2011 Gospel Coalition Conference

The Gospel Coalition Conference begins today at 2:00 p.m. (CDT) with a message by Al Mohler. The messages may be watched live at The Gospel Coalition. Or, if you are unable to watch live, the video will be posted on the Desiring God website an hour after the conclusion of each message. All nine plenary […]

Sola Conference audio

The audio from the Sola Conference this weekend at Countryside Bible Church. With the list of speakers, it was something of a small foretaste of the Shepherds’ Conference next month. Download it here.

Parenting Seminar with Jim Newheiser

On the weekend of February 4-5, Grace Bible Church in Granbury (TX) will be hosting a parenting seminar with Jim Newheiser, pastor of Grace Bible Church in Escondido, CA and director of the The Institute for Biblical Counseling and Discipleship. He has also recently co-authored the book You Never Stop Being a Parent with Elyse […]

2011 Sola Conference

Registration is now open for the Sola Conference at Countryside Bible Church. This fifth conference on the sola themes of the Reformation will be held Feb. 11-13 and address the topic Soli Deo Gloria — “to the glory of God alone.” The speakers this year include: John MacArthur, Richard Phillips, Bruce Ware, and Jerry Wragg. […]

Matt Chandler helps prepare us for suffering

Matt Chandler is pastor of The Village Church in the Dallas area. Last Thanksgiving he discovered that he had a malignant tumor in his brain. Doctors were able to remove much, but not all of it, and he was given the prognosis of 2-4 years to live. He is in his mid-thirties with two young […]

T4G breakout sessions now available

The breakout sessions from the recent Together for the Gospel conference are now available for download. After now listening to most of the main sessions, I’m really looking forward to these additional messages. You can download the breakout sessions here.

Together for the Gospel audio

Much of the audio from last week’s Together for the Gospel Conference is now posted. All the general sessions except Matt Chandler’s are now posted (the video of Chandler’s session is available). Yet to be posted are the break-out sessions and the panel discussions (always a highlight). I’m just starting to listen to the audio, […]

Sola Gratia conference audio available

The audio from the messages of the Sola Gratia conference hosted by Countryside Bible Church last weekend is now available. The three speakers for this event were Richard Phillips, Russell Moore, and John Hannah. I missed hearing John Hannah, who spoke only on Sunday, but was introduced to Phillips and Moore, hearing them both for […]

Pastors, people, and joy

Yesterday, the Bethlehem Conference for Pastors concluded. The theme of the conference was “The Pastor, the People, and the Pursuit of Joy: The Apostolic Aim of Pastoral Ministry.” Ministry and joy. It’s not surprising that John Piper chose those topics or that he put them together in this conference. It is, however, likely that many […]

Sola Gratia conference

Countryside Bible Church is hosting on Feb. 19-21 the fourth of five scheduled conferences around the theme of the five solas of the Reformation. This year’s topic is Sola Gratia — salvation by grace alone, and the speakers are Richard Phillips, Russell Moore, and John Hannah. Registration is now open. The conference is free. If […]

Salvation by grace alone

How important is salvation by grace — grace alone? God rescued us from His just wrath against our sins because He is by nature gracious! This quality permeates the being of God and causes Him to delight in doing good to those who deserve instead His wrath, His anger, His fury. It was that quality—and […]

With Calvin in the Theater of God

This past weekend, Desiring God hosted its annual national conference. The topic this year, marking the 500th anniversary of John Calvin’s birth, was “With Calvin in the Theater of God.” All the audio and video has been posted, and you may access it at either Desiring God, or the conference website, Theater of God.

After a conference

I typically attend two or more conferences each year. I usually travel to at least one — sometimes two — and usually attend to one or more locally. The benefit of attending conferences is being focused for a particular time on a given topic and interacting on those topics with like-minded people without the distraction […]