Just wanted to make you all aware of some resources that are available relating to our first “Family Matters” Marriage seminar we held in March 2007.

The audio from Peter’s two messages, together with the notes and quotes from that seminar should be available to download from here sometime next week.

But to whet your appetite, here’s a bunch of great links to other marriage material that will really serve you:

Listen to a recent message by Mike Bullmore,
senior pastor of CrossWay Community Church,
in Wisconsin, USA, from Ephesians 5:22-23
entitled: “Marriage According to God”

Read or listen (or even watch!) messages from
the current series John Piper is preaching at
Bethlehem Baptist Church,
in Minneapolis, USA.

Staying Married is Not About Staying in Love, Part 1
Staying Married is Not About Staying in Love, Part 2
Marriage: God’s Showcase of Covenant-Keeping Grace
Marriage: Forgiving & Forebearing
Marriage: Pursuing Conformity to Christ in Covenant
Lionhearted & Lamb-like: The Christian Husband as Head, Part 1
Lionhearted & Lamb-like: The Christian Husband as Head, Part 2
The Beautiful Faith of Fearless Submission

ADVANCED WARNING:  
Our next “Family Matters” seminar, being held on Saturday 9th June 2007, 9:15am for coffee, at Emersons Green Village Hall.  This time the focus is on biblical parenting.

Here’s some links to the resources by R.C Sproul that I mentioned this Sunday. 

The book can be purchased from Amazon.

The 2 audio messages from the recent leaders conference (The Holiness of God & The Holiness of Christ) can be purchased from the Sovereign Grace Store. 

Enjoy!

The “Take It Home” sheet for today’s message: “The Temptations of Jesus” is available here.

Here’s a great article that CJ Mahaney mentioned in his message at the Sovereign Grace Leadership Conference 2007, by John Piper entitled “The Morning I Heard the Voice of God”.

It’s about experiencing “…the living reality of God by hearing his word personally and transformingly in Scripture.“  Well worth reading and meditating over!

After a week away travelling to attend the Sovereign Grace Ministries Leadership Conference, Peter and I are back.

Bob Kauflin called it a “fire hydrant of grace, encouragement, truth, conviction and fellowship” which I think summed it up pretty good.

This year’s special guest was pastor and author, R.C Sproul who preached the first two evening main sessions on the Holiness of God (from Isaiah 6:1-8) and the Holiness of Christ. 

Next, David Powlison preached the third main session which helped us to apply the doctrine of sin without becoming morbidly introspective.

Then there was the annual mission update which covered various things going on among the churches that are part of Sovereign Grace, and also highlighted some of the exciting opportunites we have to serve pastors and churches internationally – in countries such as Cuba, South Korea, Thailand, Haiti, Bahamas, Burma, China, India, Philippines, Mexico, Bolivia, Brazil, Germany, Canada, Uganda and Sri Lanka!

In the final evening session, CJ Mahaney preached from 2 Corinthians 13:14 on ”Trinitarian Pastoral Ministry”.  You can download all the main session messages (for a small charge) from here, with the seminar sessions due for release at the end of April.

When you throw into the mix a choice of 2 seminars (from various Sovereign Grace Pastors and other guests – like Mike Bullmore and Mark Dever) you can see that it was a rich opporutnity to celebrate the gospel and learn how to apply it better in this local church!

Join us as we celebrate Easter together! 

Sunday 8th April 2007

10:30am 

The Vassall Centre, Gill Avenue, Fishponds