The Overflow

Apr 20 2013

Leadership

Francis Chan: Are you ‘protecting’ your church from a movement of God?

Clip from the 2013 Tulsa Workshop. Order the full version here.

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Mar 27 2013

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Conferences & Workshops, Leadership, Personal Growth

2013 Tulsa Workshop was the Best Yet! (But Where were the Young People?)

I knew this year’s Tulsa Workshop was going to be a good one, but what transpired exceeded even my high expectations.

First, the anticipation for this year’s workshop was very high. Since the announcement of the speaker lineup last year, there was a buzz about 2013.

Second (and due to the buzz), the attendance was better this year than it has been in a long time. People literally traveled from all over to be there – in many cases decent-sized church groups traveled together.

Before Thursday evening’s keynote, the crowd was already filling the Fairgrounds’s 10,000 seat pavilion to near-capacity.

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Mar 27 2013

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Baptism, Theology

David Platt: ‘What is a Biblical Response to the Gospel?’ Answer: Calvinism?

Well known Reformed Southern Baptist pastor David Platt caused a stir last year by criticizing the sinner’s prayer – the traditional prayer most Baptists (and several other groups) teach new believers to pray to “accept Christ.”

At that time David passionately pointed out that the practice is not in the Bible, that our role is not to “accept” Christ, and that Christians should not practice something that is not in the Bible.

Recently, David sat down to answer some follow up questions about his statement last year. In this short video, David answers the question, “If there is not a specific prayer to pray, how then should we respond to the gospel?” Here’s his answer: Continue reading →

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The Overflow

"For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks." -Jesus

Francis Chan: Are you ‘protecting’ your church from a movement of God?

2013 Tulsa Workshop was the Best Yet! (But Where were the Young People?)

David Platt: ‘What is a Biblical Response to the Gospel?’ Answer: Calvinism?