Many Books

When I was in seminary, eons ago, we used to quote what we called the seminary student's verse from Ecclesiastes 12:12b, "Of the making of many books there is no end, and much study is a weariness of the flesh (ESV). At Together for the Gospel 2008 hereafter (T4G) we were given 15 books - probably wholesaling for the amount of our registration fee - a real treat. As I read each one I'll be posting a short review. With about 5500 in attendance and 15 books apiece that is about 82,500 books. WOW! Here is a list of the books:

Why We're Not Emergent, Moody

If You Could Ask God One Question, The Good Book Co.

Preaching the Cross, Crossway

The Gospel & Personal Evangelism, Crossway

Pierced for Our Transgressions, Crossway

Worship Matters, Crossway

The Future of Justification, Crossway

In My Place Condemned He Stood, Crossway

The Faithful Preacher, Crossway

ESV Bible, Crossway

Culture Shift, Multnomah

The Gospel According to Jesus, Zondervan

Christ & Culture Revisited, Eerdmans

The Courage to be Protestant, Eerdmans

The Truth of the Cross, Reformation Trust

Great Preaching

Here is the link to the sermons from the Together for the Gospel '08 Conference. You will find a feast for your souls. Enjoy! T4G Sermons

T4G - last day

Well, I arrived home at 10:30 pm local time after a long flight. John Piper and C.J. Mahaney were they last two preachers and they "sealed the deal." Piper was awesome as he spoke on radical Christian sacrifice. C.J. challenged pastors from Philippians 1:3-8 to have gratefulness to God, faith for the future and affection for others. All in all a great, uplifting and spiritual battery-charging conference. Now, I have to read the 15 books we were given, plus the two I bought.

T4G - Day Two

WOW! A great day! First, John MacArthur on the sinner being neither able or willing to come to Christ without the Father's call - a sermon on Total Depravity, awesome. Then Mark Dever on unbiblical theology and how postmodernism is just neo-liberalism. The highlight of the day was R. C. Sproul on Galatians 3:10-14. He spoke of the curse of God placed on Christ and how the scapegoat shows that. Marvelous, he took us right to the throne of grace; many tears were shed. Last, was Al Mohler on the issues within evangelicalism and the denial of the substitutionary atonement of Christ. It was like drinking from a fire hose. In the end, tired and very happy. I'm looking forward to John Piper and CJ Mahaney tomorrow. (Posted the next day due to network issues at the hotel.)

T4G - Day One

A great day with 5000 in attendance. Ligon Duncan challenged us to be good Systematic Theologians in our preaching. Thabiti Anyabwile challenged us that race is not found in Scripture; we are all descended biologically and spiritually from the one man Adam. Ethnicity is a construct one slides in and out of. Bob Kauflin lead the inspired singing.

Louisville - T4G

Well, I've arrived safe and sound (?) in Louisville. Later this morning I'm going to meet "TJ" a fellow blogger @ WORLD Magazine blog. There are going to be 5000+ men and well over 100 bloggers covering the conference. Go to Challies dot com to read a good blog of the conference. Well, off to breakfast and meeting TJ.