First Day at T4G

I was a great first day at T4G. There is just something about 7,ooo people (mostly men) singing our hymns of praise at the top of their voices that gets you ready to be fed by the word. Mark Dever did not fail to bring that word in a powerful and thoughtful way. He talked abut how the church makes the gospel visible by its life and right loving obedience to the gospel.
That was followed by a message from R.C. Sproul where he outlined the antitheses of the gospel that he has seen and confronted in 50 years of ministry and the dangers of synthesis with those various antitheses. Obviously, the panel discussion that followed was GREAT!
After dinner at the Hard Rock Louisville, we were led in more rousing worship that brought us into a message by Dr. Mohler in which he outlined and defined 8 Trajectories Toward and Adjusted Gospel: Modern Trajectory, Post-Modern Trajectory, Moral Trajectory, Therapeutic Trajectory, Aesthetic Trajectory, Materialistic Trajectory, Pragmatic Trajectory, and Emotional Trajectory. It was very helpful for being able to talk about the dangers we all face as pastors and the dangers that our people confront on a daily basis in moving toward the theological tragedy of an adjusted gospel.
A panel discussion that included Dever, Mahaney, Mohler and John MacArthur concluded the night. With that, I find myself here, Mountain Dew in hand, reviewing my thoughts from the day for our mutual reflection.
Grace and Peace.

Getting Ready for T4G

Together for the Gospel: T4G 2010 Conference from Together for the Gospel (T4G) on Vimeo.

Tuesday, April 13

9:00a – 12noon Registration

1:00p – 3:00p Session 1: Mark Dever — The Church is the Gospel Made Visible

3:00p – 3:30p Panel #1

3:30p – 5:00p Session 2: R C Sproul — The Defense and Confirmation of the Gospel — What I Have Learned in 50 years

5:00p – 7:30p Dinner

7:30p – 9:00p Session 3: Al Mohler — How Does it Happen? Trajectories Toward an Adjusted Gospel

9:00p – 9:45p Panel #2

Wednesday, April 14

8.00a – 9.30a Session 4: Thabiti Anyabwile — ‘Fine-Sounding Arguments’ — How Wrongly ‘Engaging the Culture’ Adjusts the Gospel

9:30a – 10:15a Break

10:15a – 11.30a Session 5: John MacArthur — The Theology of Sleep! (Mark 4)

11:30a – 12:15p Panel #3

12:15p – 3:00p Lunch

3:00p Wednesday Breakout Sessions
Eric Bancroft — Convincing Christianity: The Implications of a Robust Gospel in Marriage
Tony Carter — Proclaiming the Comfort of the Gospel
Kevin DeYoung — ‘Tis Mystery All, The Immortal Dies: Why the Gospel of Christ’s Suffering Is More Glorious Because God Does Not Suffer
Greg Gilbert — What Is the Gospel?
Brian Habig — Fears of the Minister
Joshua Harris — Dug Down Deep: Helping Others Build Their Lives on Christ-Centered Doctrine Michael McKinley — Unity, not Uniformity: Diversity in the Body of Christ
David Platt — An Unadjusted Gospel in an Unreached World: Connecting Gospel Theology with Urgent Missiology

4:00p – 7:00p Dinner

7:00p – 8.30p Session 6: John Piper — Did Jesus Preach the Gospel of Evangelicalism?

8:30p – 9:15p Panel #4

Thursday, April 15

8.00a – 9.15a Session 7: Ligon Duncan — Did the Fathers Know the Gospel?

9.15a – 9.30a Break

9:30a – 10:40a CJ Mahaney with Matt Chandler

10:40a – 11.10a Break

11:10a – 12:15p Session 8: CJ Mahaney — Expository Faithfulness (II Timothy 4:1-5)