The End of the Law?: Affinity Theological Study Conference 2009 follow-up

The End* Of The Law?


Approximately 140 delegates battled through the weather to attend this important conference. A number of those that attended have continued the discussions on their blogs, some even blogged live from the conference sessions! Below are links to some of these blogs. If there are others we have missed, please contact us.

Martin Downes
http://against-heresies.blogspot.com/2009/02/end-of-conference-on-end-of-law.html
http://against-heresies.blogspot.com/2009/02/gary-benfold-on-end-of-law-conference.html

Gary Brady
http://darbygray.blogspot.com/2009/02/so-here-we-are-at-affinity-conference.html
(this is only the first post, there are a number of others)

Adrian Reynolds
http://www.strangersandaliens.org/2009/02/let-conference-begin.html
(again, this is the first post only. There are quite a number of others, some live in the sessions)

If you missed the conference, the papers may be published in book form as with previous Affinity conferences. If this is the case, news will be published through this site. Below is the theme of the conference and the list of speakers:

Since New Testament times (and even within the New Testament Church) the nature of the relationship of the Christian to God’s law has been the subject of considerable disagreement and confusion. On the one hand the New Testament warns Christians against those who twist God’s grace into a justification for licence. On the other hand the New Testament is no less insistent that legalism is a form of bondage from which believers have been set free. So much is clear. Problems surface when what one regards as holiness of life is viewed by another as legalism, and what some consider to be gospel liberty is branded by others as shameful licence.

As traditional understandings are increasingly being questioned, even by reformed Christians, the 2009 Affinity Theological Study Conference will address the overall theme of law and covenant. In addition to a historical overview, speakers of different persuasions will address issues such as the threefold division of the law, whether there is one covenant or two and the place of the Mosaic law in the Church and society.

Conference Speakers:
Chris Bennett (Wilton Community Church, Muswell Hill)
Iain D. Campbell (Back Free Church, Isle of Lewis)
Paul Helm (Regent College, Vancouver and London University)
Michael Horton (Westminster Seminary, California)
Bob Letham (Wales Evangelical School of Theology (WEST), Bridgend)
Douglas J. Moo (Wheaton College, Illinois)


Published on 12 February 2009 by Affinity admin


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