Solomon was a Calvinist.\u00a0 In January Alistair Begg and his staff at Parkside Church\/Truth for Life invited WLQV to broadcast The Paul Edwards Program live from their Basics 2007 Pastor’s Conference. The conference began yesterday and runs through Wednesday at Noon.<\/p>\n
I was excited about the invitation.\u00a0 I have appreciated Alistair Begg’s preaching ever since I first met him in 1988.\u00a0 He had come to Temple Baptist Church in Detroit as one of the speakers for our annual Summer Bible Conference.\u00a0 Since then I have made it a habit to visit Parkside Church in Cleveland as often as possible.\u00a0 To be invited to broadcast my program from there was a high honor.<\/p>\n
So the plans were made. Hotel reservations, contacting all of the speakers at the conference to arrange on-air interviews during the conference, travel arrangements, etc.\u00a0 But God had other (better?)\u00a0plans.<\/p>\n
Back to Solomon: “In his heart a man plans his course,\u00a0but the LORD determines his steps” (Proverbs 16:9).\u00a0 I planned my course, God determined my steps. He determined my steps using a ladder, a screwdriver, and a window shutter.<\/p>\n
While re-hanging a freshly painted shutter at our house last Friday, my wife fell about five feet off\u00a0a ladder. A trip to the emergency room five hours later revealed a torn spleen.\u00a0 She was just moved from ICU last night.\u00a0 God is good: no surgery is necessary, just a long homebound healing process.<\/p>\n
And so if it’s Tuesday, it should be Cleveland – according to my plans. But if it’s Tuesday – according to the course determined for me by a sovereign God – I am right where I am supposed to be.\u00a0 And Lord willing I’ll be right back in front of the microphone this afternoon in the beautiful state of the art studios at WLQV Radio in Detroit.\u00a0 Thanks for praying for Terri.<\/p>\n
By the way, Tim Challies is live blogging the Basics 2007 Pastor’s Conference from Cleveland. God to www.challies.com<\/a> to read the updates.<\/p>\n You can also\u00a0watch and listen to\u00a0the Basics Conference here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Solomon was a Calvinist.\u00a0 In January Alistair Begg and his staff at Parkside Church\/Truth for Life invited WLQV to broadcast The Paul Edwards Program live from their Basics 2007 Pastor’s Conference. The conference began yesterday and runs through Wednesday at … Continue reading