Well, we’ve finished our conference and I am thankful for the Lord’s help and for how well it turned out. The theme was gospel-driven separation and was different from our usual approach to these conferences. I took the main sessions and addressed the theme. Audio is available here. If you’re having trouble sleeping, this might be the cure for which you’ve been looking.
I am toying with blogging through some of what I covered and things that were raised that probably need more attention. We’ll see how that goes. I will, tonight, though simply report here what I tried to make clear a few times during the conference, namely what I was attempting to accomplish through my sessions. My intention was to set forth the case for a renewed commitment to biblical, Gospel-driven separatism. This kind of separation would reject both non-separatism and tradition-bound separatism (i.e., separation based on tradition as much or more than Scripture). It could only be described with a word like renewed if it flows from hearts and minds stirred by the gospel as the motivation for pursuing holiness. I chose to tackle this subject because I have a strong desire to see God-centered, healthy local churches working together to glorify God by the establishment of indigenous church planting movements worldwide. SDG.