Just back from the Met Tab school of theology, on the work of the Holy Spirit. Had no idea what to expect - but what a blessing it was.
To save money I opted to sleep at the venue, the room and breakfast was as good as paying for the hostel - out of interest I will list the books I was able to buy with the money saved. I shared with 6 other people, 3 Korean students (who happened to be studying in Nottingham) and people from Manchester, Coventry and Norwich. The fellowship was amazing - we talked for hours about faith and theology. I think they welcomed having a presbyterian, EP person ( discussions with people you agree with are so short!). There was not one word of anger or rudeness between us.
The fellowship at meal times was also excellent. If all the speakers had cancelled, I would still have had a superb time.
As for the talks. I didn't attend those on "rap and hip hop" - if you don't approve of Charles Wesley, this is hardly going to be an issue! John Thackway, CofE I think, was very good on how the work of the Spirit should impact on our day to day life. Ted Williams should have been talking about the New Calvinists. As he has recently had heart surgery, someone else had to read his papers for him. This is usually bad news - a stilted presentation is to be expected, but not on this occasion. Those discussed were Mr Keller, Mr Piper, Mr Driscoll and Mr Mohler (spellings may be wrong), of these Keller and Driscoll were deemed to be the worst.
Joel Beeke was excellent - speaking on "cultivating holiness", "knowing the love of God", "living submissively" and "fighting unbelief". After his first talk, I felt rather cheated - going all that way just for a few minutes of a lecture. But it had been the full 45 minutes - if only my lecturers could have made time pass so quickly.
I am certainly going nest year - regardless of the topic.
To save money I opted to sleep at the venue, the room and breakfast was as good as paying for the hostel - out of interest I will list the books I was able to buy with the money saved. I shared with 6 other people, 3 Korean students (who happened to be studying in Nottingham) and people from Manchester, Coventry and Norwich. The fellowship was amazing - we talked for hours about faith and theology. I think they welcomed having a presbyterian, EP person ( discussions with people you agree with are so short!). There was not one word of anger or rudeness between us.
The fellowship at meal times was also excellent. If all the speakers had cancelled, I would still have had a superb time.
As for the talks. I didn't attend those on "rap and hip hop" - if you don't approve of Charles Wesley, this is hardly going to be an issue! John Thackway, CofE I think, was very good on how the work of the Spirit should impact on our day to day life. Ted Williams should have been talking about the New Calvinists. As he has recently had heart surgery, someone else had to read his papers for him. This is usually bad news - a stilted presentation is to be expected, but not on this occasion. Those discussed were Mr Keller, Mr Piper, Mr Driscoll and Mr Mohler (spellings may be wrong), of these Keller and Driscoll were deemed to be the worst.
Joel Beeke was excellent - speaking on "cultivating holiness", "knowing the love of God", "living submissively" and "fighting unbelief". After his first talk, I felt rather cheated - going all that way just for a few minutes of a lecture. But it had been the full 45 minutes - if only my lecturers could have made time pass so quickly.
I am certainly going nest year - regardless of the topic.
