“I am coming away with a greater conviction that the training of future pastors should take place in the context of the local church under seasoned shepherds.”

“Ligon Duncan said that after hearing Piper, he didn’t think he’d ever actually preached a sermon. I agree. “Don’t worry Lig; he was talking about himself, not you!”

If you want to know more about what the speakers from T4G are up to when they are not together, this blogger has helpfully linked to all the various ministries in which they have a part!

“Worship Matters” is a great resource on worship by the guy who led worship at the recent T4G conference – pop over there to read the list of songs that were sung there, complete with lyrics.

“Typical praise songs refer to Jesus as a Christian’s lover and praise his beauty and tenderness. Rarely do they praise His justice or strength, or refer to Him as the head of an army leading His Church into spiritual battle . . . .”

This blogger helpfully elaborates on what Dever meant by the above quote.

This is a one-click link to enable you to order all 7 of the sessions at Together for the Gospel

“..men often do oppress women. But that is due more to the innate sinfulness of man than a particular ecclesiastical structure”

It will be a shame if all discussion of the T4G statement centres on the issue of the role of men and women, but clearly this is going to be a battle line. As I have said, I am with T4G on this one!