Well the rest of day 2 was pretty good and now as I sit here in the student cafe zone feeling younger then usual the great band Vampire Weekend is playing in the background and I am dwelling on a very full (exhausting) day. I sat with Dr. Pyles for the remainder of the day which consisted of some amazing presentations. Including:

 

– Brian Walsh & Sylvia Keesmaat: Outside of a Small Circle of Friends: Jesus and the Justice of God

– Nicholas Perrin: Jesus Eschatology and Kingdom Ethics: Ever the Twain Shall Meet

– Panel Discussion with N.T. Wright, Brian Walsh, Sylvia Keesmaat, Marianne Meye Thomspon, and Nicholas Perrin

– N.T. Wright: Jesus and the People of God: Whence and Whither Historical Jesus Studies and the Life of the Church

 

They were all amazing. Wright was pretty astounding and very well spoken.

 

After the early afternoon presentations I went for dinner with Dr. Pyles and we had some good conversation about the day and other things. He did his graduate degree at Wheaton and all of his kids went here as well so he a grat tour guide. Before dinner we went to the Billy Graham museum on campus and tomorrow we’ll look at the collection of Inklings letters and writings they have collected here including C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien and others who were a part of the group. I will try to take pictures of some of the collection.

 

I snuck out of the last session about a minute early while Wright was taking questions and managed to be 10th in what turned out to be a 700 person book signing line. VERY COOL. As I said before I brought two books to the conference – one by Wright and one by Karl Barth, Barth being a bit of an inside joke here since Richard Hays comments about him this morning. Soooo – I brought both books and was pleased he actually signed the Barth book for me. He wrote: "Unworthy though I am to sign this book…Tom Wright"

 

So it is pretty awesome to have met Wright and have him sign two books. I will post this and then head "home" to my dark, scary bedroom for the night. More tomorrow sometime.