Stand

This is a special weekend at our church. Tomorrow morning we'll be celebrating our pastor's 25 years of ministry at Memorial. One of his sons, also a Presbyterian minister, will be preaching the sermon. Tomorrow evening two more of his sons, who grew up at Memorial, will be ordained and sent out to calls at churches in Florida and Texas. What a legacy!

Also happening this weekend is the Desiring God National Conference in Minneapolis. Among the speakers are John MacArthur, pastor of Grace Community Church for 38 years -- Helen Roseveare, missionary to the Congo for 21 years -- and of course Piper, who's been at Bethlehem Baptist for a mere 27 years. Appropriately, the theme is Stand: A Call for the Endurance of the Saints. You can listen and watch, almost instantaneously, here.

Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand firm.