Day Three of DG 2008
Posted: September 28, 2008 Filed under: Desiring God Conference 2008, My Travels 2 Comments
Day three, and the last for the conference. Waking up to my boss walking already out the door to head down to the conference center I awoke as fast as I could to get around and head downtown. For the four time, and maybe even the last in a long time I ate breakfast before the conference and then started to pack up and get checked out of the hotel. Waking to the center in a mist, I got there about 15 minutes before the last session began. I am not going to review, or even begin to try to talk about the session by Piper, because there was a number of times I was unable to follow along with his mind and I need to take the time once again tonight to listen to it once more. As for now below is a list of a few things (if interested) you can take the time to listen and read (John Piper’s sermon/speech given this morning).
John Piper- 5 Benefits of Christian Eloquence
1. Eloquence—that is, artistic, surprising, provocative, or aesthetically pleasing language—may keep people awake and focused because they find it interesting for reasons they can’t articulate.
2. Eloquence may bring an adversarial mind into greater sympathy with the speaker.
3. Eloquence may have an awakening effect on a person’s heart and mind short of regeneration, but still important in awakening in them emotional sensitivity to beautiful things.
4. Certain kinds of eloquence (cadence, parallelism, meter, rhyme, assonance, consonance) may not only add interest, but also increase impact by helping the memory.
5. The beauty of eloquence can join with the beauty of truth and increase the power of your words.
Desiring God Live Blog – Mike Anderson
Conference Book Recommendations
Check out this kids blog I found who had done a little blogging of some sessions. Or this one to. There may be more and you can let me know if there is, I just found these easily.
As for my top three events of the weekend, I’ll list them below and in order of how I believe them to have impacted my mind in thinking a number of different ways on the words I chose, and use.
#1 Mark Discroll’s message
#2 Sinclair Ferguson’s 20 Resolutions on Taming the Tongue
#3 Eating breakfast every morning (four in a row) for the first time since I was in grade school when my grandmother made me eat Marshmallow and Stars cereal every morning before school.
Individuality, and Its Opposite
Posted: September 28, 2008 Filed under: Sundays with Spurgeon Leave a commentit is a very delightful thing to feel that all the work we are doing is Jesus Christ’s work. All the sheep we have to shepherd are His sheep; the souls we have to bring to Him were bought with His blood; the spiritual house that is to be built is for His habitation. It is all His. I delight in working for my Lord and Master, because I feel a blessed community of interest with Him. That is not my Sunday-school, it is my Lord’s; and He says, “Feed My lambs.” It is not my church, but His; and He cries, “Feed My sheep.” Mine are His, and His are mine; yea, all are His. In the days when servants used to be servants, and were attached to their masters, one of our nobility had with him an old butler who had lived with his father, and was getting grey. The nobleman was often much amused with the way in which the good old man considered everything that was his master’s to be his own. I was not only pleased with the story, but it touched my heart when I heard it. His lordship once said to him, “John, whose waggon is that which has just come up loaded with goods?” “Oh!” said he, “that is ours. Those are goods from our town house.” His lordship smiled, and as a carriage came up the drive, he said, “John, whose coach is that coming into the park?” “Oh!” said he, “that is our carriage.” “But,” said the master, “there are some children in it, John; are they our children?” “Yes, my lord, they are our children, bless them, I will run, and bring them in.” My Lord Jesus, how dare I have the impertinence to claim anything which is Thine? And yet, when I gaze upon Thy Church, I am so completely Thy servant, and so wholly absorbed in Thee, that I look upon it as mine as well as Thine, and I go to wait upon Thy beloved ones. Yea, Lord, and all these my brethren are going, too. Come with us, Lord, for Thy love’s sake!
Day Two at DG 2008
Posted: September 28, 2008 Filed under: Desiring God Conference 2008, My Travels Leave a comment
Day two was grand! Waking up and eating breakfast for the third time in a row I personally cannot remember since I was a little kid! Even better it was a redneck one, sausage biscuits and gravy, my personal favorite. From there was a number of sessions and breaks to sell many of the RHB titles I took to the conference. Another great day I believe in sales. I would like to take the time to blog my thoughts about the conference and sessions but am not going to waste my time when you can read other blogs that have done so during the day. However I’ll give my personal three top highlights from the day.
#1 Mark Discroll’s message – Not because of the usual riskiness but just simply was clear and a must listen to for everyone!
#2 Paul Tripp’s message – Thinking about living for God’s kingdom and not my own, listen to the message!
#3 The Blog Open House – It was great to spend time with others that bloggers may not see, know, or get to talk to.
Take the time to check out the following
Ligonier West Coast Conference
Gospel-Centered Musings 