Keynote address by Dr. Blair at connECtions
God’s Revolution and Reign Mark 2:16-17, 21-22; Luke 5:36-39 Let’s hear God’s word: “When the scribes of the Pharisees saw Jesus eating with tax collectors and sinners, they said to his disciples: ‘Why is he eating and drinking with tax collectors and sinners?’ ” “Sinners” was a catchall term for all Jews who didn’t follow…
EC Connection 2013 Keynote by Ralph Blair (PDF version available here) Here’s how Jesus wrapped up what’s called, “The Sermon on the Mount”. Let’s hear God’s Word. “Don’t sit in judgment on others, unless you want to be judged with the same harshness. For, it will be on the basis of your judging others that…
Dr. Ralph Blair’s 2012 connECtion Keynote Let’s hear God’s word. “God’s wrath is revealed against all godless suppression of God’s truth. For what can be known of God is clear. God has made it clear. The visible has always been evidence of the invisible – God’s Power, God’s Person. No one has an excuse. For,…
A keynote address by Dr. Blair at the 68th & 69th ConnECtions of Evangelicals Concerned, 2011 On the night before he sacrificed himself for sinners, consuming the cup of wrath with all its debris, decay, death and utter destruction – the forewarned fallout of our fall into sin – Jesus prayed for his followers. He…
Dr. Ralph Blair’s Keynote at the GCN Conference in Seattle, Washington, January 4-7, 2007 At first, they were impressed – a bit surprised, but impressed. But when the guest preacher began to “reinterpret” Scripture, they were confused. As he went on, they were shocked. Finally, they were furious. They knew their Bible. And, for starters,…
An expanded version of the Keynote address given by Dr. Ralph Blair at the Eastern and Western connECtions 2003 INTRODUCTION Earlier this year I was at Wheaton College for the centenary of that brilliant observer of the 20th century, Malcolm Muggeridge. He was the consummate insider who was ever the outsider. In his memoir, Chronicles…
An expanded version of the Keynote address delivered by Dr. Ralph Blair at the Eastern and Western connECtions 2002. INTRODUCTION “Jesus Christ is Lord!” So what! There’s no more foolish non sequitur than that. Yet among so many Christians, there’s no more frequent folly. Of course, among non-Christians, this dismissive statement seems no non sequitur….
Based on material presented by Dr. Blair at the two 1997 summer conferences of Evangelicals Concerned held in Pennsylvania and California. “An enthusiastic religion is the perfection of common sense. And to be beside oneself for Christ’s sake is to be beside Christ, which is our chief end for time and eternity.” – Henry Drummond…
Based on an address Dr. Blair gave at the eastern and western connECtions96 in the summer of 1996. (PDF version available here.) by Dr. Ralph Blair INTRODUCTION Tennessee Williams used to say that “at New York cocktail parties, I drink martinis almost as fast as I can snatch them from the tray.” He said it…
An expanded version of Dr. Blair’s address on anger at connECtion95, the summer conferences of Evangelicals Concerned at Kirkridge and Mills College, June and July, 1995. In a promo for New York City’s Lesbian and Gay Community Center, cartoonist Howard Cruse depicts a gay guy asking his lesbian friend: “Where’s the meeting for people who’re…