Pastorum Live - A Bible Study Conference

This looks exciting.  Logos Bible Software is presenting a Bible study conference called Pastorum Live.  The itinerary is packed with a fast-paced lineup of scholars presenting on the full gamut of thorough Bible study: from background studies, to exegesis and interpretation, to application, and "connecting the dots."

Send your pastor, interns, licentiates, and me!  Seriously, this looks great.  See the details here:

• Conference website
• Speakers
• Itinerary
• Logistics

Venue

Park Community Church
1001 N. Crosby Street
Chicago, IL 60610

Pastorum Live - A Bible Study Conference

Noteworthy: Around the Blogoshpere

Thought I'd highlight a few recent items that I found informative.

1. Alan Knox's post at The Assembling of the Church, "The First Interpreters," is thought-provoking.
2. This looks interesting (although shrouded in controversy, I'm sure that this conference would be informative): Wheaton's 2010 Theology Conference will take place April 16-17, in honor of and in dialogue with NT Wright, including a great line-up of speakers including Richard Hays, Kevin Vanhoozer, Sylvia Keesmaat, Marianne Meye Thompson, Markus Bockmuehl and, of course, Wright himself. http://www.wheaton.edu/Theology/theo_conf/index.html
3. Here's an online guide to OT Chronologies. (HT: JohnFH @ Ancient Hebrew Poetry).
   

Noteworthy: Around the Blogoshpere

Expositors' Conference 2009 (Mobile, AL)

This afternoon my wife reminded me about this conference. We want to attend, Lord willing. Please let me know if any of you are planning to attend, too. Here are some details:

Steven Lawson

Dr. Steven J. Lawson is the Senior Pastor of Christ Fellowship Baptist Church in Mobile, Alabama, having served as a pastor in Arkansas and Alabama for 28 years. He is the author of fifteen books, including The Unwavering Resolve of Jonathan Edwards, The Expository Genius of John Calvin, and Foundations of Grace. His books have been translated into Russian, Portugese, Spanish, German, Albanian, Korean, and Indonesian.

Dr. Lawson's pulpit ministry takes him around the world, preaching in Russia, the Ukraine, Wales, England, Ireland, Germany, Japan, Switzerland, New Zealand, and throughout the United States.

Dr. Lawson is president of New Reformation Ministries, designed to bring about biblical reformation in the church today. He serves on the Executive Board of The Master's Seminary and College and serves on the Advisory Council for Samara Preachers' Institute and Theological Seminary in Samara, Russia.

Dr. Lawson and his wife, Anne, have three sons, Andrew, James, and John, and a daughter, Grace Anne.

Joel Beeke

Dr. Joel Beeke serves as President and Professor of Systematic Theology, Church History, and Homiletics at Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary. He has been in the ministry since 1978, and has served as a pastor of his current church (HNRC in Grand Rapids, Michigan) since 1986.

Dr. Beeke is editor of the Banner of Sovereign Grace Truth, editorial director of Reformation Heritage Books, president of Inheritance Publishers, and vice-president of the Dutch Reformed Translation Society. He has written, co-authored,or edited sixty books, and contributed over 1500 articles to reformed books, journals, periodicals, and encyclopedias.

Dr. Beeke holds a Ph.D (1988) from Westminster Theological Seminary. He is frequently called upon to lecture at reformed seminaries and to speak at conferences around the world. C

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Sunday September 27, 2009 Pre-Conference schedule coming soon!
9:00 A.M.	Dr. Joel Beeke
10:30 A.M.	Dr. Joel Beeke
6:00 P.M.	Dr. Joel Beeke

Monday September 28, 2009
4:00 P.M.	Conference Registration Begins
5:00 P.M.	Dinner
6:30 P.M.	The Preaching of the Reformers: Martin Luther and John Calvin Dr. Steven Lawson
8:00 P.M.	The Preaching of the Puritans (I) Dr. Joel Beeke

Tuesday September 29, 2009
7:30 A.M.	Breakfast
9:00 A.M.	The Preaching of the Puritans (II) Dr. Joel Beeke
10:30 A.M.	The Preaching of the Great Awakening: Jonathan Edwards and George Whitefield Dr. Steven Lawson
12:00 P.M.	Lunch
1:30 P.M.	The Preaching of the 19th Century: Archibald Alexander and Charles H. Spurgeon Dr. Steven Lawson
3:30 P.M.	Questions & Answers (Steven Lawson & Joel Beeke)
5:00 P.M.	Dinner
6:30 P.M.	The Preaching of the 20th Century: Martyn Lloyd Jones and James Montgomery Boice Dr. Steven Lawson

Information & Registration

Expositors' Conference 2009 (Mobile, AL)

Upcoming Christian Conferences Calendar

For some time, now, I have been desiring to have a list of upcoming Christian conferences. It is very frustrating to find out after-the-fact that, "Hey, so-and-so was just in your area speaking at such-and-such-a-church's conference." I either had no clue, or forgot about it altogether.

I have been searching for a solution to do this dilemma of mine, and have come up with the following idea. I would like to use the Google calendar widget (located in the left-hand sidebar of this blog) in which we have been displaying Today in Church History names and dates. I have renamed this calendar to THEOSOURCE CALENDAR.

