A Sea Of Red

I have to be the only person at Liberty University, outside of Johnnie Moore, that is truly excited for convocation. I may actually have a slight obsession with it. Every day for the past two weeks, I've been checking to see if LU has released the list of the Fall's convocation speakers. To prevent disappointment again tomorrow, does anyone know when this will be released?

It wont be released for a couple weeks. Live with a guy who helps plan it. Says the list will be awesome though. Wont name anyone of course.

That's depressing. Last years line up was awesome. Francis Chan, Mark Driscoll, Michelle Bachman, Brad Stine and a ton of others. I don't care if you don't agree with them, listening to people with that kind of influence three times a week is awesome. I can't wait to see whose coming.

bradyfan wrote:That's depressing. Last years line up was awesome. Francis Chan, Mark Driscoll, Michelle Bachman, Brad Stine and a ton of others. I don't care if you don't agree with them, listening to people with that kind of influence three times a week is awesome. I can't wait to see whose coming.

Oh I agree. I may not agree with most of the politicians LU brings but its so cool to see all these people. Stoked to see who they bring this year.

list is out now.
https://www.liberty.edu/index.cfm?PID=2586

notable---few more hollywood ppl.
Jon Acuff
Kirk Cameron
Ben Stein
Michael Catt (sherwood pitchures)
Anne Beiler auntie ann pretzels
Steven Furtick


i'm willing to bet some of those TBA are going to be a politicians...Paul Ryan. Obama/democrate delegate like past election years . 2008, 2004.

Jefferson Bethke said on twitter that he's coming to speak in convo. idk if its this semester or next (thinking next)

Has Hans Hess spoken at convo or been contacted about about speaking? He lives here in the DC area, is a really solid believer, and founded both Elevation Burger and enviroCab here in the greater DC metro.

Fred Luter will be the highlight of the semester. Dude brings it.

Kirk Cameron is going to be busy on October 5th. He speaks in convo in morning and at my church in Houston that night. I hope he doesn't missing a US Airways connection.

Frank Peretti would be cool to hear as well.

ballah09 wrote:list is out now.
https://www.liberty.edu/index.cfm?PID=2586
Steven Furtick

And I hate emoticons, so that's saying something.

Furtick, Tchividjian, Stein, Caine, and Acuff are the five I'd want to see.

Glenn. Kaiser. Does Liberty have that kind of courage?

Dude, Glenn has to be like 70. Doesn't he?

SJ - I agree on Acuff & Stein. Both are highly entertaining. Caine could be interesting but I've never heard her speak. Ken davis bits on YouTube are funny. He could be a quality speaker as well. I know Vischer has been there before but he's interesting to me as well. But Fred Luter is awesome. He'll have the Vines Center rocking. I've honestly never heard Peretti speak. But his books have been awesome since I was going to LU back in the '80s and 'This Present Darkness' turned the Christian literary world upside down.

Sly Fox wrote:I've honestly never heard Peretti speak. But his books have been awesome since I was going to LU back in the '80s and 'This Present Darkness' turned the Christian literary world upside down.

Mrs. Cider brought him in for the LU Writers Conference (no apostrophe), and Peretti brought his BANJO along with him. Whenever there was free moment, ole Frank would break out his banjo and do some picking and grinning. He was the most humble and authentic writer I've ever met.

Sly Fox wrote:Dude, Glenn has to be like 70. Doesn't he?

SJ - I agree on Acuff & Stein. Both are highly entertaining. Caine could be interesting but I've never heard her speak. Ken davis bits on YouTube are funny. He could be a quality speaker as well. I know Vischer has been there before but he's interesting to me as well. But Fred Luter is awesome. He'll have the Vines Center rocking. I've honestly never heard Peretti speak. But his books have been awesome since I was going to LU back in the '80s and 'This Present Darkness' turned the Christian literary world upside down.

He was born in 1953 which makes him 59. It would be great if LU had him and he brought his band. But an acoustical set would be amazing too. Not only does he have the best rock/blues voice EVER, his messages and his life are out of this world. (I was going to go with a song reference but it would be too obscure)
HMO needs to get on this one!

I don't know if this is convo related, but anyone have an idea how to get the praise band's CD? I know in 2006 0r 2007, they had a really good album. Is it online anywhere? Yes, I do like praise music so keep hating.

