Whiteboard Takeaways Part 2
May 27th, 2008 Posted in Church, Culture, LeadershipDarrin Patrick, pastor of Journey Church in St. Louis, Missouri was the 4th speaker of the day. Darrin is somewhat soft-spoken and “professor-like” in his teaching but you can’t mistake the intensity of his content.
He read from Romans 1:18 and his big idea was “man is ruled by what he worships”. He did a brief Old Testament survey regarding mankind’s rebellion against God’s statutes.
An Idol is anything other than God that I put in place of God. Our emotional security or personal significance is either from God or something else. “Idolatry is the sin between the sin!”
Power, comfort, approval, and control are the 4 basic motivations that lead to Idols.
We must admit that we are completely sinful, REPENT and embrace that we are fully accepted by a Holy God. We must identify our idols and fully turn away from our idols and walk with God.
The fifth speaker of the day was Pastor Dr. Mark Dever of Capitol Hill Baptist Church in Washington D.C. His Big Idea is “Something Far more important is going on that what we see on the surface.” “God has put Himself on display through the local Church.”
Ephesians 3 — God speaks — God’s Word builds His Church.
“Church is not an event to be produced, but a community to be cultivated.” WOW!
The sixth speaker was John Burke, pastor of Gateway Community Church in Austin, TX. His Big Idea was in the form of a question from God, “Am I Enough?” Burke admitted that he had an addiction to self.
His main text was John 15:1-5 We are to stay connected to the vine! Apart from God we can do nothing!
John Burke shared extensively regarding the “60-60″ experiment he led his church through to lead them to a “moment by moment surrender to God.” Check it out for more info at their website.
The seventh speaker was one of my personal favorites, Perry Nobel, Senior Pastor of NewSpring Church in Anderson, S.C. He taught out of Mark 3:13-19. His Big Idea is “He called to Him those He wanted.”
1. We are called. “He chose Me.” I would be stupid to volunteer for this!
2. We must understand our priorities. v14
- We are called to be with Him.
- We are called to preach.
- We are called to have authority.
3. We must understand the temptation.
He appointed twelve. Judas didn’t finish because he fell into temptation.
The final speaker of the day was Dr. Ed Stetzer. Ed is the Lifeway Resources missiologist and Research specialist. His Big Idea centered around “going through doubt to Faith”. He spoke from the passage in John 14 and specifically on Thomas who doubted.
God can handle our questions and even in the midst of our questions God promises peace that surpasses all understanding. Ed reminded us that it is not about our happiness!
We must press through from Doubt to Faith!
