Yesterday was another special long and God-exalting day at the Puritan Conference in John MacArthur’s church in Los Angeles. In the morning, Mary and I had a sweet conversation with Joni Eareckson Tada (photo 1). Our friend, Dr. Michael Reeves gave the first General Session address in the morning on “The Big God the Puritans” (photo 2) which was followed by my General Session address on “The Puritans on Assurance.” Both were attended by more than 2,000 attendees with thousands more live-streaming in.
We had a good time over lunch with two brothers from Urk, the Netherlands: Jan Zeeman (my left, photo 3) who has translated several of my books in Dutch which have been published by three Dutch publishers, and Rev. Remco DeJong (my right), pastor of the Free Reformed Church in the Netherlands that has 2,000 members.
Breakout sessions in the afternoon included “The Puritans on Prayer and Meditation” (Dr. Stephen Yuille); “The Puritans on Evangelism” (Dr. Mike Riccardi); “The History of the Westminster Assembly” (Dr. Kevin DeYoung); “The Scottish Puritans” (Dr. Ian Hamilton); “The Dutch Puritans” (me). The last two General Sessions of the day were given by Rev. Jeremy Walker on “The Perplexities of the Puritans” and Dr. John Piper on “The Joy of the Puritans.”
Fellowship was great throughout the day. We met scores of new friends, and sold hundreds of Puritan books at our booth. Here I am with a group of men who are part of a Men’s Study Group in a nearby church in which 35 men are just completing a 3-year study of vol. 1 of Reformed Systematic Theology by Paul Smalley and me (photo 4).
God is good. Today is the last day of the conference. You can join us here.
