Biographia Evangelica » Conferences

Welsh Liberal Challenges Luther on Justification

George Ella — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:39:06 +0000

This year’s Siegwinden Conference (Germany), held from 24th-26th February, experienced a great drop in the standards of teaching which it has come to appreciate over the years. The main speaker, Philip Eveson, a Bible College Principal and reputed to be a Reformed man, proved a wolf in sheep’s clothing and openly declared himself to be a contender against the reformed faith. Radically denying the experimental, new-life-giving work of God in Justification so much emphasised by the New Testament writers and our Reformers, Eveson proclaimed that it was merely a legal, ‘as if’ act with no actual transforming of the sinner into a saint. Using the most inappropriate illustration of North and South Korea to describe... Full Article

The 2007 Protestant Reformation Conference

George Ella — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 01:50:34 +0000

The 2007 Protestant Reformation Conference: August 28-30 The PRS met once again at Regents Park College, Oxford for their annual conference. The college is situated centrally in what must be one of Europe’s most beautiful cities. The staff made all their guests most comfortable and the fellowship was deep and sweet indeed. As usual at such a conference, the conversations which took place quite equalled the lectures in benefit and depth. This year’s topic was ‘Secularism and the Christian Faith: A Study of the Growth of Secularism and its Consequences for the Church and Society’, not the easiest subject for the speakers. Under the excellent Chairmanship of the Rev. B.G. Felce, the sessions commenced with the Rev.... Full Article

The Fifteenth Haamstede Conference

George Ella — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 03:48:30 +0000

The annual Dutch Haamstede Conference, held in Garderen, which draws some 160 pastors, evangelists and teachers has become a spiritual home for me and a highlight of each year. The conferences I occasionally visit in Scandinavia, Germany, North America and England are edifying and instructive, but there is just nothing to compare with the deep spirituality, warm fellowship, eager optimism and high academic standard found amongst the Dutch brethren. A particular joy this year was to see the large number of young pastors who hold to the doctrines of grace and the evangelistic responsibility placed on their shoulders. However, the conference started on a sad note with the announcement that Pastor P. den Butter, a true... Full Article