In less than a month, there will be over 3,000 students, singles, and young married couples making their way to Louisville for the upcoming New Attitude Conference. I attended this conference for the first time last summer, and NA is easily one of the best conferences I’ve ever been to. Between the community, the speakers (CJ Mahaney, Al Mohler, Mark Dever, John Piper, Joshua Harris, and Eric Simmons), the bookstore, and everything this conference has to offer you will leave New Attitude with an increased passion for the local church and for the truths of the Gospel. Over at the Sovereign Grace Blog, CJ Mahaney has written a post on ”New Attitude 2008 and Why You Should Come.” Here’s the promo video for NA:
This year’s conference is focused on rediscovering the doctrine of Scripture. I highly recommend that you register for this conference, especially since registration closes on May 5th. Whether you’re going or not, start praying for the speakers and attendees of the conference; it’s going to be a very fruitful time.
—-As a quick side note, I encourage you to check out the New Attitude blog. They are putting out some really great posts and articles. Two articles that are “must-reads” in my opinion are the two that discuss “The Gospel and Relationships.” There’s one for guys by Jospeh Stigora and one for girls by Erin Sutherland.
I’ll be attending the New Attitude Conference in Louisville for the next couple of days. I’m really looking forward to the sessions that we’ll have throughout the conference; each session is on the topic of discernment. The speakers are Joshua Harris (discernment), CJ Mahaney (discern your heart), Al Mohler (discern your culture), Mark Dever (discern your doctrine), Eric Simmons (discern the graymatters), and John Piper (discern what pleases God: Himself and discern what pleases God: personal obedience). Bob Kauflin and his son, Devon, will be leading worship over the weekend. Here are a couple of blogs that will be liveblogging the conference:
The guys from New Attitude will be coming to Louisville, KY on Memorial Day Weekend (May 26-29) to hold their annual conference. This conference will feature speakers such as Joshua Harris, CJ Mahaney, Eric Simmons, Al Mohler, Mark Dever and John Piper. The theme of this year’s conference is Discernment. The goal is to learn how to look at our relationships with others, our enviroment, our world through the lens of Scripture. “Discernment is more than what we should do or shouldn’t do as Christians. Discernment is examining what we think and do and say in light of God’s Word.”
Well, I finally made it to Atlanta. There are around 24,000 college students that have gathered here for the next few days. I was orginally planning on liveblogging each session of the conference, but once I got to the hotel I found out that wireless internet comes with a price. Being the poor college student that I am, I can’ afford to pay each day to get on the internet. The one thing that I want to emphasize is a need for prayer. Those of you reading this, PRAY! Pray for this conference, for these next few days that we’re gathered here in Atlanta. Many people my age are seeking an experience, some emotional high. While experiences are a part of worship, they will mean nothing unless those experiences are grounded in the truth of the Word of God. Pray for our generation as a whole; may God raise up a generation that seeks His face, a generation that is consumed with the gospel of Jesus Christ. If you are interested in watching each session, you can view them on the Passion 07 Website. Each one will be available for 24 hours. May God glorify His name through these next few days and through our generation!
Right now, I am in Greensboro, NC at the MidSouth Winter Conference that is hosted by Campus Crusade for Christ. So far it has a been a very challenging week; the main session teaching and seminar times have proved to be both encouraging and convicting.
I attended a seminar today that discussed the issue of cross-cultural ministry. As we walked through the do’s and don’ts of cross-cultural ministry, I began to think about what our motivation should be in sharing the gospel with other cultures. In the Church today, I think that there is this idea that in order for someone to truly be a Christian they must live under a democratic government and emulate the American culture. (Before you jump to conclusions, please realize that this post has nothing to do with politics, but rather with evangelism). There’s this common misconception among believers, and the American people in general, that if something is different then it must be wrong. How foolish we are to think this way!
This shows a misunderstanding of what our Savior was all about. Contrary to popular belief, Jesus Christ was not a white, middle-class republican. (Once again, I’m not talking politics here. I’m talking about the advancement of the gospel). A lot of times we give Jesus those characteristics and, as a result, think that in order for someone to be saved they must be just like that. During our seminar time, the Holy Spirit awakened my mind to the fact that the gospel favors no race, language, culture, political policy, etc. So, if this is true, why do we preach the opposite? Yes, a Christian in Africa is in many ways very different from a Christian in the United States, but there’s one thing they do have in common: salvation by grace through faith. When we get to Heaven, all cultures, races, and ethnic groups will worship around the throne of God. So I encourage us as believers, as the Church, to preach the saving work of our Savior, Jesus Christ! Preach the gospel to all nations, not the American way of life. Our salvation is proved not by our citizenship in America, but by our citizenship in Heaven.
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As soon as this conference is done here in Greensboro, I’ll be driving to Atlanta to attend the Passion 07 Conference. I’ll be live-blogging the Passion Conference each day (Jan. 1st-4th), so be sure to check back for updates.
I was listening to one of Passion’s podcasts last week and they were interviewing Francis Chan. Chan, the teaching pastor at Cornerstone Community Church in Simi Valley, CA, is scheduled to be one of the main stage speakers at the upcoming Passion 07 Conference. During the interview, Chan discussed a video that he has put out entitled, “Stop and Think.” It’s a 15-minute, “nooma-ish” gospel presentation that is definitely worth watching. I encourage you to not only watch it, but to also prayerfully consider how God could use this video in the lives of unbelievers around you.
I’ll be attending the Passion Conference in Atlanta coming up in January (1st-4th). Coming up this weekend, the Passion organization is going to be hosting a “Passion 07 Live Link” from 10-11pm EST. This an opportunity for students all over the country and all over the world to lift up in prayer and worship those few days in January. Whether you’re going to the conference or not, I invite you to join in on this. Let’s bathe in prayer not only these few days but our generation as whole. Here’s the link: Live Link.
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