The Gospel Coalition Conference starts today at 2:00 PM (CDT) and will be streaming live. The schedule for the conference is as follows:

Tuesday 21 April 2009
2:00 pm | Session 1: Tim Keller, “The Grand Demythologizer: The Gospel and Idolatry” (Acts 19:21-41)
4:00 pm | Session 2: John Piper, “Feed the Flame of God’s Gift: Unashamed Courage in the Gospel” (2 Timothy 1:1-12)
7:00 pm | Session 3: Phil Ryken, “The Pattern of Sound Words” (2 Timothy 1:13-2:13)
8:00 pm | Session 4: Mark Driscoll, “Rightly Dividing the Word of Truth” (2 Timothy 2:14-26)

Wednesday 22 April 2009
9:30 am | Session 5: K Edward Copeland, “Shadowlands: Pitfalls and Parodies of Gospel-Centered Ministry” (2 Timothy 3:1-9)
11:00 am | Session 6: Bryan Chapell, “Preach the Word!” (2 Timothy 3:10-4:5)
7:00 pm | Session 7: Ajith Fernando, “Gospel-Faithful Mission in the New Christendom”
8:00 pm | Session 8: Panel Discussion: Tim Keller, John Piper, Ligon Duncan and Crawford Loritts

Thursday 23 April 2009
9:30 am | Session 9: Ligon Duncan, “Finishing Well” (2 Timothy 4:6-22)
11:00 am | Session 10: DA Carson, “‘That By All Means I Might Win Some’: Faithfulness and Flexibility in Gospel Proclamation” (1 Corinthians 9:19-23)

I’m excited Dr. Duncan is in the panel discussion, but I’m bummed DA Carson isn’t in it.

This week, Mark Driscoll shared some great insight into understanding how to show love and care for those who we wish to share the gospel with.  The following are some clips from his sermon:

Jehovah’s Witnesses at My Door

Don’t Be Google For God

Don’t Shoot Other Christians

The full sermon is available below:

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Mark Driscoll’s Jesus Died in Our Place is one of the most purely gospel oriented sermons I’ve heard in a long time.  There are a lot of sermons that focus on certain aspects of the gospel: how great the gospel is, how to believe the gospel, the necessity of the gospel, and on and on. But, sadly, it is a rarity to find a sermon which has one single, great purpose:  to present the gospel.

It is ironic that one of the best examples of a gospel sermon would come from Driscoll, the king of fads. You don’t have to know about Driscoll very long before you find out that many otherwise wonderful Christians have a problem with him and his ministry. He’s seen as the great compromiser, the cussing pastor who can’t control his temper, the perverted preacher who talks too much about sex, the guy who flirts with the emergent church. . . . The list of complaints is long and comprehensive.

But I love Mark Driscoll, and this is why: Mark Driscoll loves Jesus. And for anyone who would disagree, I challenge you to find a more gospel-centered hour of preaching than this.

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Mark Driscoll’s entire message from the 2008 Desiring God Conference is available at www.desiringGod.org.

…Especially noteworthy was the question from Jonathan McIntosh at The Journey Church in St. Louis, who asked what he would have to offer as final wisdom to young pastors. Piper buried his face in his hands to think and pray for a few minutes while the rest of us held our breath and waited. He then lifted his head and forcefully encouraged us to gouge out our eyes before looking at a woman lustfully (other than desiring our wives, of course) and chop off our hand before touching a woman other than our wife. Personally, I will never forget the time he told us about holding his stillborn grandchild around Christmastime as tears rolled down his face, describing how he prayed for God to resurrect the baby from death. As I looked around the room I saw dozens of young pastors, myself included, fighting back buckets of tears…

http://theresurgence.com/why_i_love_john_piper