In this RET session, Paul Poteat encourages us to make the most out of our time and our resources in order to avoid spiritual amnesia. STP is not a mountaintop that you climb and then coast down for the rest of the year until next summer. Instead it is a continual fight to battle our compulsion to forget the impact of the gospel on our lives.
What About Prayer?
Sharing with Family and Friends
Eric Lonergan explores the dangers of being indifferent or overly passionate in sharing with others after STP. He reminds us that God loves us despite us, not because of us. He encourages us to share with love and with words, letting the gospel bleed out from us and define who we are.
A Good Life at No Cost - Work/Rest
In his first life training talk, Matt Messerly explains Christian rest and how the gospel can make work restful through three main points: 1. Work before the Fall. 2. Work after the Fall. 3. Work after the Cross.
How Do I Go Deeper?
How Does the Bible Change the Way I Live?
A Good Life at No Cost - Will of God
What is God’s will? To live for Him. Charlie Brooks shares on how to know the will of God and questions our desire to know the future. Do we really desire God glorified, or is it the sin of anxiety and pride?
Obstacles to Evangelism - Unbelief
Elliot Stokes helps us to fight through the obstacles of self-dependence and insecurity, results of unbelief. He encourages us to set our sight on the power of the cross and not in our self.
Why Do We Need to Study the Bible?
What if I Don't Want to Study the Bible?
How Does the Bible Affect Me?
Bearing Your People's Burdens
Jack Thompson defines burdens as our standing before God. This roots out the possibility of comparing ourself to others, but instead leads to acts of encouragement that points to Christ.
How (Not) to Fall Away from CO
In the first Return Training talk (RET), Ken Currie, the director of COM, shared on practicals of staying in Christian Community by giving main reasons why people leave. He explains how our culture tends to value individualistic tendencies, but he defends the value of community from a biblical perspective.
Then he encourage us to commit to three P’s: A Purpose, A Person, A Process.
A Good Life at All Costs - Church
“Our culture does not get excited about the idea of church… many evangelical Christians fall into that category, they’re not flocking to the churches as much…..” Charlie Brooks takes our fear of submission and shares on the benefits of becoming committed to the church.
Obstacles to Evangelism - Fear
Elliot Stokes delves into our fear of evangelism, rooting the biggest source in our hearts. Our pride and desire for the approval of others needs to be crushed and given back to God.
A Good Life at No Costs - Generosity
Jon Saunders probes our dependence on money and encourages us to die to flesh by instead placing our confidence in Christ.
Evangelism
Elliot Stokes presents evangelism, not just for the pros and weirdos, but also for normal regular Christians. Evangelism isn’t just limited to the pulpit, but will look differently according to the gifts of each individual.
What is the Bible?
Brown Like Campus Outreach
Steve Shadrach, author of Brown Like Coffee and Fuel and the Flame, came in as a guest speaker and gave a outside perspective of Campus Outreach. Shadrach encouraged the leaders to calling of a vision, not a label.
The Cost of the World
Andrew Knight came down with the CCP team and shared on the significance of missions as a calling and as a lifestyle for Christians. How do we become global Christians? How can we go out and love others in the world. “If not you, who? If not now, when?”