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MOTU has answered my prayers.  For months now, I’ve been thinking about expanding my recording rig from a 16-channel setup to a 24-channel setup.  I absolutely love my MOTU 896, so I’ve been leaning heavily toward some sort of MOTU product.  Especially since they make all of their units expandable through FireWire with other MOTU units.  To this point, I’ve been looking at the MOTU 828mkII - a simple 8-channel unit with a couple of mic preamps on board.  The only issue with this unit is that I wouldn’t have gain controls for the individual channels.  If I’m running a TRS snake off a soundboard, I’d be stuck with whatever signal the board was feeding me.  I’d be up a creek if I had a hot signal, or a signal that was too quiet - no way to adjust the recording level for that channel.

They’ve just released the MOTU 8pre - a nifty 8-channel unit with mic preamps on every channel and gain controls.  Fortunately for me, I’m in the middle a “website season” (I have several web projects on the table right now).  After I get paid for a website or two, I’ll have the cash to add this to my rig.  Sweet!

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I’m in the beginning stages of planning to attend the New Attitude 2007 Conference.  New Attitude: Humble Orthodoxy was an exhibitor at the DG Conference, and I enjoyed getting to know more about them.  The conference will be held over Memorial Day weekend and is just down the road in Louisville.  The theme will be discernment - something which I look forward to learning more about.  I’m going to coordinate a group from The Point to attend the conference.  If it sounds interesting to you, let me know.  Go check it out…

> New Attitude 2007 Conference

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In the growing world of blogs, I think it’s proper “blog etiquette” that we keep our blogrolls and links up-to-date.  I’ve updated my links by adding a Christianity section that now includes links to New Attitude (ministry of Joshua Harris), Together for the Gospel, The Resurgence, and more.

If there’s a link you’d like me to add, please let me know by commenting to this post.

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Several people have been asking me about postmodernism since I returned from the conference.  Seeing as I didn’t have a real grasp of it before the conference, I wasn’t quite sure what it meant either.  But, the main theme of the conference dealt with postmodernity, so I came away with a better understanding.  Thanks to the glory of Wikipedia, here’s an article that might help define it for you:

> Postmodernism

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Quicker than expected, DG has posted all sessions (sermons & speaker panels) from the conference.  I strongly suggest everyone listen to these talks:

> Desiring God 2006 Conference Audio

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Challies.com was busy live blogging the conference.  Go check it out….

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Desiring God has posted John Piper’s sermon from the Desiring God Conference.  Check the following link for a transcript for the sermon and a link to the MP3:

> The Supremacy of Christ and Joy in a Postmodern World

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6 Desiring God Conference comes to a close tomorrow morning, with a message from the conference’s host – John Piper. The theme of the conference is “Above All Earthly Powers: The Supremacy of Christ in a Postmodern World. Speakers have included Voddie Baucham, D.A. Carson, Mark Driscoll, Tim Keller, David Wells, and Piper.

To say I’ve taken in a lot of information this weekend would be a drastic understatement. The speakers have taken us deep into God’s Word, and I have plenty of notes to prove it. To expound on my notes from the conference would take quite a while. Instead, I will direct you to visit the Desiring God website, which will have all audio from the conference available for free download shortly after the conference is over. I would like to instead focus on a new realization I’ve taken from the conference.

The biggest reflection I have from this weekend is that Reformed theology isn’t just a way of thinking about God. We are currently in the midst of a Reformed movement in America that involves both young and old. There is seemingly more young people here than older folks. This is encouraging to me because it shows the direction of Christians and churches in America. People are becoming more interesting in learning about the Bible and what God says, rather than relying on the idea of no absolute truths or focusing only on the incarnation of Jesus (Emerging Churches). Young Christians are interested in Reformed theology, and this is an interest that harkens back to Puritans.

The recent past of new ideas in churches has focused on being “contemporary” in style – being modern and relevant to society. This idea drove the formation of the emerging church, and has seemingly made a lot of young Christians feel uneasy. Mostly, the emerging movement has resulted in churches that are “miles wide and inches deep” (to take the words from my pastor, Rick Long). In turn, young Christians have become interested in the fundamental nature of God, and the literal truths of the Bible. These interests in the fundamental aspects of Christianity has revealed something ironic – as it stands, the Bible, Christianity, God and His Sovereignty are modern and relevant.

Dare I say, we are on the brink of the Second Reformation?