Hot off the press! I just received my formal announcement regarding the 2007 Whetstone Conference at Mount Calvary Batist Church (MCBC) in Greenville, SC. June 26-29, 2007 What is a Whetstone
A whetstone is a stone used for sharpening or "honing" knives and other tools. It is our hope that the Mount Calvary Whetstone Conference will serve to sharpen the effectiveness of the ministers who attend.
"If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct." Ecclesiastes 10:10
MCBC was our home church from the summer after I graduated from BJU until the summer of 2004 (when we moved to Charleston). There are many fine churches in Greenville, and I had been attending one for a few years, but I visited Mt. Calvary because I heard from a friend about some messages Ps. Minnick was preaching on pioneer missions (Romans 15). I never left after that service until we moved here.
I often consider my time at MCBC as my real theological education. The ministry was far more than dry scholasticism, but it was no less than a theological gymnasium. I grew by leaps and bounds in my walk with Christ during those formative years. I'm am greatly appreciative for the tesimony and faithfulness of the pastoral staff and the congregation of MCBC.
It was during these years that I learned more of the Scriptures than I had ever learned anywhere else. It was there that I learned the beauty and value of solid, expository and applicational preaching. (The Puritans called this experimental preaching). It was also there, that I learned about books--what to pusue, how to pursue them, and how to use them. TheoSource was a project I started to keep track of the good recommendations I was getting from the pastors and teachers at MCBC.
In the schedule, Pastor Minnick will be taking time to talk about books. I'm looking forward to this chat.
Lord willing,I will be at the conference with my wife. I pray that you will consider coming too!
For more information about the conference, visit the MCBC website: here.
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