Anchored 3 The Trinity

It was good to be down in Guildford about 40 others for the third of Reformation Today's sessions looking at the 1689 confession. Robert Strivens took two morning sessions expertly guiding us through the confession and some modern errors. Very helpful. In the afternoon there was something more practicial from Bill James and then Alex Arrell again rounded off with a biographical piece - this time his countryman Alexander Carson. This thrd session marks the end of the series in its present format but it is hoped thta something similar can be done in the future. We hope so.

Anchored 2

Today I was at the second Anchored day conference down in Guildford. I think the numbers were down a bit perhaps. Again, it was mainly ministers. Part of the idea is to promote the work of the magazine Reformation Today, now very much tied to the Carey Conference that comes each January. Between 10 am and 3.30 we crammed in four sessions, two from Robert Strivens on the doctrine of God in the 1689 Confession, one from Bill James on the practical side of preaching these doctrines and another from Alex Arrell, one of the pastors in Guildford, who ended the day with a nice piece on John Gill and his Trinitarianism. Plenty of time for discussion this time. It would be worth trying again. Good to meet people as ever.

Anchored

On Tuesday I headed down to Guildford for a new day conference called Anchored. About fifty gathered, mainly ministers. Part of the idea is to promote the work of the magazine Reformation Today, now very much tied to the Carey Conference that comes each January. Between 9.30 and 3.30 we crammed in four sessions, two from Jeremy Walker on Scripture in the 1689 Confession, one from Robert Strivens on making better use of church history resources and one from Alex Arrell, one of the pastors in Guildford, who ended the day with a nice piece on Bunyan and his Bibline qualities. On reflection, perhaps Scripture was not the subject we needed to hear most about and some other part of the Confession could have been tackled. It would have been worth putting the chapter on a screen or handout because we are a lazy lot and few had read the chapter recently. More time for discussion too. This was a first try, however, and things rarely fall straight into place. It would be worth trying it again in Spring or next September. Good to meet people.