Three conferences this week

This week I will be attending three conferences (kind of).

The first is in Minneapolis, hosted by Bethlehem Baptist Church (pastored by John Piper). The theme of this pastor's conference is "The Pastor as Father and Son." And while I won't actually be in physical attendance, Desiring God generally makes the audio from each session available within hours of the actual session. So I plan on listening to as many of those messages as quickly as I'm able. One of the highlights of the Bethlehem Pastor's conferences are John Piper's biographical sermons; this year he will pay tribute to his father.

The second conference is not actually a conference, but a lecture series delivered by Al Mohler at Dallas Theological Seminary this week (Tues - Fri). While I won't be in attendance for the chapel messages, DTS likewise makes their chapel messages available online, so I'm excited to hear Mohler addresss some of the contemporary issues of the day.

The third conference I will actually be in attendance. The Solus Christus conference is being held at Countryside Bible Church and features Al Mohler, John MacArthur, Phil Johnson (Grace to You), and Tom Pennington (pastor of Countryside). This is the second of their planned five Sola conferences (Sola Scriptura, Sola Fide ['09], Sola Gratia ['10], Soli Deo Gloria ['11]), and promises to be an excellent declaration of the supremacy of Christ.