This one will take a while to chew on. But it is glorious!
See the Temple and how there is a better than the best.
Women’s Ministry
God’s Grace in the Desert
Plenary Session One with Tim Keller
Here’s a sample:
God and Moses basically said to Israel, “Trust us.” And Israel trusted. Now, at Sinai, they are actually further away from the Promise Land than Egypt was.
He told them He was taking them to a land flowing with milk and honey. But He meets them in the desert. A place worse than where they were in Egypt.
It’s like this for us sometimes. We give Christ everything, our whole lives, and things get worse from there. It seems God is taking us away from where He says He’s going to take us.
This is so often the story of grace in our own lives as well.
For the rest of the notes, head over to kd316:
Don Carson, Pre-Conference: Preserving the Gospel
Take away: We cannot assume the Gospel. When we assume the Gospel, it is valued less by the next generation and forgotten by the one after that. The Gospel MUST be the center of what we do. Value the Gospel and not the method through which you deliver it.
Tim and Kathy Keller, Pre-Conference
Marriage is a picture of the Gospel, but it is so much more…
The take away quotes in this talk are amazing. Not for married women, but for all who love Jesus and desire to live the Gospel in their lives.
The Gospel Coalition Women’s Conference: Here is Our God
If being a conference attender was a career, I would want to be a professional. I love soaking in intensive learning, meeting new friends and catching up with old ones, and getting away from everyday life to focus on worship and learning. With Peter’s desire to build shelters and stay on the Mount of Transfiguration, I think he could have been a professional conference attender, too.
Unfortunately, conference attending is not a career, and I don’t have the time or the resources to attend every one I would like to attend. But one of the true blessings of technology is that we can attend as many conferences as possible through the joy of steaming video, blogging, and audio feeds. We can’t actually attend them all, but we can be lifelong learners by learning from one another.
This weekend, for the first time, I get to be the one on the giving end of providing the conference for others. The Gospel Coalition Women’s Conference will be taking place Friday through Sunday in Orlando, and I will be live blogging over at kd316.com.
I will post notes and brief reflections of both the plenary sessions and select breakout sessions.
The theme of this year’s conference is Here is Our God: God’s Revelation of Himself in Scripture. It promises to be a weekend overflowing with encouraging and challenging messages from some of my favorite people in ministry.
For a list of session speakers and topics, click here.
If you’re on Twitter, follow #TGCW12 for real time updates on all that’s going on.
There are several other women who will be live blogging and Tweeting this weekend. For links to other posts and to watch the conference live, click here.
Be sure to check www.kd316.com throughout the weekend for updates. It will be a rich time that you’ll not want to miss!
Bekah Mason 