Up Up and Away...well sort of!

Hi everyone, not sure how much I will be able to post in the next few weeks but the motel has wifi access and so here goes....I have officially been up for 26 hours since rising at 330 am Virginia time and am about to crash and recoup....Our plane from Minneapolis to Anchorage had some mechanical difficulties resulting in a 2 hour delay but the rest of our team was kind enough to wait. I am enjoying meeting each of them and they are a great group of folks from a variety of backgrounds...
 Tomorrow, we have orientation at the Talkeetna Ranger Station and then Crevasse Practice in the afternoon...Shortly thereafter, we will be leaving in the glacier plane to make our way to the mountain ( see pic below)....If you notice there is a link at the top of this web site that should allow you to see where I am on the mountain....I hope you are all doing well. Thank you for your prayers...

to God be the glory, pearce

Eternity, the Gospel, and the Mountains...

Recently, I was blessed by the thoughts of another Christian who through his own blow laid out a great progression of thought on eternity and our need for a proper understanding of the gospel.  Given my upcoming aspirations on Denali, I thought I would convey some of his thoughts here.   They have been modified from his original posting and thus, a link to his site will be included below as well.  Thanks to RCG Ministries for this awesome perspective that should encourage us to rightly think of eternity and cling to the hope of the Gospel of Christ.  Read below-
        In this age of technology we are constantly being exposed to discoveries that test and stretch our imaginations. It’s hard to keep up with information that advancing technology is steadily giving us. As technology has become more sophisticated, we are continually rediscovering how vast our universe is and given numbers that seem limitless. My imagination was really tested lately when it was estimated that each one has enough DNA in our bodies, stretched out end to end, the total would go back and forth to the moon many times over. As incomprehensible as all these new discoveries may seem, I don’t think anything else challenges our imagination as much as the concept of eternity. It’s something most do not think about a lot other than at funerals, or when we see the victims of a mass tragedy and are reminded of our mortality and the brevity and finality of life and death.

T4G Conference- The Unadjusted Gospel...

   A short time ago, I was blessed with the opportunity to be with about 8000 other super cool dudes who attended the Together for the Gospel Conference.  Here, in the great town of Louisville, KY, we crammed into a convention center where the bathroom lines were longer for the men than the women, the coffee was as warm and welcome to the soul as the encouragement of the strong male voices lifting praises to God in between the awesome teaching times.
   Primarily, this was a group of pastors and elders gathering on a bi-annual basis to hear the teaching of some super pastors and theologians.  It was a very encouraging time.  Denominations and eschatological differences were put away for the common unity of the gospel!!  No, this was not some ecumenical gathering of compromisers...This was a fervent arduous group of men who desired nothing more than to see the truth of the gospel lifted up in a righteous fashion to the glory of God...
Along the course of the week, I had the opportunity to hear John MacArthur, John Piper, Al Mohler, RC Sproul, Ligon Duncan, Mark Dever, CJ Mahaney, Joshua Harris, Thabiti Anyabwile....just to name a few. It was  both enriching and admonishing.  In addition to this group was a great collection of men from my own roots.  From New Hampshire came some fine old friends from my home church in New England,... who continue to boldly proclaim and live out the gospel in a dark place...and from my new home in Harrisonburg, came my mighty fine new brothers in Christ,...from the Aletheia Network of churches who among other audiences, purpose themselves to meet, love, and see saved,  the lost people of the college crowds.  It was so great to be surrounded by so fine a group of men passionate for the awesome things God was going to be doing through them...Check out the link below:

T4G Conference- Louisville, KY