In a questions and answers session at the Ligonier 2010 National Conference, Alistair Begg and R.C. Sproul answered the question, 
“Why don’t Christians care that they sin?”

I am not what I ought to be.
Ah! how imperfect and deficient.
Not what I might be,
considering my privileges and opportunities.
Not what I wish to be.
God, who knows my heart, knows I wish to be like  him.
I am not what I hope to be;
ere long to drop this clay tabernacle, to be like him and see him as He is.
Not what I once was,
a child of sin, and slave of the devil.

Thought not all these,
not what I ought to be,
not what I might be,
not what I wish or hope to be, and
not what once was,

 I think I can truly say with the apostle,
“By the grace of God I am what I am.”

-John Newton (1725-1807), cited in Letters of John Newton, p. 400.

Praise the Lord!  What an amazing weekend.  God has refreshed, revived, and
reminded.  What a blessing to have Highlands Reformed PCA with us. We rejoice that God has raised up men who have been granted to preach His word in this area.  Thanks pastor Norm for sharing the Word along with Ed, Dan and myself.  I
for one was reminded of how vibrant the body of Christ is in this area.  That
vibrance was shown in many ways.  Here are a few that I saw.  

-works of faith and labors of  love  done by many, whether it was cleaning after the conference, printing programs or handing them out to guests, sound operation and set up, food preparations, registration contacts, resources donated whether financial or materials, photography and music, conference set up at the beginning and  the list goes on.

- steadfastness  of  hope expressed in the hunger for the Word,  singing heartly to the  Lord, kind words, encouragements to others, the one anothers being expressed in so many ways, the joy of the Lord and the hearts of amazement at the truths taught, learned or reviewed, warmth and welcomness to each other, a beautiful blend of doctrine and practice, the familial atmosphere that can only come from the unity of the Spirit, again the list goes on. 

Some simply said they were encouraged.  Others were amazed the children were so well behaved and had hearts to sit and learn.  While others said this is what they needed.  Still others said they praised the Lord that we could laugh and have such great times of visiting.  Most expressed joy in the location and loved the hiking etc.  Some were amazed they could enjoy the time so much when there was little to no "entertainment."  Some felt a bit overwhelmed and convicted while most left being hope filled and given new direction  to keep praying.  One said we, by God's grace, have a good thing going.  Our triune God was shown to be worthy of our praise, adoration and allegiance.  What more could we have asked?  The challenge was given to the GCF family that the impact made by the Word would be in direct proportion to the prayers offered.  Well God has blessed and it was a very meaningful conference.  Praise be to our great GOD AND SAVIOR.  Thank you all at GCF for the your works of faith, labors of love and steadfastness of hope.  I thoroughly enjoy shepherding in this fellowship.  You all are such blessings.  Thank you!   - Grace and Peace -

Joel Beeke in his excellent little book 'The Family at Church'tells us:
        ''People should pray for things great and small.  They should pray for the glory of God, the growth of His people, the conversion of sinners and worldwide revival. They should pray for their ministers and missionaries and theological students to be anointed by the Holy Spirit, for their office-bearers to be faithful, for the church to live in unity and peace, and for every church ministry and outreach to flourish and bear fruit a hundredfold. They should pray for the elderly, the lonely, the sick, and the youth. They should pray for troubled marriages, broken families, and prodigal sons and daughters. They should pray for governmental leaders, for the forsaking of national sins such as abortion and Sabbath breaking, and for a return of biblical truth and morality in the land. But they should also pray for smaller, personal prayer requests.....'' p70

I am a lover of the Reformed faith — the legacy of the protestant Reformation
expressed broadly in the writings of John Calvin and John Owen and Charles
Spurgeon and Jonathan Edwards, and contemporaries like R. C. Sproul and    J. I. Packer and John Frame.  I speak of love for this legacy the way I speak of loving a cherished photo of my wife. I say, “I love that picture.” You won’t surprise me if you point out, “But that’s not your wife, that’s a picture.” Yes. Yes. I know it’s only a picture. I don’t love the picture instead of her, I love the
picture because of her. She is precious in herself.  The picture is precious not in itself, but because it reveals her. That’s the way theology is precious. God is valuable in himself. The theology is not valuable in itself. It is valuable as a picture. That’s what I mean when I say, “I love reformed theology.” It’s the best composite, Bible-distilled picture of God that I have.                                                 (quoted from Bloodlines, 129-130).

Our modern culture today is a theater of the absurd where irrationalism and
relativism run rampant. We are told that Christianity may be “our truth,” but it
isn’t everybody’s truth. In this message, Dr. Albert Mohler looks at the roots
of today’s irrationalism, exposes its dangers, and explains how we as Christians
should respond to it and inoculate ourselves against it.

Watch it Here