orthodoxy.
Get the Video or MP3 from the 2006 conference (young adult conference)
Get the Video or MP3 from The Resurgence (pastors conference)
The following is an extended quote is from the NA website:
What is humble orthodoxy?
Humble orthodoxy is a commitment to believe, live, and represent biblical truth with humility.
Believe
We believe that God has revealed Himself in Scripture and that His revelation reaches its culmination in the Person and work of Christ on the cross. God’s truth in Scripture should not be redefined or reinvented. Our role is not redefine truth but to receive God’s truth.Live
We believe that the truth of the gospel transforms not only what we believe but how we live. Biblical truth doesn’t merely inform us, it introduces us to a person who changes us.Represent
We believe that the gospel demands humility from those who represent it. We want to represent the truth not merely as those who are right, but as those who have been rescued.Forget reinvention. Embrace a humble orthodoxy.
Here’s the promo vid for the conference this year:
Well, the conference sounds pretty polemical.
not sure what you mean by that. are you suggesting that the conference isn’t embracing humble orthodoxy? or just making an unrelated observation about the conference?
sorry to not get it!