I had a wonderful time at the Band of Bloggers (audio available here) and Together for the Gospel conference last week. The fellowship was sweet as I had the opportunity to travel with my fellow Ephesus Church Pastor Steve Thomas. I also spent a lot of time with Mike Hall and Don Elbourne. I talked with Timmy Brister for a while, and had an opportunity to thank Christian Uberblogger Tim Challies for his well written contribution to my library, “The Discipline of Spiritual Discernment.” The preaching, as expected, was phenomenal on many levels. Take the time to download and listen to every message from the T4G website. I highly recommend Thabiti Anyabwile and John Piper if you can only get to 2 right now. Of course, I was very excited to receive many new books for free as well as purchase a few more from the huge bookstore. Those things are dangerous!
This week I am in Moline, Illinois for the Association of Reformed Baptist Churches of America General Assembly. This is my first year of being in an ARBCA church, and the afternoon I’ve spent with the brother pastors here has already been wonderful. My traveling partner and brother pastor Moses Toole has been introducing me to many other ARBCA pastors. The schedule leaves open some free time, so hopefully I’ll be able to get a few more posts up this week.
Until next time, Soli deo Gloria!
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Nick!…It was a pleasure meeting with you, brother, and fellowshipping with you at the ARBCA G.A. Glad you could make it to East Moline and get to know some of the rowdy ARBCA guys! I had a blast, to tell you the truth.
I look forward to staying in touch. Carry on, brother.