BGBC Elders & 9Marks
November 4, 2009

Can’t wait for this weekend! The Bethel Grace Elders are heading to beautiful Riverside, California for the 9Marks “Building Healthy Churches” Conference this Friday and Saturday. And we are very excited to have Alvin Colston joining us!
Please be praying that we will…
1 – Be drawn closer to the Lord Jesus
2 – Be drawn closer to one another
3 – Be refreshed in our ministry to love and lead the flock
4 – Be energized in our commitment to nurture biblical church health
5 – Be given wisdom and clarity in applying the biblical principles to BGBC.
To read the ”9 Marks of a Healthy Church” as discerned by Mark Dever, click here.
To see the conference speakers and schedule, click here.
On behalf of the elders, thanks for your prayers!
~Jeff
Free Live Stream for Resolved Conference this weekend!
June 12, 2009
This year’s Resolved Conference will be streamed live for free!
Here’s the schedule:
Friday, June 12
8pm – Session 1, Rick Holland
Saturday, June 13
11am – Session 2, Steve Lawson
5pm – Session 3, C.J. Mahaney
7pm – Session 4, Enfield Concert
Sunday, June 14
11am – Session 5, Steve Lawson
5pm – Session 6, John MacArthur
7pm – Session 7, John Piper
Monday, June 15
9am – Session 8, Rick Holland
11am – Session 9, John MacArthur
5pm – Session 10, C.J. Mahaney
7pm – Session 11, John Piper
For more about the speakers click here.
To access the live stream click here.
In case you haven’t seen this year’s promotional video, here it is again:
To see previous year’s trailers, click here.
~Donovan
Advance ‘09 Conference Audio
June 10, 2009
This conference is mostly aimed at church leaders. I haven’t listened to any of the messages yet, but there are a number that should be very good:
~ Donovan
HT: Justin Taylor
NEXT Conference Audio
May 27, 2009
NEXT is the new name for the New Attitude conference, a conference affiliated with Sovereign Grace Ministries and aimed primarily at young adults. Most of the audio from this year’s conference is available free of charge on their website now, with more still to come. This year’s speakers include C.J. Mahaney, Joshua Harris, D.A. Carson, Sinclair Ferguson, and Kevin DeYoung. Messages from previous conferences are also available. Access these messages here.
~Donovan
HT: Tim Challies
The Sovereign Grace Pastors’ Conference audio is on-line (and so is audio from previous years’ conferences, which I didn’t know was available). The messages are here.
Also, I’ve updated the Together for the Gospel Audio post from a little while back now that audio from more of the break-out sessions is available. See that here.
~ Donovan
Gospel Coalition Conference Audio and Video
April 27, 2009
“Entrusted with the Gospel“, the 2009 Gospel Coalition conference, was last week. The conference had an incredible line-up of speakers.
The audio and video from The Gospel Coalition conference are now available online for free. Most of them are expositions of 2 Timothy:
- Tim Keller, “The Grand Demythologizer: The Gospel and Idolatry” (Acts 19:21-41)
- John Piper, “Feed the Flame of God’s Gift: Unashamed Courage in the Gospel” (2 Timothy 1:1-12)
- Phil Ryken, “The Pattern of Sound Words” (2 Timothy 1:13-2:13)
- Mark Driscoll, “Rightly Dividing the Word of Truth” (2 Timothy 2:14-26)
- K. Edward Copeland, “Shadowlands: Pitfalls and Parodies of Gospel-Centered Ministry” (2 Timothy 3:1-9)
- Bryan Chapell, “Preach the Word!” (2 Timothy 3:10-4:5)
- Ajith Fernando, “Gospel-Faithful Mission in the New Christendom“
- Panel Discussion: Tim Keller, John Piper, Ligon Duncan and Crawford Loritts (chair: Stephen Um)
- Ligon Duncan, “Finishing Well” (2 Timothy 4:6-22)
- Don Carson, “That By All Means I Might Win Some’: Faithfulness and Flexibility in Gospel Proclamation” (1 Corinthians 9:19-23)
The Audio from most of the worskshop sessions is also available:
- Buster Brown, “Preaching in a Christianized Culture“
- Graham Cole, “Homosexuality and the Bible: Texts, Hermeneutics, and Pastoral Wisdom”
- Joshua Harris: Ministering in a Church-Hopping Society
- CJ Mahaney: The Pastor’s Charge
- Thabiti Anyabwile: “The Decline of African-American Theology”
- Steven Chin: “Working Faithfully Under a Senior Pastor”
- Graham Cole: “Homosexuality and the Bible: Texts, Hermeneutics, and Pastoral Wisdom”
- K. Edward Copeland and Charlie Dates: “Mentoring Younger Pastors”
- Andy Davis: “The Gospel and Social Action”
- David Helm: “Biblical Reflections on Building a Staff”
- Bill Kynes: “Complementarianism: Definition and Priorities”
- Crawford Loritts: “Staying Faithful, Staying Relevant: The Use and Abuse of Polemical Preaching”
- Tom Nelson and Matt Perman: “The Gospel and Money”
- Colin Smith: “Transformational Expository Preaching”
- Stephen Um: “On Ministry and Revolving Doors: Practical Challenges and Ideas for Ministry in a Mobile Society”
- Sandy Willson: “Gospel Mission to the World: Arrogance or Love?”
Three of the sessions had corrupt audio, and the files are being worked on. It may be some time, however, before they become available:
- Michael Bullmore, “The Functional Centrality of the Gospel”
- Tim Savage, “Power in Weakness: The Heart of Gospel Ministry”
- Scotty Smith, “A Biblical Theology of Worship: On Preference and Other Matters”
~Donovan
2009 Ligonier Conference Video
March 25, 2009
The 2009 Ligonier Conference was on The Holiness of God. The main session speakers were Al Mohler, Ligon Duncan, Sinclair Ferguson, Steve Lawson, Alistair Begg, Thabiti Anyabwile, D.A. Carson, R.C. Sproul, Robert Godfrey, Derek Thomas, and R.C. Sproul, Jr – an incredible line up! You can watch videos of the main sessions, free of charge, here (note that the scroll down menu shows only the sessions for one day – the tabs at the top of the menu allow you to access sessions from the other days. There are 17 sessions in total).
~Donovan
HT: Tim Challies
Ted Tripp Parenting Conference
February 25, 2009
Ted Tripp is the author of the widley praised book, “Shepherding a Child’s Heart”. I’ve been reading another of his books, “Instructing a Child’s Heart”, and highly recommend it.
The audio/video of Ted Tripp teaching a parenting conference at Mars Hill Church in Seattle is available for free here.
~Donovan
The 2009 Resolved Conference
February 7, 2009
This conference is excellent, every year. Though primarily aimed at young adults (18-35), anyone can go. The theme this year is “Sin”, and the speakers are Rick Holland, Steve Lawson, John MacArthur, CJ Mahaney, and John Piper. Check out the trailer below:
This overview of the 2009 conference is from the Resolved website:
Shepherds’ Conference Audio for free!
January 26, 2009
The Shepherd’s Conference is an annual conference for pastors and elders, hosted by John MacArthur and Grace Community Church. All audio from previous Shepherds’ Conference sessions and seminars are now free to download! This is a wealth of resources! Click here.
~Donovan
HT: Tim Challies