My interest in reading good books came a little bit too late to read David Wells’ four part series of books as they were released (No Place for Truth, God in the Wasteland, Losing Our Virtue and Above All Earthly Pow’rs). I now have the four volumes sitting on my bookshelf and have often thumbed…
Tuesday April 22, 2008 EscapeWith all the attention focused on the Fundamentalist Latter Day Saints these days, you may be interested in the book “Escape” which I reviewed a short time ago. Reformation21 RedesignedReformation21 has been redesigned. If you previously subscribed to the RSS feed for the blog, you’ll need to go there and find…
Raising children isn’t nearly as easy as my parents made it look. Somehow, when I was a kid, I never really considered that my parents had a tough job to do. Though they had five children, and though we kept them pretty active, I guess it never occurred to me that it was a difficult…
Monday April 21, 2008 Together for the Diet DewI was scratching my head when asked to hold a bottle of Diet Mountain Dew and have my picture taken, but it all makes sense now. The Federal Budget Crisis ExplainedAndy Jackson shares some interesting facts about the federal budget crisis, both as it stands now and…
This is my last planned post about Together for the Gospel. I want to use it to provide some final links and information. Then I’m going to move on to other things. Or at least that’s the plan for now. T4G Audio & Video Here are links to each of the sermons: Session I Ligon…
Recently I’ve spotted my book in some interesting places. This first picture was one I snapped a short time ago in a bathroom. My book is at least in good company there, sandwiched between titles by Sproul and MacArthur. While I won’t identify the owners of this bathroom, those who know me may be able…
As with the first Together for the Gospel Conference, the final session of T4G ‘08 went to C.J. Mahaney. He opted to speak from Philippians 1:3 and preached a message that was pastoral in tone—a pastoral message seeking to tend to the souls of pastors. There is no true pastoral ministry apart from proclaiming the…
No sooner had the T4G ‘08 conference wrapped up than I jumped in a van with a pack of guys from my church and headed straight home. We made it back to Toronto in pretty good time and with fewer adventures than on the way down. I enjoyed talking to the guys about their impressions…
Friday April 18, 2008 Mommy’s Got a Brand New BellyJosh Harris writes about a strange new book hitting the shelves… reFocus LiveblogThe reFocus blog has roundups of messages from that conference. Speakers include R. Kent Hughes, D.A. Carson, Bruce Ware and others. When to Baptize Your KidsThe Pulpit blog shares their position on when to…
Here is a quick introduction to the importance of books at Together for the Gospel—and the amusing effects of free books on the pastors assembled.
Here is another gallery of photographs from the conference. Most of these are from day three of the conference, though a couple are remnants from day two: Worship. C.J. Mahaney preaching… …and preaching some more. John Piper preaching. John Piper responding to questions on the panel. John Piper delivers the Word like he might deliver…
Here is an excerpt from a Together for the Gospel panel discussion with R.C. Sproul. He and the other men discuss the reality that preachers are often dissatisfied with their sermons. It is an illuminating discussion mixed with hilarious quips.
This morning we received the last of the free books. On our seats were copies of Christ & Culture Revisited by D.A. Carson (just printed!), Worship Matters by Bob Kauflin, The Future of Justification by John Piper and one of the smaller editions of the ESV. The first session of the morning featured John Piper…
One of the most exciting parts of any conference like this one is getting all kinds of free books. I always get in trouble if I do not make note of the books we receive, so to do so I’ll use Amazon’s handy like “carousel” feature. Here is the first batch. I’ll add more later……
Here is a brief clip of Ligon Duncan explaining where and how sound doctrine matters…
I received an email earlier today reminding me of a dinner engagement I had forgotten about completely. I agreed to it some time ago and didn’t bring my Outlook calendar with me. It turned out to be a great meal with excellent food and pretty good company too. We returned to the convention center to…
Here are some more photographs from the conference—these ones from day two. Worshiping through song. Worshiping the Lord together. John MacArthur receiving a medallion commemorating 25 years since the release of the first volume of the MacArthur New Testament Commentary series. There are more photos after the jump (i.e. after you click on the link…
I had a rather long and interesting (but good!) lunch today. A little while ago I read on Thabiti Anyabwile’s blog that he never actually orders at restaurants anymore, but instead asks the server to just get something he or she thinks Thabiti would like. I ate today at an Italian place and really didn’t…
Here is a brief video of Mark Dever welcoming the attendees to Together for the Gospel. He discusses both differences and similarities between the groups attending…
Here is a brief video from Thabiti Anyabwile’s session where he discussed bearing the image. He spoke of identity, the work of Christ, and the church. Click below to watch and listen…