A Special “Elephant Room 2” Edition of Five to Live By

Linking you to the top 5 Christian blog posts of the week—posts that provide robust, rich, and relevant insights for living.

Today’s Five to Live By is a special “Elephant Room 2” (ER2). If you don’t know what ER2 is, or even if you do, keep reading… 

ER2 Intro Video

See for yourself what the ER2 says about itself in this 3 minute Video Introduction

Preliminary Thoughts on ER2

In this post, Trevin Wax provides Preliminary Thoughts on the Elephant Room including some timely updates about the situation as it relates to The Gospel Coalition.

Read All About It! Live Blog Sessions by Trevin Wax

Extra, extra, read all about it in these live blog sessions posted by Trevin Wax.

• Live Blog 1: With a Little Help from My Friends.

• Live Blog 2: Can’t Buy Me Love.

• Live Blog 3: Hard Day’s Night.

• Live Blog 4: Ticket to Ride.

• Live Blog 5: Come Together.

• Live Blog 6: Help.

• Live Blog 7: We Can Work It Out.

• Live Blog 8: Speed Round

Blog Summaries from Mark Driscoll’s Site

ER2 participant, Pastor Mark Driscoll’s site posted summaries of each session. Read them here:

With a Little Help from My Friends.

Can’t Buy Me Love.

Hard Day’s Night.

Ticket to Ride.

Come Together.

Help.

We Can Work It Out

Entire Transcript of Session 4 on the Trinity

Tom Chantry has posted his entire transcript of the interaction in session 4 related to the Trinity. Read it word for word at Session 4 Transcript.

Bonus Link # 6: Beyond the Elephant Room 

Trevin Wax not only “live blogged,” he also posted a nuanced after-the-event assessment which you can read at Grace and Truth Beyond the Elephant Room.

Bonus Link # 7: There and Back Again 

Denny Burke provides some nuanced theological perspective as he reflects on ER2 after the event in Some Thoughts on the Elephant Room.

Bonus Link # 8: On the Eve of ER2

On the eve of ER2, host pastor James MacDonald announced his resignation from The Gospel Coalition. Read his thoughts and how they relate to ER2 in Why I Resigned from The Gospel Coalition

Tim Keller and Don Carson, founding leaders of TGC, respond briefly to Pastor MacDonald’s resignation in James MacDonald Resigns from TGC

Dan Philips at his “Biblical Christianity” blog site shares his very strong assessment of the resignation in Even Better Than the Race Card

Join the Conversation 

In the coming days and weeks, much more will be written on the Net about ER2. What are your thoughts?

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