In this calendar we are currently displaying the date of birth and the date of death of prominent figures in church history (displayed in blue text) and missions history (displayed in red text).


I have, now, begun to add dates for upcoming conferences (displayed in green text).


By default, this calendar will display information most current. In order to search throughout the year, all you need to do is click on the the date displayed at the top of the calendar and a drop-down box will allow you to scroll through the calendar.

So, I think that this will work. All I need now is your help in populating this calendar with conference information. To do this, I am adding a widget to this post which will allow you to submit conference information. The tool used below was developed by Mister Linky and it should work perfectly with a slight modification.

How to Fill Out the Form:
This form is automatically generated, so we will improvise as follows:


In the "Your name" field, enter the Conference title and dates.

Example 1 - The Southern Seminary & the History of American Christianity (Feb. 18-19, 2009)
Example 2 - BibleTech: 2009 (March 27-28, 2009)

In the "Your URL" field, enter the URL (including the http:// prefix) of the conference website.

Example 1 - http://www.sbts.edu/sshac/
Example 2 - http://www.bibletechconference.com/

Then click the "Enter" button and the conference information will be added to this post.

Which Conferences Should be Submitted?
The criteria for this calendar should be as comprehensive as are the TheoSource Book Lists. I am not limiting this list to any denomination or theological perspective. The basic criteria for submission is that the conference is Christian, Biblical, Theological, Historical, or even Technological (i.e. Logos and BibleWorks workshops, seminars, and conferences). If you have a question about submitting a particular conference, please leave a comment or send me an email.

Thank You!
Your help with this project will be greatly appreciated by all of our readers. Anyone can submit this information, provided it is accurate. Any inaccurate information will be deleted. As conference information comes in I will transfer it to the calendar.

I'll get this started.

[The widgit for this post had to be removed. Please see the calendar in the sidebar.]

Upcoming Christian Conferences Calendar

Mid-America Conference on Preaching: Oct. 18-19, 2007

Andy Naselli has posted an announcement about the upcoming Mid-America Conference on Preaching, hosted by Inter-City Baptist Church and Detroit Baptist Theological Seminary, is scheduled for Thursday and Friday, October 18–19, 2007.

"Learning from the Past, Pressing toward the Future"

This year’s speakers include Doug McLachlan, Mark Minnick, Sam Horn, David Saxon, David Doran, and the faculty of DBTS.

Here's some more information on the conference...

A Message to Pastors

Dear Pastor,

We would love to have you join us for the 2007 Mid-America Conference on Preaching. Our theme for this year, Learning from the Past, Pressing toward the Future, is a reminder that we are runners in a relay race that began with the Apostles and will continue until our Lord returns. We can’t live looking backward, but if we don’t understand what has happened before us, we’re surely headed for trouble.

Our desire for the MACP remains the same: to equip and encourage those who serve Christ’s church as pastors. We count it a real privilege to serve the Lord and His servants in this way. These two days will be packed with great times in the Word and encouraging fellowship together. We are pleased to have Doug McLachlan, Mark Minnick, Sam Horn, and Dave Saxon join the DBTS faculty and me as speakers for this year. We are making some changes to the format that I think you will enjoy, and we have some special surprises for you that we hope will make the conference a special blessing to you. Dress for the conference is business casual.

The reality of our accountability to the Lord constantly motivates me to grow as a believer and a pastor. I am looking forward to how God will use this year’s conference in my own life. Please join us for two spiritually refreshing and refining days!

For the sake of His name,
David M. Doran

• Special discounts at Inter-City Christian Bookstore
  
  
  
  
• Shuttle service to/from airport and conference hotel
  
  
  
  
• Hospitality room: refreshments and fellowship
  
  
  
  
• Internet café available for e-mail service
  
  
  
  
• Wireless web connections for laptop users
  
  
  
  
  
  

Sample Workshop Topics

• Essential Qualities of God-Honoring Worship Songs
  
  
  
  
• A Model for Developing A God-Centered Ministry
  
  
  
  
• Shades of Evangelicals: Recognizing the Differences
  
  
  
  
• Conservative Evangelicals and Fundamentalists: Recognizing the Differences
  
  
  
  
• Are We Worried about Holiness or How We Look?
  
  
  
  
• Expositional Preaching from the Parables
  
  
  
  
• Designing Sermons for Effective Communication
  
  
  
  
• Weakness or Wisdom? Fundamentalism and Romans 14:1–15:13
  
  
  
  
• Are Baptists Protestants?
  
  
  
  
• In Defense of Penal-Substitutionary Atonement
  
  
  
  
• Evangelistic Calvinists Past and Present: Being What We Were Chosen to Become
  
  
  
  
• Is There a Present Form of The Kingdom of God/Heaven: A Case Study in Hermeneutics and Theology
  
  
  
  
• The Meaning of Fellowship in 1 John
  
  
  
  
• An Overview of Ecclesiastes
  
  
  
  
• Local Church Membership and the Practice of the Ordinances
  
  
  
  

Conference Schedule

Mid-America Conference on Preaching: Oct. 18-19, 2007

2007 Whetstone Conference (Greenville, SC)

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.

2007 Whetstone Conference (Greenville, SC)