The 2008 Shepherds’ Conference is now over, for many of the conferees, including me. Now what remains is the real test: to go home and be faithful in building up our local churches for the glory of God and salvation of sinners.

A couple of notes:

• I hope to post some reflections on this year’s conference within the next couple of days or so. Today, I’ll mostly be on the road, carpooling back to Northern CA with men from my church.
• Some have referred to my live-blogging of the speakers as a “transcript.” While I’m flattered, and while my notes are certainly more detailed than most have done in the past; I want to make it clear that they do not have the accuracy of a transcript, and there were several occasions where I missed a few nuances or possibly even qualifications on statements. So while my notes may certainly be consulted for the overall flow and content of the messages preached, they should not be considered authoritative as verbatim of what the speakers spoke, e.g., in quotation. Nevertheless, I think that my notes are reliable, if not 100% complete, representations of the sessions at the conference.
• The conference staff requested that I not upload the video clips from the conference that I took, i.e., of several of the musical offerings and congregational singing times.  Thus, they’ve been removed, in order to respect those wishes.
• Thank you to those of you who left comments and / or clarifications.  It has been a pleasure knowing that I’ve been of help to some.  This has been really fun for me, typing like a mad man, capturing the exposition of God’s Word into my laptop.  On the flip side, it’s not something I’d like to do every time I sit under preaching, as it significantly hampers my own ability to fully process what’s being spoken.
• Our blog traffic more than doubled over the course of the conference.  Cool.  Come back and visit us again. =-)