Day: April 12, 2011

The day started with Geoff Thomas who gave a short talk from Luke 13:34-35 on the Free offer of the Gospel. Martin Holdt from South Africa followed, urging us to be filled with the Holy Spirit, and explaining what it meant. The morning finished with Lewis Allen on loving Christ and what it means.

I had a quiet afternoon, falling asleep on my bed, and skyping Esther.

At 5pm, we had a news session. It was thrilling to hear from different brothers telling us about the gospel in Places like Pakistan, the jungles of Brazil, Myanmar, India, England… It was humbling to hear about the dedication, faith and perseverance of believers who are persecuted  for their faith.

For the Last Session of the day, Iain Murray introduced us to Archibald Brown, an Englishman who ministered in various churches in London and made an amazing impact on the East End of London in the second half of the 19th Century and beginning of the 20th Century, but has been forgotten since. At the beginning of the session, we celebrated Iain Murray’s 80th birthday which is next week.

It was a good day, it is nice to meet new people and catch up with Friends.

The Banner of Truth ministers conference started on Monday in Leicester. There are about 180 men, a bit less than usual I believe. Word alive is on this week as well. Could it be a reason that less people are here this year? The trip from Cardiff was uneventful. I took the bus from Leicester train station to the halls of residence, and found the place without any problems. I thank God for that as I was a bit worried I might get down too early or too late, and would have had to walk a lot to get to the place.

One of the main speakers was supposed to be Ted Donnelly. But due to illness, he can’t be with us this year. Rev Iain Murray has stepped in instead. Conference started with Steven Curry, from Bangor, NI. He preached on Matthew 6: 1-18. His main theme was true piety.

In the evening, Iain Murray spoke on John 17:1 “When Jesus had spoken these words, he lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, “Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son that the Son may glorify you”

I went to bed fairly early, in order to be ready for a busy day today. Prayer meeting is in 5 min, so I’d better hurry.