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Shepherd's Conference (IX)
- 03/09/07
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The final session of the conference is set to wrap up sometime around 8 PM tonight. However, it won’t quite be over at that point. This year the five speakers (minus MacArthur, so Lawson, Dever, Mahaney, Duncan and Mohler) will each have the opportunity to share issues that are of particular concern to them. Five soapboxes will be setup around the Grace campus and each of the men will speak for a few minutes, sharing whatever is on his heart. Since they will all be speaking at the same time and in different places, I’ll only have opportunity to hear one of them. Let me know which you think I should listen to and I’ll try to give an idea of what he said.
I think I’m leaning towards Mohler simply because I enjoy his cultural commentary and would be interested in hearing his reflections on whatever issue is burning in his heart today.
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Comments (18)
Yes, I think that Mohler would be a good choice to visit tonite! He probably is the tie-that -binds among these five men.
I second that!
Tim -
Another perspective would be that Mohler and Mahaney are likely to be the most covered by the rest of the blogosphere, and that we could gain additional insight by having your comments on Lawson, Duncan or Dever. Or you could set up shop half-way between two who are more closely situated and try to get the gist of both! We trust your wisdom to make the most of the situation.
I don’t know exactly why, but I’d be interested to find out approximately how many people go to each session.And I was wondering something, and maybe someone already asked this, but are there many women there, and are they mostly wives? Are there any who are there as pastors?
Mohler
Blake:The Shepherds’ Conference is designed and planned for pastors only. Because of space limitations, we strongly discouraged wives from attending, since they could not sit in the Worship Center with their husbands, nor were any activities scheduled for them.
During the evening sessions, the church congregation is invited to attend, but directed to sit in various locations in which closed circuit broadcasts are provided. This leaves the main Worship Center for the 3,000 pastors who registered for the conference.
By the way, in the next few days, I will upload all the music used for the conference, including composers, authors and publishers. You will find that link called “Shepherds’ Conference Music” at www.gracechurch.org/music.
Mohler has a radio show so he’ll recap his Q/A I’m sure. His radio show and blogs give a big glimpse of what he’s really like. MacArthur is so straight we can already read his answers from all his books. Dever has a blog at T4G which he seems to be the most regular poster. Ligon Duncan the same with ref21 and T4G.
I would say it would be good to hear from the odd man out which is CJ Mahaney. He has a lot of practical wisdom and advice for ministry leaders, not neccessarily senior pastors and ministers. I think CJ may offer the sweet spot in what your readers may be after.
I think Mohler would be great too.
However, I vote for Lawson. He is expositor extraordinaire and with his new series of books it would be interesting to see if he makes any connections with his recent study of history with current issues. His comments may be very insightful and helpful!
Tim,For you, Al Mohler would be a good choice for yourself and your blog ministry.
But, if you are desiring to look out for your audience’s interest of those who are not attending the conference, you might want to pick Ligon Duncan.
Sincerely,Paul SchaferCollege Station, Texas
Ligon Duncan or Mahaney.
Lawson…He’s the man!
Turns out that Mahaney has already left for home. So maybe MacArthur will actually be out soapboxing tonight as well. They said five so I assumed Mahaney was in and Mac was out. Maybe I was wrong.
Turns out that Mahaney has already left for home. So maybe MacArthur will actually be out soapboxing tonight as well. They said five so I assumed Mahaney was in and Mac was out. Maybe I was wrong.
Bummer. Change my vote to Dever.
I vote for Dever as well…especially if his soapbox topic has anything to do with church polity or any of his 9Marks categories. I think he is one of the most solid around when it comes to biblical church structure.
Lawson, if your looking for volume, because he can turn a 20-30 min soapbox into an hour sermon. And i love that about him. Plus other than downloading his sermons, reading his books or being a part of his church, you don’t hear from him much personally. He doesn’t have a radio show like Mohler or as Public as MacArthur. Besides who else are you going to hear corny jokes and a laugh like no other.
Ok i’ll fess up i’m a member of his church and since i’m not there i would love to hear what he is “soapboxing” about.
hey have you ever thought about having “minion bloggers” or assistants that help you cover other sessions that you can’t make?
Lawson!
I love the way this man preaches and gets so fired up during sermons … woudl love to know what he has to say
Tim,I would vote for Ligon Duncan but that is a personal favorite since I have known him since my younger days. He was my youth pastor in St. Louis, Mo while he was in Seminary at Covenant Theological Seminaray. The next vote would be for John MacArthur since he is such a great teacher and from his first session obviously has some very important issues on his heart.
I went to Dever’s soapboax session tonight and was thrilled. I learned a ton, especially about how to really have church fellowship and shepherding and the dangers that come with certain type of personalities as a pastor (i.e. Dever the extravert vs. Piper the introvert).
I heard hearty laughter regularly from every corner of the campus and felt a bit as I did at a big golf tournament I once went to as I wished I could see every roar-creating shot. But I am more than glad I was at Dever’s soapbox and would do so again in a flash.