Last week was a wonderful week of being challenged, comforted, encouraged, and taught by the Word of God at the Together for the Gospel conference. If you were unable to be there, or just want to watch the sessions again, you can do so for free until June by clicking here. I definitely encourage you to do so. Below are some of my favorite quotes from the 9 sessions.
Session 1 – Mark Dever – “The Certain Victory of Christ’s Church an Encouragement to Evangelism” (Isaiah 36-37)
“Pride causes us to care more about what our non-Christian friends think of us than what God will do to them in their sin.”
“If you get God wrong, you’ll get everything else wrong”
Session 2 – Thabiti Anyabwile – “The Happiness of Heaven in the Repentance of Sinners” (Luke 15)
“While a Christian must ascribe to a high morality, his morality doesn’t make him a Christian.”
“Has the happiness of heaven invaded our religious hearts?”
Session 3 – Albert Mohler – “The Open Door is the Only Door: The Singularity of the Gospel in a Pluralistic Age” (Acts 4)
“There’s no way out of this text than by denying it” (referring to John 14:6)
“All that stands between that statement and the truth is the New Testament” (referring to a quote by Brian McLaren)
Session 4 – Kevin DeYoung – “Never Spoke a Man Like This Before: Inerrancy, Evangelism and Christ’s Unbreakable Bible” (John 10:35)
“The one democracy that’s never consulted is the democracy of the dead”
“Jesus consistently treats biblical history as narratives of fact”
“Is it not plausible to think that Jesus knew Jewish history better than 19th century Germans?”
“Damn all false dichotomies to hell” (Quoting D.A. Carson)
“Submission to the Scriptures is submission to God. Rebellion against the Scriptures is rebellion against God”
“Preacher: When you stand behind the pulpit week after week, what will your people judge is the final word — you or the bible? Your experience or the Bible?”
Session 5 – David Platt – “Relenting Wrath: The Role of Desperate Prayer in the Mystery of Divine Providence” (Exodus 32)
“Prayer is a HUGE hole in the canvas of the Reformed resurgence”
“Moses is not changing the plan that God had offered; He is fulfilling the plan that God had ordained”
“Perhaps the greatest hindrance to the spread of the Gospel today is the people of God trying to do the work of God apart from the power and presence of God”
Session 6 – Matt Chandler – “Christ is All” (2 Timothy 1:8-14)
“Every one of us loves Pauline theology, but few of us want Pauline pain.”
“The more this is about you, the less you will evangelize. Get over yourself! You’re not that awesome. God doesn’t need you to be awesome. He needs you to be obedient.”
“No program, no system of evangelism, will produce a zeal for evangelism like knowing in whom you have believed!”
Session 7 – Ligon Duncan – “The Gospel by Numbers” (Numbers 5)
“If you’re going to bring people to Jesus, you need to know that He knows what to do with them when you bring them. He knows! He is the perfect priest. He is the perfect mediator”
Session 8 – John MacArthur – “Mass Defection: The Great Physician Confronts the Pathology of Counterfeit Faith” (John 6)
“I can’t live with weird, un-real beings” (talking about watching fantasy TV shows and movies)
“I don’t know who said that, and I don’t want to attribute it to the wrong person, because it’s so stupid” (referring to the adage: ‘preach the Gospel, and if necessary, use words’)
Session 9 – John Piper – “Persuading, Pleading and Predestination: Human Means in the Miracle of Conversion” (Romans 9)
“The depths of Romans 9 support the heights of Romans 8”
“My favorite conjunction in the Bible is hina”
“Unconditional election is very important for your assurance as you stand and trust in God’s promises”
“The doctrine of unconditional election destroys any sense of superiority”
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