Impact - Live Streaming Video

If you're unable to attend Impact Bible Conference this year, we have the sessions available to you via live streaming video. Click on the following link to view the general sessions as they happen: www.livestream.com/rbcnz/

And remember, all the conference sessions are made available for purchase on CD and DVD from Gracebooks New Zealand after the conference.

Below is the conference schedule so that you can plan your live viewing time slots . . .


THURSDAY, 2 JUNE

• 7pm – General Session #1 – Jack Hughes – A Glimpse at the Resurrected Lord of Glory (Revelation 1:9-18)

FRIDAY, 3 JUNE

• 9am – General Session #2 – Bill Barrick – What Is the Purpose of the Doctrine of Last Things? (2 Peter 3:10-18)
• 3:30pm – General Session #3 – Jack Hughes – A Trip to Hell – Exploring the Realities of Future Punishment (Luke 12:4-9)
• 7pm – General Session #4 – Bill Barrick – How Does the Doctrine of Last Things Complete the Doctrine of First Things?

SATURDAY, 4 JUNE

• 9am – General Session #5 – Jack Hughes – What Will There Be for Us? – Heaven, an Unspeakable Reward (Luke 18:28-30)
• 3:30pm – General Session #6 – Donald Stevenson – Glorification: Motivation to Shepherd the Flock of God (1 Peter 5:1-4)
• 7pm – General Session #7 – Bill Barrick – How Does the Judgment Seat of Christ Relate to Our Glorification?
• 8:30pm – Q&A

SUNDAY, 5 JUNE

• 9am – General Session #8 – Jack Hughes – Present and Future Ministry of Angels to Believers and Unbelievers (Hebrews 1:14)
• 11am – General Session #9 – Russell Hohneck – Receiving a Kingdom Which Cannot be Moved (Hebrews 12:25-29)
• 7pm – Communion & General Session #10 – Bill Barrick – Why Is Christ’s Coming the Focal Point of the Lord’s Table?

MONDAY, 6 JUNE

• 9am – General Session #11 – Jack Hughes – Investing in Eternity Now (Luke 12:33-34)
• 11am – General Session #12 – Bill Barrick – How Does Our Future State Impact Our Current Living? (2 Corinthians 5:6-10)

Nine Days till Impact

Impact is only nine days away and we are ramping up now for what we anticipate will be a fantastic time of preaching, worship and fellowship. Five hundred and forty registrations have been received with more coming in every day.

Here are our speakers again . . .








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TSBC E-Quipper - May 2011 Issue

It's All Greek to Me
By Tony Nuñez (TSBC’s new Lecturer of Bible Languages and Advanced Theology)


Having been nurtured in a church that preaches the Word of God, perhaps you remember the time you realised that the Bible you hold in your hands is actually a translation. God did not deposit His eternal truth for mankind in what we hold today, but in ancient dialects. Somewhere along the line, we learn that the Old Testament was written in ancient Hebrew, with portions in Aramaic, and the New Testament was written in first century Koine Greek. And for the most part, believers are content simply to know that there are people, ‘out there somewhere’ that understand these languages enough to produce the version of the Bible they so love.

That is, until perhaps that believer is placed in a situation where he or she must discover the meaning of a passage himself! Perhaps it is a teaching opportunity, or an occasion to defend the faith, or even at a time of extraordinary curiosity about a baffling text. It’s at this time, almost invariably, that he or she becomes driven to seek for answers among the multitude of Bible study resources available in print, software, or online. Once the Christian enters this realm, though, the original languages of the Bible may no longer be viewed with a mere distant awareness. Now, the Bible-lover must come into contact with them. Suddenly a new world is opened! And although there is a dense fog amidst the new and confusing grammatical ideas, a world of richness, clarity, and beauty peers through. And it is at that moment, the thought enters, ‘I would love to learn Hebrew or Greek!’

The Shepherd’s Bible College exists to equip all believers . . . even in the original languages of the Bible. Being for all believers, and not just seminarians, we take a unique approach that is simple but not simplistic, functional and yet accessible, that brings the student through the fog and into the brilliant light of understanding the text with a clarity only possible from the original languages.

Hernia Surgery

Thanks to you who have been praying for my recent hernia repair surgery. Everything has gone very smoothly and I am feeling really good. I was sent home on the same day as the surgery and was glad to comply with the doctor. I am moving freely and haven't needed to deal with much pain whatsoever. I am back in my office and will quietly continue with daily tasks. God has been good. Sereena has been a great nurse and is looking after me as well as taking care of all her Impact duties. It's a busy time of year. What a trooper!

Impact Memories

Here is the Impact photo slide show for 2010. Beware - if you watch this, great memories will flood your mind, and your anticipation for Impact 2011 might be too much to handle :)