Lord willing, I will be in Dallas this Friday night at the Christian Book Expo. There will be a special pre-screening of the documentary Collision there, both Friday and Saturday evenings at 9 pm. Both Christopher and I will be available to sign books on Friday, and will participate in a panel discussion on Saturday (see below), but won’t be at the screening of Collision on Saturday night. Click on the pix for more.
Some buzz is already starting on it, like here. And if you go here, you can read a bunch of atheists (in the comments section) doing their touchdown dances in the locker room before the game — which is not the usual protocol. And here is the Expo page. The whole thing is open to the public, and not just Christian retailers. Info on that is here.
Here are the panel listings:
What is the Gospel?
Friday, March 20, 2009 / 9:00 – 10:30 AM
Moderator: Darrell Bock, Jesus According to Scripture (Baker Academic)
Panelists:
* Richard Stearns, President, World Vision International and author of A Hole in the Gospel (Nelson)
* Mark D. Roberts, Can We Trust the Gospels? (Crossway)
* Tullian Tchividjian, Do I Know God? (Multnomah)
* Justin Taylor, The Supremacy of Christ in a Postmodern World (Crossway)
A Guided Tour of Heaven and Hell
Friday, March 20, 2009 / 1:00 – 2:30 PM
Moderator: Mark Galli, Christianity Today
Panelists:
* Don Piper, 90 Minutes in Heaven: A True Story of Death & Life (Baker)
* Sam Storms, The Hope of Glory (Crossway)
* Randy Alcorn, Heaven (Tyndale)
* J I Packer, Knowing God (Inter-Varsity Press)
Living Christianly in a Post-Christian Culture
Friday, March 20, 2009 / 3:30 – 5:00 PM
Moderator: Andy Crouch, Culture Making (IVP), editor at Christianity Today
Panelists:
* Donald Miller, Blue Like Jazz (Nelson)
* Ruth Haley Barton, Sacred Rhythms (Inter-Varsity Press)
* Randy Frazee, Making Room for Life (Zondervan)
* Mary E. DeMuth, Authentic Parenting in a Postmodern Culture (Harvest House)
The Emerging Church
Saturday, March 21, 2009 / 9:00 – 10:30 AM
Moderator: Mark Galli, Christianity Today
Panelists:
* Scot McKnight, The Blue Parakeet (Zondervan)
* Tony Jones, The New Christians (Jossey-Bass)
* Kevin DeYoung, Why We Are Not Emergent (Moody)
* Alex and Brett Harris, Do Hard Things (WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group)
Does the God of Christianity Exist, and What Difference Does It Make?
Saturday, March 21, 2009 / 1:00 – 3:00 PM
Moderator: Stan Guthrie, Christianity Today
Panelists:
* Lee Strobel, The Case for the Real Jesus, The Case for a Creator (Zondervan)
* William Lane Craig, Reasonable Faith (Crossway)
* Douglas Wilson, Is Christianity Good for the World? (Canon Press)
* Christopher Hitchens, Is Christianity Good for the World? (Canon Press) and God Is Not Great (Twelve Books)
* Jim Denison, Wrestling with God (Tyndale)