TGC Conference: Don Carson

The last talk of the Gospel Coalition Conference was given by Don (or better known as D. A.) Carson. Here is a man who is not only one of the most well-respected theologians in the world, but also one of the most pastoral scholars you will ever meet. My own experience with Dr. Carson has been nothing short of that. So please meet Dr. Don Carson.

Don Carson is a research professor of New Testament at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, IL. He is by far one of the most influential biblical scholars of his day. Therefore, if you see anything with his name on it, read it, listen to it, and absorb it. While I would highly recommend you read anything by Dr. Carson, a few books worth reading immediately are How Long, O Lord?, Showing the Spirit, and The Gagging of God.

Dr. Carson's talk was entitled That By All Means I Might Win Some from 1 Corinthians 9:19-23. The main point of his talk was to discuss the contextualization of the gospel. His conclusion is this. As long as we are not flexing on the gospel message, we, as Christians, are free to flex in other areas (e.g. not eating meat when preaching to the Jews). Out of everything that I heard in this message, the one thing that I will not forget is this: "Do not jeopardize the exclusive sufficiency of Jesus!" Here are the audio and video of his talk.