T4G - Recap and Reflections (05/01/06 - 23 Comments)
As you well know, I spent much of last week in Louisville, Kentucky as I attended the Together for the Gospel Conference. While I posted many articles dealing with the content of the conference, I have written little in the way of reflection and description. And so I thought I would remedy that this morning, now that I have had a couple of days to gather my thoughts. I set out with Paul, with whom...
T4G - The Together For The Gospel Statement (04/29/06 - 75 Comments)
Note - This is, apparently a transcription of the document and it contains a few typos and so on. The T4G guys will be releasing a final version soon. So take this one only as a guide while you wait for the real mccoy. We are brothers in Christ united in one great cause - to stand together for the Gospel. We are convinced that the Gospel of Jesus Christ has been misrepresented, misunderstood, and...
T4G Session Seven - John MacArthur (04/28/06 - 47 Comments)
The final session of the conference will be led by none other than John MacArthur who will speak about "40 Years of Gospel Ministry" and who was introduced by Al Mohler. He had us stand and read for us the first two chapters of 1 Thessalonians (from our new MacArthur Study Bibles) and then proceeded to reflect on 40 years of gospel ministry. It was a biographical address, of sorts, and one that was very...
T4G Session Six - C.J. Mahaney (04/28/06 - 14 Comments)
We began this morning with a medly of sorts that combined "When I Survey The Wondrous Cross" with "The Gospel Song." Mark Dever than dispensed a few thank yous and introduced the final series of books we will receive at this conference. They are Sex, Romance and the Glory of God by C.J. Mahaney, Humility: True Greatness by C.J. Mahaney, Speaking the Truth in Love by David Powlison,Why One Way? by John MacArthur and a...
T4G Session Five - John Piper (04/27/06 - 37 Comments)
The conference is now already more than half finished. We have only three general sessions and two panel sessions remaining. We will still hear from John Piper, C.J. Mahaney and John MacArthur. I just shared a nice dinner with Josh Harris at that same restaurant I went to at lunch that most other people have not yet discovered. This is not to say that he and I shared a plate of food, but that he...
T4G Session Four - R.C. Sproul (04/27/06 - 36 Comments)
I just got back from a nice Italian lunch with my friend Chris whom I met at The Shepherd's Conference and a friend from his church who is attending this conference with him. We ate the meatiest pizza I've ever laid eyes upon. They don't make pizza like that back home in Canada! Of greater significance, we seem to have found a restaurant that has significantly less traffic than the other local hangouts. This may...
T4G - Panel Discussions (04/27/06 - 9 Comments)
Interspersed throughout this week's conference are panel sessions. There are five of them: two featuring the Together for the Gospel foursome and three others, each featuring one of the special guests (R.C. Sproul, John MacArthur and John Piper). These sessions are an opportunity for those in attendance, most of whom are pastors, to listen to these men chat amongst themselves in a somewhat informal context. It is an opportunity to see a group of men...
T4G Session Three - Al Mohler (04/27/06 - 21 Comments)
After a very short break and a brief video about Boyce College, Al Mohler took the pulpit to bring a message on "Preaching with the Culture in View." He is a bit nervous about the concept of preaching with culture in view, for he sees a polarity of dangers. There are some Christians who take the culture with no seriousness at all while others allow it to become dominant within their ministry. There are some...
T4G Session 2 - Ligon Duncan (04/27/06 - 18 Comments)
Day two of the Together for the Gospel conference began early. We left our hotel room at 7 and went searching for some breakfast. The lineup at Starbucks wrapped around the restaurant, so we sought out a small deli where the lineups were long, but not devastating. The conference began at 8 AM. It is set to continue through most of the day before wrapping up close to 10 PM. With most of the breaks...
T4G - Session One - Mark Dever (04/26/06 - 11 Comments)
The first session features Dr. Mark Dever, pastor of Capitol Hill Baptist Church in Washington D.C. The message, which has the theme of "The Pastor's Understanding of His Own Role" is titled "Three Marks of a Faithful Pastor." It is drawn from 1 Corinthians 4 which contains a striking contrast between the real ministers of Christ and the imposters. This passage shows us three marks of a real minister. A cross-centered message (verses 1-7) -...
T4G - Introduction (04/26/06 - 27 Comments)
We are packed in to the Grand Ballroom of the Galt House Hotel, a huge hotel in the downtown core of Louisville, Kentucky. We're shoulder to shoulder, knee to knee. The room is packed from back to front with men who have come to hear about the gospel. The room is filled to overflowing and the organizers had to turn away hundreds more. What a beautiful thing it is to be together for the gospel....
Together For The Gospel (04/26/06 - 14 Comments)
I have been given the great honor of liveblogging the first ever Together for the Gospel Conference. This is a conference dedicated to one thing: the centrality of the good news of Jesus Christ. "Mark Dever, Ligon Duncan, C.J. Mahaney, and Albert Mohler minister in diverse contexts, but they are united in this: the centrality of the gospel of Jesus Christ, preached clearly and lived faithfully. Now they are coming together in a unique conference...
T4G: Band of Bloggers Fellowship (04/13/06 - 11 Comments)
Timmy Brister, he of Provocations and Pantings fame, has been hard at work putting together a time of fellowship for bloggers who will be attending the upcoming Together For The Gospel Conference. The fellowship will take place immediately before the conference begins--on Wednesday, April 26 at 3:00 p.m. in the Heritage Hall of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Registration begins earlier that afternoon, and the bloggers event will end with sufficient time to grab a...
