TSBC E-Quipper - Inaugural Issue

This week saw the first edition of TSBC's new monthly e-mail newsletter, entitled "E-Quipper". Please let me know if you'd like to go on our mailing list.

Welcome to TSBC E-Quipper
If you have received this e-mail newsletter, it is because we'd like to consider you a ministry partner, prayer supporter, and friend of The Shepherd's Bible College. The TSBC E-Quipper will be sent out each month to both update you with TSBC news and encourage you with articles related to Christian life and ministry. Please feel free to forward this to anyone you believe would benefit from such a newsletter. If you would like to be removed from our E-Quipper mailing list, please click on the link at the bottom. Impact 2010 by Nigel Shailer, Vice-Principal One of the annual events The Shepherd's Bible College faculty and student body eagerly anticipate is Impact Bible Conference held each year in June. This year was no different and our expectations were fully met. This year's conference theme was entitled "Saved to be Holy." It built upon the foundation laid one year earlier at Impact 2009 which focused our attention on the gospel and evangelism. In short, the 2009 conference defined justification and the 2010 conference defined sanctification. We live in a time when personal sanctification has been relegated in some quarters to a lower level of importance – an unnecessary element of salvation. Some consider it to be an optional nicety rather than the unavoidable result of faith-based salvation. Of course, we are not at all implying that a person's good works earns them favour with God resulting in regeneration. That's the point that was made last year – forgiveness is undeserved and fully granted by God's grace alone – and no good work can add to that reality. But, a genuinely regenerated Christian will pursue Christ-likeness with vigour. Personal holiness will be their heart's cry. The result of their saving faith will be a growing desire to become more and more obedient with each day. And they will be encouraged as they see God's hand in their life, giving them victory over daily temptations. The keynote speakers, Scott Ardavanis and Ken Ramey, encouraged us to avoid the temptation to reduce the Christian life down to legalistic rule-keeping. Sanctification takes place when we love God with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength. To view a video summary of Impact 2010, please click here.