The Conference Is Over, Now What?

I'm back, dog tired and I loved every minute of the Desiring God Conference 2009.
It centered around John Calvin's 500th birthday. I really didn't know much about Calvin, I do now. John Calvin is a great man that got a lot of bad press and 450 years after his death he still is. The theme was "With Calvin In The Theater Of God"
Calvin was about exalting God, suffering for God and enjoying God. Calvin was not a perfect man although none are, (One exception)
Calvin had the highest view of #1- Scripture #2- Jesus (Not necessarily in that order)
Many great speakers at the conference, Mark Talbot was awesome, he is a philosophy professor at Weaton College. Who new a professor could be so interesting! Julius Kim preached his guts out, so so very good! But at the end of the day nobody was better than Dr. Piper, bar none the most intelligent, humble and kindest man I have met in my life.
In a day when the above qualities are rare to find in pastor or preacher, I have found one. I had the opportunity to go by his church "Bethlehem Baptist" I wandered for an hour just looking and although the church was not a huge "Mega" church, as I thought it might be, there was a great feeling of humble kindness and willingness to help in everyone that I met. And there wasn't a sign, picture, book or mention of the name John Piper ANY WHERE!
His opinion is that God should be exalted, not him. Now that is different.
He lives in the inner city of Minneapolis as the church is located there also, he walks the eight blocks to work and Church, for those of you not following along Same Thing!
He doesn't accept any money for any books he writes all the money goes to the church ministries, He has written over 25 books, he could be wealthy, he chooses not to be.
But some will say after all that, "Yes, but he is a Calvinist" And to that I say...... read the Bible, so was the Apostle Paul and I'm quite sure Jesus was to!
(Yes I know Paul and Jesus predate Calvin, you figure it out!)
John Piper is not God, nor should he be praised. The difference is that HE KNOWS IT!
Well that sums it up, the conference was worth going to and again next year.