t4g - Day 1

Today in Louisville, I experienced the Holy Spirit in a way that I honestly had not in several years. One result is an increased joy and conviction together. Before arriving, I was excited on a sort of horizontal level--people to see, places to go, food to eat. But today was truly special for me, as I was part of 5,000 men singing at the top of their lungs: A Mighty Fortress is Our God, It is Well, O For a Thousand Tongues to Sing, and All Hail the Power of Jesus Name. I have never been part of anything even vaguely like that.

As to the messages, J. Ligon Duncan gave a message that I wish everyone from the rising generation could hear. The theme was the value and the inevitability of systematic theology in the church. He was followed by Thabiti Anybawile giving a stirring talk on the myth of race (as biological) and that the gospel is at stake in how we live out the unity that we have in Christ. Both messages were phenomenal. As a sidenote, I walked away with a dozen new books, and there should be some more giveaways tomorrow. It should be good: MacArthur, Dever, Sproul, and Mohler is the order tomorrow. I better get to sleep.