Gospel Coalition Conference

Nathan Walker, Mary Walker, Paul Toh, Grace Lee, Alex Foster of Springfield and Sam Lee attended the Gospel Coalition organized by DA Carson. I was happy to meet up with old friends: Tim Fitch and Dr. Charles Kim of Minnesota. The main theme of the conference was to live with the Gospel based on 2 Timothy.

The link for the conference is at:
http://www.an thegospelcoalition.org/

We were only able to attend the first day. The first day speakers were: Tim Keller, John Piper and Phil Ryken and Mark Driscoll.

I had a chance to chat briefly with Mark Driscoll after his presentation on 2 Timothy 2:14-26. As we pastor the flock of God, we can grow in the character of Jesus. We call these positives. Or we can do foolish things that do not glorify God or harm the church or harm the flock of God i.e. doing negatives. Mark shared 20 negatives and 20 positives in the presentation. (Mark's presentation notes are here: http://theresurgence.com/gospel_coalition_2009_driscoll_outline) We shared our scores and had a good chuckle. My score was -5. (10 negatives and 5 positives). From this score, I realized that I need much work to be done to grow as a mature servant of God

The gospel of Jesus unites the gospel workers and exposes our sins and redeems us from our idols and makes us to serve the true God.

Here is Alex's perspective on the conference:
http://alex.buckhart.com/2009/04/22/meeting-my-theological-hero.aspx