More on Together for the Gospel

The T4G blog notes that Ligonier has made available some of the videos from the T4G 2006 conference, and I am watching Sproul speaking on sola fide, justification by faith alone. A pretty powerful and sobering message, while still being encouraging. Sproul likens Together for the Gospel as equipping soldiers on the front line of the spiritual war, the pastors, for that conflict. As someone who once stood on those front lines, and then shot myself in the foot like a coward, I certainly am in need of that encouragement. I am looking forward with excitement and fear to this year's Together for the Gospel. His will be done.

Louisville or Grand Rapids?

The Philadelphia Conference on Reformed Theology or Together for the Gospel?

In what is yet another horrible scheduling blunder, two of the better Reformed theology conferences are scheduled for the same week, in the middle of April 2008. That leaves me with a choice, go to Grand Rapids which is cheaper and way more convenient, or go to Louisville which is going to cost a whole lot more. We have free lodging in Grand Rapids, but frankly I will admit that I am a bit of a speaker snob, and the thought of Mohler, Dever, Sproul, Piper, MacArthur, Duncan, Mahaney etc in the same conference (T4G) is intoxicating (in a good Baptist way of course). I am leaning pretty strongly toward Louisville, if for no other reason than it only happens every other year and Grand Rapids is every year. Of course, I am well known as the king of rationalizing...

(With any luck, the Toledo Reformed Theological Conference will be scheduled a completely different time, or Steve Camp and company will be all alone!)

UPDATE:

Looks like I have an additional travel partner for Together for the Gospel, so it sounds like Louisville is the winner! Now I have to register so I save $50!