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Gospel Coalition 2009 Conference
This week I'll be in Chicago for the Gospel Coalition 2009 Conference.
I'm going with my dear friends and fellow-pastors Grant Layman, Kenneth Maresco and Corby Megorden. I wish we could have taken our whole team, but budget cuts wouldn't allow it.
Next 2009 will have a booth there. If you're at the conference stop by and say hello to Brian Whalen, Paul Medler or my assistant Katherine Reynolds. They'll give you brochures and some stickers.
I'm looking forward to learning from godly men like D.A. Carson, Ligon Duncan, John Piper and Tim Keller among many others. I'm also excited to connect with some good friends from across the country.
There will be a live web-cast of the main sessions, so even if you can't attend, make sure to check in during the event. And the 36-page program attendees will receive is available as a PDF. And please pray for the men who are speaking. I'm sharing at a seminar and would appreciate your prayers. (My topic is "Ministering in a Church-Hopping Society").
I think the mission of Gospel Coalition is summed up well in the following quote by D.A. Carson in his book The Cross and Christian Ministry:
"The gospel is not simply good advice, nor is it good news about God's power. The gospel is God's power to those who believe....We must return again and again to the cross of Jesus Christ if we are to take the measure of Christian living, our Christian service, our Christian ministry."
Amen! May God energize, renew and plant thousands of churches centered on the glorious gospel of the crucified and risen Savior.
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Comments (4)
So is your session considered one of the "main" ones? My husband and I are sitting here wishing we could hear your talk on the "church hopping society". Very timely subject matter...something we seem to contend with on a weekly, sometimes daily basis.
And we will also be praying for all involved. The speakers, the listeners, and the workers.
Posted by Heather | April 19, 2009 6:44 PM
I noticed that Mark Driscoll will also be speaking at this event and was curious of your take on discernment of sermons appropriate for Christians to listen to. I was directed to this article recently and any thoughts would be helpful.
http://defendingcontending.com/2009/04/17/john-macarthur-on-mark-driscoll-part-2/
Posted by seattlecalvin. | April 21, 2009 6:30 PM
Josh, thanks for your seminar. I don't know if you get used to the idea that God gives you a word for the audience that is timely, needed and absolutely speaking to something that we need right now. While I was attending the conference this week, the other elders and I received an email from a family notifying us that they'd be leaving our church. The reasons are personality conflicts, rather than doctrinal, which does complicate things a bit. The morning of your seminar we were talking over breakfast about whether we needed to have a final talk with them and how truthful and frank we needed to be with those who didn't want to be a part of the body of our church. It would be easier just to bite our tongues and say good bye, even though we might see sinful reasons in this separation. When you talked about "Times to Teach" and included a key time being when people leave, I was thinking "Oh great, thanks Josh. Now we have to do the hard thing...because it's the right thing."
A minor point in your overall talk, to be sure, but I'm thankful that God gave us what we needed to hear that afternoon.
Posted by Tim | April 24, 2009 4:06 PM
Thank you for your support of The Gospel Coalition webcast! All Conference sessions, Josh Harris workshop, and panel discussion are now available to watch at Christianity.com/gospelcoalition! Watch your favorite speakers sessions again and share the theological teaching and challenges with your friends using the "ShareThis" function to link directly to the video from your facebook, twitter, etc!
Posted by Kristie Rutzelk | April 28, 2009 1:45 PM