http://www.denverseminary.edu/living-inside-out/ ABOUT THIS BLOG: Living Inside Out is the blog of Denver Seminary President Dr. Mark S. Young. Here, Dr. Young will explore how a commitment to the mission of God turns our perspective outward to the lost world and urges us to bring about change. Wed, 01 Aug 2012 18:14:00 GMT en-us Copyright 2012 Denver Seminary http://www.denverseminary.edu/living-inside-out/colorado-weeping/ http://www.denverseminary.edu/living-inside-out/colorado-weeping/ Wed, 01 Aug 2012 18:13:31 GMT Like they had in the spring of 1999, Coloradans recently faced, once again, the awful news that unspeakable evil and unconscionable violence was unleashed on their friends, family members, colleagues, and fellow citizens. http://www.denverseminary.edu/living-inside-out/charitable-orthodoxy/ http://www.denverseminary.edu/living-inside-out/charitable-orthodoxy/ Tue, 12 Jul 2011 20:08:21 GMT The pattern is all too familiar these days, isn’t it? The pitch and volume of the voice increases as the radio talk show host interrupts the invited guest or caller who dares to offer a different perspective on the issue at hand. Their ... http://www.denverseminary.edu/living-inside-out/dr-mark-young-in-china/ http://www.denverseminary.edu/living-inside-out/dr-mark-young-in-china/ Thu, 03 Feb 2011 00:09:59 GMT Priscilla and I are in Beijing working with some of our former students and their friends.  We’re only here for a short time but we’ve found it to be very rich and satisfying. This is my seventh trip to Beijing. Each trip ... http://www.denverseminary.edu/living-inside-out/an-over-the-top-christmas/ http://www.denverseminary.edu/living-inside-out/an-over-the-top-christmas/ Wed, 22 Dec 2010 16:50:59 GMT There’s nothing quite like Christmas, is there?  It’s America’s holiday on steroids.  Excess rules the day. Some embrace it; others endure it.  America’s story-teller, Garrison Keillor, quipped, “A ... http://www.denverseminary.edu/living-inside-out/cape-town-2010/ http://www.denverseminary.edu/living-inside-out/cape-town-2010/ Thu, 28 Oct 2010 23:17:50 GMT The Third Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization in Cape Town, South Africa, brought together over 4,000 believers from 197 countries. Inspiring? Absolutely. Challenging? Every day. Historic? No doubt. Check out http://www.l... http://www.denverseminary.edu/living-inside-out/transformed-by-love-remembering-vernon-grounds/ http://www.denverseminary.edu/living-inside-out/transformed-by-love-remembering-vernon-grounds/ Wed, 15 Sep 2010 18:26:07 GMT The day that we all knew was coming, but wanted to keep pushing further and further into the future, has finally arrived.  Dr. Vernon C. Grounds slipped peacefully into the presence of the Lord on Sunday, September 12, 2010.  He was 96 ... http://www.denverseminary.edu/living-inside-out/inauguration-address/ http://www.denverseminary.edu/living-inside-out/inauguration-address/ Wed, 03 Feb 2010 20:13:00 GMT On Saturday, January 30th, Denver Seminary installed me as its seventh president. The service that day was laced with wonderful worship and personal affirmation. What follows is the manuscript from which I delivered my inaugural address. If you ... http://www.denverseminary.edu/living-inside-out/from-moscow-with-love/ http://www.denverseminary.edu/living-inside-out/from-moscow-with-love/ Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:42:35 GMT I’m teaching at Moscow Theological Seminary this week. Returning to Moscow just after the twentieth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall has caused me to reflect on our experience in this region of the world over the past thirty ... http://www.denverseminary.edu/living-inside-out/can-we-talk/ http://www.denverseminary.edu/living-inside-out/can-we-talk/ Tue, 29 Sep 2009 19:12:42 GMT On September 28 and 29 at Denver Seminary, the Grounds Institute of Public Ethics hosted the Kent Mathews Endowed Lectureship on Social Ethics.  The Grounds Institute of Public Ethics is designed to foster meaningful, respectful, biblically ... http://www.denverseminary.edu/living-inside-out/imagining-the-end-at-the-beginning/ http://www.denverseminary.edu/living-inside-out/imagining-the-end-at-the-beginning/ Thu, 10 Sep 2009 20:47:19 GMT Each year at Denver Seminary we kick off the academic year with a wonderful tradition known as convocation. At convocation the Seminary community gathers to worship, to pray, and to reaffirm its commitment to the doctrinal basis of our school. ... http://www.denverseminary.edu/living-inside-out/when-the-lost-get-lost-everyone-loses/ http://www.denverseminary.edu/living-inside-out/when-the-lost-get-lost-everyone-loses/ Wed, 29 Jul 2009 17:52:42 GMT  “I remember them so vividly from my childhood—the great banner texts around the walls of the missionary conventions in Northern Ireland where I would help my father at the stall of the Unevangelized Fields Missions, of which he ... http://www.denverseminary.edu/living-inside-out/would-you-let-this-girl-drown/ http://www.denverseminary.edu/living-inside-out/would-you-let-this-girl-drown/ Mon, 13 Jul 2009 16:25:26 GMT  “Would You Let This Girl Drown?” is the startling title of a recent op-ed by Nicholas Kristof of the NY Times. (NY Times, July 9, 2009).  In it Kristof describes a scenario in which world leaders at the Group of 8 summit ... http://www.denverseminary.edu/living-inside-out/i-gladly-confess-my-gratitude/ http://www.denverseminary.edu/living-inside-out/i-gladly-confess-my-gratitude/ Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:42:40 GMT When Vernon Grounds retired from the presidency of Denver Seminary in 1979 he reflected, “I stand here and I gladly confess my gratitude.  And I am thinking of the unpayable debt of love I owe to God for His goodness and mercy, for ...