A few miscellaneous notes:

Each year the conferees at the Shepherd’s Conference are treated to a special gift.  Past gifts have included a garment bag and a leather portfolio (dubbed “the sermonator”).  This year’s gift was simple: a $50 gift card to the conference bookstore.  I’m a bit sad at the lack of personalization but I haven’t yet examined the selection in its entirety yet (representatives from numerous publishers have set up table in the bookstore).

Each year conferees also receive a box full of great books.  This year’s book bag includes the following books:

• The New Answers Book by Ken Ham
• Brothers, We Are Not Professionals by John Piper
• The Gospel of Matthew, Volume 1 by James Montgomery Boice
• The Mortification of Sin by John Owen
• 1 Samuel: Looking on the Heart by Dale Ralph Davis
• The Cross and Salvation by Bruce Demarest
• Love That Lasts by Gary and Betsy Ricucci
• Jesus Christ: The Prince of Preachers by Mike Abendroth
• The Doctrines of Grace by John MacArthur
• Putting Jesus in His Place by Robert M. Bowman Jr. and J. Ed Komoszewski
• The Cup and the Glory by Greg Harris
• The Master’s Plan for the Church by John MacArthur
• James (Reformed Expository Commentary) by Daniel M. Doriani
• A Tale of Two Sons by John MacArthur