Through the convergence of spiritual disciplines, gifts, and experiences, Jesus demonstrates how we and our local churches can hear from the Father, carry out our ministry, and lead people into revival. Although always God, Jesus deliberately chose to limit His divine attributes and power to show us not only who God is, but also what the normal Christian life should look like. This will be a time to receive tools and be equipped to bring these insights into your local church and communities.

We commonly make unexamined claims about love involving our beliefs about love’s origin, its nature as “unconditional,” its relationship to action, to our emotions and feelings, to truth, and to certain Greek and Hebrew words supposedly offering precise definitional guidance. Many features of these claims end up being inconsistent with each other, and (more importantly) at odds with much Scriptural teaching. Come to learn of 5 key revisions likely needed in our teaching and preaching about the central calling of the Christian life, and of Wesley’s vision for the recovery of the original gospel.

In light of an increasingly secularizing, post-Christian culture, many churches have pursued a strategy of relevance over the last few decades. Yet, this approach has yielded limited results for the gospel. However, both the scriptures and the church’s history present an alternative approach, one that speaks of God’s ability to revive his people and awaken them to the power available in Him.

Could we be on the cusp of such a cycle of renewal, where the empty promises of secularism are proving insufficient, prompting many to seek something more? How might we align ourselves with God’s work in our time?

The newest Epic study is here! The hero? Judge and prophetess, Deborah, and her courageous commander, Barak.

In this pre-conference gathering, Sandy Richter will run us through the core of her new curriculum, asking the questions: “What is the territory that you can see from where you’re standing that you know belongs to the Kingdom of God, but is not yet in the hands of the people of God? Is it worth fighting for? And what are we going to do about it? Sandy will walk us through the real time and space of the era of Israel’s settlement, the structure of the book of Judges, and the profile of our heroine.

Be encouraged and strengthened by this story of courage and conquest that stands as a critical turning point for God’s people then and can serve as a critical turning point for God’s people now. The cast of characters is full of unlikely leaders. The crisis is insurmountable. The odds are impossible. And, yet, God shows up! This is a moment when the very real past of the people of God collides with the very needy present of the people of God, and forces us to ask ourselves the same question Yahweh asked of the Israelites: Is this territory worth fighting for? Or is it easier to just give up … and assimilate?”

Note: Session members will receive a free copy of Sandy’s new curriculum.