Session 3 – John MacArthur

Look at the church like the Lord of the church looks at it. This is the most serious work you will ever be engaged in — this is nothing to trifle with. 3-MacArthur General Session.pdf

Session 2 – Tom Pennington

What do you believe is the greatest danger to your ministry? Perhaps a family problem. Or divisive church member. Or a disgruntled elder or a staff member living in a sinful life of shame. Those are very real dangers. But the greatest danger to our souls and our ministries is our own pride. 2-Pennington General […]

Hardy – The Marks of Godly Leadership

Leadership is not optional. It is essential. Take away leadership and vision wanes and people will drift away. What kind of leader ought we to be? What does God expect of leaders? Hardy Leadership.pdf

Live streaming from the Shepherds’ Conference

Couldn’t make it to the Shepherds’ Conference? You can still enjoy the general sessions with live streaming.

Session 1 — Phil Johnson

We need to renounce the postmodern quest for innovation and go back to Paul’s simple philosophy, preach the Word. 1-Johnson General Session.pdf

At the conference

We’re at the conference, in our seats (far left), the first books have been purchased, and the excitement is building. John MacArthur preaches first this morning.

Shepherds’ Conference — Wednesday’s book of the day

A little last-minute surfing last night yielded the revelation of the first book of the day at the Shepherds’ Conference. This is Wednesday’s special: [Shared by shepconf.]

Off to the Shepherds’ Conference

Today is the day. This morning we are leaving for the Shepherds’ Conference. As often as I’ve been, I always am still very excited to go. It’s the excellent teaching, the sweet fellowship with friends new and old, the making of a good memory with my father (who has attended with me the past several […]

Grab bag

There has been much discussion lately in the Christian blogosphere about Hell and its duration (more comments coming at a later date). As Desiring God noted this morning, this is not a new discussion. And it predates DG’s conference in 1990 by many centuries as well! Paul Tripp continues his thoughts about the grace of […]

They received the New Testament for the first time

You really need to watch this video. It’s 10 minutes — and you won’t regret investing your time watching this: I had two thoughts while watching this: This is one of the reasons that we have supported Bible translation for so long and have invested so much in the ministry of the Gibsons in Papua […]

Confused about humility

G. K. Chesterton was correct (and could have written this in this morning’s newspaper and it would have been just as fitting as the day he wrote it) when he penned these thoughts about humility and modesty: What we suffer from today is humility in the wrong place. Modesty has moved from the organ of […]

Sunday Leftovers (3/6/11)

A few years ago, Money magazine reported that “When researchers at Duke, Harvard, and Northwestern asked investors how their mutual funds performed last year compared with Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index, a third claimed their funds outperformed the market by at least 5 percent. One in six said their funds fared better by more than […]

If you love your wife like Christ loves you…

If you love your wife like Christ loves you (Eph. 5:25ff), then your marriage will be wonderful, right? Ummm. No. And that is the tension for some men. They believe that the end of loving their wives is that they get what they want — a happy, peaceable marriage. But that’s not the point of […]

Faithful men and a faithful God

“And what more shall I say? For time will fail me if I tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets, who by faith conquered kingdoms, performed acts of righteousness, obtained promises, shut the mouths of lions,…” (Heb. 11:32-33; NASB) One man had a weak faith. One was a weak […]

Three contemplations of heaven

While his most well-known sermon is about hell, Jonathan Edwards seems to me to be most eloquent, passionate, and happy when writing about heaven. Three examples: This, therefore, may be your consolation, that in heaven your heart shall be enlarged, you shall be enabled to praise him in an immensely more perfect and exalted manner […]