Sly Fox wrote:
Frank Peretti would be cool to hear as well.

Met him once, he is a character. Lol. Luther would be a good one to hear.

the latest, "one" is available on itunes. uncover, the one before that, might be harder to find. i think theyre both sold at the liberty bookstore too.

flamesfan30 wrote:the latest, "one" is available on itunes. uncover, the one before that, might be harder to find. i think theyre both sold at the liberty bookstore too.

yeah, I didnt like the recent one as much. lol. I found it online. "Tremble" is the name of the album.

BuryYourDuke wrote:Would love to see John Piper or Tim Keller on the list...one step at a time I suppose. Mark Driscoll took a lot of courage for our administration.

They would have no clue what to do with people like Piper and Keller.

NotAJerry wrote:

BuryYourDuke wrote:Would love to see John Piper or Tim Keller on the list...one step at a time I suppose. Mark Driscoll took a lot of courage for our administration.

They would have no clue what to do with people like Piper and Keller.

What does that even mean? Are these two somehow controversial or at odds with Liberty? I would imagine LU's administration & faculty hold both of them in very high regard.

ALUmnus wrote:

NotAJerry wrote:

BuryYourDuke wrote:Would love to see John Piper or Tim Keller on the list...one step at a time I suppose. Mark Driscoll took a lot of courage for our administration.

They would have no clue what to do with people like Piper and Keller.

What does that even mean? Are these two somehow controversial or at odds with Liberty? I would imagine LU's administration & faculty hold both of them in very high regard.

I am not sure what was meant by those comments, but Piper and Keller are both Calvinists. Although I dont agree with them on that issue, I would like to hear them speak at Liberty.

ALUmnus wrote:

NotAJerry wrote:

BuryYourDuke wrote:Would love to see John Piper or Tim Keller on the list...one step at a time I suppose. Mark Driscoll took a lot of courage for our administration.

They would have no clue what to do with people like Piper and Keller.

What does that even mean? Are these two somehow controversial or at odds with Liberty? I would imagine LU's administration & faculty hold both of them in very high regard.

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ALUmnus wrote:

NotAJerry wrote:

BuryYourDuke wrote:Would love to see John Piper or Tim Keller on the list...one step at a time I suppose. Mark Driscoll took a lot of courage for our administration.

They would have no clue what to do with people like Piper and Keller.

What does that even mean? Are these two somehow controversial or at odds with Liberty? I would imagine LU's administration & faculty hold both of them in very high regard.

They're both highly intellectual Calvinists who don't have the abrasive personality that someone like James White does so Liberty can't lie about them in front of the entire student body the way they did concerning the debate that was supposed to happen a few years back.

NotAJerry wrote: They're both highly intellectual Calvinists who don't have the abrasive personality that someone like James White does so Liberty can't lie about them in front of the entire student body the way they did concerning the debate that was supposed to happen a few years back.

Here's what I don't get.. LU consistently these past 4 years have had all kinds of people speak at convocation. More than a few had beliefs that your standard Southern Baptist didn't have. Do you really think Liberty is afraid to have Piper or Keller speak at convocation because it might spark a Calvinistic revolution on campus? IIRC, John Piper was actually invited to speak last year at LU.

Or are you simply looking to start trouble because you assume that LU would not want them (and Ive read Piper...very good stuff).

NG33 wrote:

NotAJerry wrote: They're both highly intellectual Calvinists who don't have the abrasive personality that someone like James White does so Liberty can't lie about them in front of the entire student body the way they did concerning the debate that was supposed to happen a few years back.

Here's what I don't get.. LU consistently these past 4 years have had all kinds of people speak at convocation. More than a few had beliefs that your standard Southern Baptist didn't have. Do you really think Liberty is afraid to have Piper or Keller speak at convocation because it might spark a Calvinistic revolution on campus? IIRC, John Piper was actually invited to speak last year at LU.

That would be a big step forward if he was. The closest thing to an actual Calvinist that I've seen is Driscoll, and that seemed more like the typical "grab them while they're in the news" move by Liberty. There also seemed to be a good bit of controversy surrounding that.

I'd love to see Liberty bring in people like Piper, Keller, Mohler (I don't remember him being a convo speaker), Matt Chandler, etc. MacArthur was a solid start, but it would be nice if a Reformed believer who isn't a Dispensationalist was brought in.