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MacArthur at Shepherd’s Conference [Theology Thursday Video]
John MacArthur opens Shepherd’s Conference with a look at Mark 16 and why it’s not part of Mark’s original document, but a well intentioned, but unfortunate cobbling of concluding thoughts from the other Gospels, added to soften the abrupt ending that Mark authored. MacArthur provides a fascinating discussion of ancient manuscripts and how textual criticism helps the church guard the Word of God. Rather than being a discouraging look at an foreign text, MacArthur provide much for us to have confidence in.
2012 Shepherd’s Conference
This year’s Shepherd’s Conference is now available online. The conference featured some speakers who are familiar to the Shepherd’s Conference, such as Phil Johnson, Al Mohler, Steve Lawson, and, of course, John MacArthur. But this year there was a new face. Voddie Baucham was one of the keynote speakers this year.
Resolved 2011
This past June the Resolved Conference was held in Palm Springs, and featured it’s brain child Rick Holland and many of his usual suspects: John MacArthur, Al Mohler, C.J. Mahaney and Steve Lawson. This was a fantastic conference, not that I would expect anything less.
The Lynchpin to Spiritual Growth Rick Holland Audio (MP3)
Authority of the Scriptures John MacArthur Audio (MP3)
Prove It: Knowing and Doing the Will of God Al Mohler Audio (MP3)
A Vision of God in a Time of Crisis John MacArthur Audio (MP3)
When Someone Doubts C.J. Mahaney Audio (MP3)
Our So Great Salvation Steve Lawson Audio (MP3)
The Believer’s Right Response to Difficulty Rick Holland Audio (MP3)
Children of Light Steve Lawson Audio (MP3)
So I Really Do Need The Law? Al Mohler Audio (MP3)
Called, Loved, and Kept C.J. Mahaney Audio (MP3)
The Gospel of Mark with MacArthur
Earlier this year John MacArthur finished preaching through the Gospel of Mark, which marked his completion of preaching through the New Testament in his almost 50 years of preaching ministry at one church, Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, California.
One thing I greatly treasure in preaching is a time-tested, faithful preacher who has not only many decades of immersion in the Scripture, but decades of experience in the ministry dealing with unbelievers, attackers, the young, immature, deceived and mature. One man who has this in abundance is John MacArthur, and his pastoral and theological maturity is apparent in his preaching.
In this light I highly recommend MacArthur’s 85 messages looking at the life of Jesus Christ from the Gospel of Mark.
The Gospel According to Paul
John MacArthur and Phil Johnson helm the 2011 Truth Matters Bible Conference, held earlier this month (September) at Grace Community Church. The focus of the conference is The Gospel According to Paul. Additional speakers are Don Green, an elder at Grace Community, and astronaut Colonel Jeff Williams.
All 11 messages have been posted online and are available as free downloads.
2011 Shepherds’ Conference
This years Shepherds’ Conference is now available online. General session speakers include John MacArthur, Al Mohler, Steve Lawson, Phil Johnson and Nathan Busenitz.
More on this conference later.
Together for the Gospel 2010
This years T4G (or T4TG as R. C. Sproul suggests it should be renamed) was a great conference. Powerful and thought provoking messages from almost all the speakers.
Dever’s message on the church putting the Gospel on display was quintessential Dever.
Sproul was phenomenal (even though C.J. didn’t understand it). He looked at how philosophy and the German higher critics deviated from the Gospel, and demonstrated how their mistakes are being embraced today. This was one of the best lectures I’ve ever heard about theological liberalism.
Mohler, as in the last T4G, looks at how our current Christian cultures evangelical zeal often undermines the Gospel itself.
In the same vein, Thabiti unmasks the problem clearly about how the contemporary evangelical fixation with cultural engagement is a disastrous derailment of the Gospel.
MacArthur’s theology of sleep is a theology of the Gospel, because ultimately the salvation of the unbeliever is a work of God, not a work of man, and that allows him to sleep at night. The Arminian gospel so prevalent today, if taken to it’s logical conclusion, should drive us insane because it makes salvation dependent upon us.
Piper, well, what can you say about Piper?
Ligon Duncan makes a great case for why we need to be reading the original sources of the early church fathers, and helps us to navigate the criticisms brought upon them. Quite an eye-opener.
Matt Chandler talks briefly and movingly about how his efforts to prepare his people for suffering was God’s way of preparing him for his brain cancer. Matt, as always, has very amusing ways of getting across solid theology.
C.J., well, is C.J. talking about his favorite subject, ordinary pastors.
John MacArthur on Revelation
John MacArthur is one of my favorite Premil Revelation preachers. Very little has to be said, after all, it was MacArthur who said every self-respecting Calvinist should be premil (or something to that effect).
Having grown up in a Southern Baptist church and having spent 10 years at Grace Community Church, I tend to favor the Premil camp. But I am also trying to get my arms around the Amil position which is unfamiliar territory to me. So, in addition to Azurdia’s audio, I have been wading through Craig Keener’s commentary and G.K. Beales NIGTC tome on Revelation.
Al Mohler Interviews John MacArthur
Mohler interviews MacArthur about current issues and his experience pastoring a church for over 40 years.
2010 Shepherd’s Conference
The Shepherd’s Conference is one of those conferences that seldom disappoints, if ever. While this years conference didn’t have the “bang” of previous years, it was nonetheless edifying and challenging, with the old standbys in the pulpit: MacArthur, Johnson, Holland and Lawson.
