Tuesday, March 31, 2009

STICKY


I was with some of our staff today at the one day STICKY CHURCH CONFERENCE in St. John, Indiana. Following are some excerpts from that conference ...

DAVE FERGUSON:
"There is a problem when more information leads to less action."

BIG IDEA CONCEPT: Think about all the ideas you get on any given week from the church ... an idea or theme from the choruses you sing (or several) - special music theme - announcements - message idea (or maybe three or four ideas from the same message) - Sunday School idea - small group idea -- etc. All those ideas have a cancelling effect on each other and nothing ends up sticking.
'More information = less clarity. Most believers are educated three years beyond their obedience.'

Dave Ferguson asked the crowd what John McCain's BIG IDEA had been in the '08 election. There was a smattering of various answers to that question. But when he asked what Barak Obama's BIG IDEA had been, it was almost as if we had all been tipped off in advance, because we ALL said together, "CHANGE!" It was all about CLARITY. Remind me who won that election again?!

Matthew 5 has Jesus' BIG IDEA. It was - quite simply - "FOLLOW ME."

SCOTT CHAPMAN: "Practical Atheism is -- believing God exists while simultaneously behaving as if He does not."

Great stuff.

And be blessed.

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