Skip to main content

Perry Noble's notes from Whiteboard Sessions are good.....

WiBo Notes

I didn't have wifi during the conference…so here is the "Big Idea(s)" that I took away from each speaker.

Mark Batterson 

  • God is HUGE and our dreams are too small.
  • One of our problems is that we stop dreaming and start imitating the people around us.
  • We need dreams that are WAY beyond our ability to accomplish without God's help.

Vince Antonucci

  • There are people who have never heard that God loves them.  He asked, "How is it possible that I lived in America and no one ever told me that God loves me?"  DANG!
  • Eight million LESS people are going to church today than 20 years ago…we have a problem.
  • The most messed up people in the world wanted to hang out with Jesus–do the most messed up people want to hang out with you?  (DANG AGAIN!)

Tim Stevens

  • Most churches are not impacting their community; in fact, they are getting in the way.
  • Many people are unaware and uninspired when it comes to church.
  • Spiritual interest is growing in our culture–they just aren't taking the questions to church.  We are answering questions that they aren't asking.
  • People ARE on a spiritual journey…they are just taking it without Jesus.

Darrin Patrick

  • We don't "fall" into sin but rather exchange our object of worship.
  • You WILL worship & serve…you were created to be captivated by something bigger than yourself.
  • Most of the time we are clueless about our idols!
  • When we say, "When I get BLANK–whatever that BLANK is is our idol."
  • I am completely sinful YET I am fully accepted!
  • I am a bigger sinner than I thought but He is a bigger Savior than I thought!

John Burke

  • If we stay connected (John 15:5) fruit happens!
  • We need to constantly ask ourselves the questions, "Is Jesus enough?"
  • A sailboat has to rely on the power of the wind and constantly be willing to adjust its sails and rudder to harness the power the wind provides–we need to be willing to do the same with the Holy Spirit.

I didn't get to hear Mark Dever (except for a few minutes…and he was incredible!)  AND…I had to leave after I spoke…so I missed Ed Stetzer…but heard he KNOCKED it out of the park!  (Of course!)

Overall…I thought this conference was OUTSTANDING!  Seriously, Ben did an incredible job…Jay ran around like a chicken with his head cut off to make things happen…and there were several people behind the scenes that made it all come together.

Every speaker was incredible…and God used each one of them to seriously challenge me…and encourage me as well!

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Francis Chan's "Forgotten God" (brand new book)

One of the most powerful preachers, writers and leaders of our time, in my opinion, is Francis Chan.  His first book, Crazy Love , revolutionized my thoughts about God's love as well as my interacting with God.  Now it is time for a brand new book from Chan being released tomorrow, September 1st.  The book is Forgotten God .   This is a phenomenal book about the power that Christians and the church can and must tap into.  All of it is within the Holy Spirit.  Francis talks about the power that was seen in the book of Acts when the Holy Spirit began to move among people.  It is true that many have avoided or maybe forgotten what the Holy Spirit is all about.   And like the Savior who poured out His life and blood so we have reason to rejoice, we were made to lay down our lives and give until it hurts.  We are most alive when we are loving and actively giving of ourselves because we were made to do these things.  It is when we live like this that the Spirit of God moves and ac...
Post a Comment
Read more

inspiration from C.S. Lewis

There are many people, past and present, who get our attention by what they write or say or share.  For me C.S. Lewis is one of those.  He was a prolific writer who continues to grab the attention of thinkers from many different points of view. Lewis first grabbed my attention when I was in 5 th grader, and our teacher, Mrs. Foy, shared The Chronicles of Narnia with our class.  It was a powerful time that this dreamer opened doors to thinking like I had never lived before.  He wrote of faith, of far off places and of strong figures who found their character rooted deep in God. C.S. Lewis was born in 1898 and died in 1963, 7 years before I was born.  It wasn’t until his 30’s that under the influence of his friend Tolkien that he came to be a Christian.  He was raised in a traditional church going home, turned away from God as an Atheist in his teen years and through trying to stay away from God and faith returned to God with...
Post a Comment
Read more

Catalyst ticket arrived

My ticket to the Catalyst Conference, in Atlanta Oct 8-10, just arrived. I'm excited!
10 comments
Read more