Cool conferences

SMBC is quietly putting on three ripper conferences in August and September. The first is a series of talks held over six Tuesday evenings (from the 3rd August to the 21st September) at which Ray Galea, Leon Stead, John Chapman, Simon Manchester and Grant Thorp will be speaking. It's to celebrate David Cook's 25th anniversary as principal of SMBC. The format's the really exciting thing - first the speaker will talk about the sort of preaching that's needed today, then they'll give their sermon, and then the speaker and David Cook will discuss how the sermon was prepared.

The second conference is from the 7th-9th September and it's on Communicating Isaiah. The exciting thing about this one is the speakers - our own Kirk Patston who teaches Isaiah and has just written a commentary and who I can't recommend enough; Paul House, the man who wrote that Old Testament Theology; and the lovely Ray Galea.

The last conference is on the 11 September and it's about Preaching the Old Testament with Integrity. Kirk and Paul will be speaking at that one too.