Breakout Seminar, "Better Witness" by Reid Jilek on December 29th, 2014 at the Campus Outreach Milwaukee New Year's Conference
Are you reaching the lost? Do you know how? Are you scared to share you faith? If any these pertain to you, then this is the seminar for you. Come hear how to share about Christ and how to fight your fears in evangelism.
Breakout Seminar, "Hard Knocks and Soft Hearts" by Eric Lonergan on December 29th, 2014 at the Campus Outreach Milwaukee New Year's Conference
Whether it’s death, divorce, conflict, abuse, or the absence of a parent, brokenness comes in many forms in the context of our families. How do you respond to brokenness in your family? It’s either hardening you toward God and others or softening you. Come and hear a better way of dealing with life’s hard knocks.
Breakout Seminar, "Intimacy with God" by Nate Frantz on December 29th, 2014 at the Campus Outreach Milwaukee New Year's Conference
Do you struggle having intimacy with God? Do you want to grow deeper in your relationship with Him? This seminar will help you have a deep and real relationship with God, the kind of relationship for which Jesus died.
Breakout Seminar, "Walking by Faith" by Connor Dimick on December 29th, 2014 at the Campus Outreach Milwaukee New Year's Conference
What does it really mean to walk by faith? When trials, temptations, lies, etc., come your way, where do you turn? This seminar will dive into what it looks like to practically claim promises of God on a day-to-day basis.
Breakout Seminar, "Tell Me More" by Devin Smith on December 29th, 2014 at the Campus Outreach Milwaukee New Year's Conference
Calling all doubters and skeptics! This seminar is aimed towards helping those unconvinced of Christianity as we look at topics such as: 'How could a good God allow suffering?' and 'Why should I trust the Bible?' The case for the Christian worldview may be better than you think, and Jesus better than you expect.
Breakout Seminar, "Scripture Memory" by Jeff Beckett on December 29th, 2014 at the Campus Outreach Milwaukee New Year's Conference
Do you ever struggle with keeping good biblical perspective or find yourself asking “why did I just do that?" Do you want to keep perspective on who you are in Christ and grow in holiness? This seminar could radically change your walk with Christ and offer tons of practical help in memorizing and dwelling on God’s word.
Breakout Seminar, "My Studies or My Savior: Must I Choose?" by Mike Polley on December 29th, 2014 at the Campus Outreach Milwaukee New Year's Conference
There are more things to do than there is time for, and college is an investment. Managing life's responsibilities is often hard and only gets tougher after college. How do I steward my gifts and my grades in light of the Gospel.
John O Evening rally on December 29th, 2014 at the Campus Outreach Milwaukee New Years Conference
““And when you pray, do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do, for they think that they will be heard for their many words. Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him. Pray then like this: “Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.” (Matthew 6:7–13 ESV)
Who you really are is who you are when nobody is watching.
Isn't it ironic how the very structure that Jesus gave us to pray to him has turned into a meaningless chant that so many can recite without knowing what it really means! The best way to hide something of spiritual value is to hide it in a spiritual cloak
"Pray then like this: ‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name.’” (Matthew 6:9 ESV)
Don’t embrace a routine in a prayer but rather embrace a relationship. Prayer begins with embracing a relationship. (Matt. 6:9).
Christianity is a corporate religion. Individual Christianity does not exist.
Regardless of what your background was, God wants to use it to glorify Him by reminding you that everything we have pales in comparison to who He is.
“Our God is in the heavens; he does all that he pleases.” (Psalms 115:3 ESV)
Here is the mark of the Christian, as Christians we pray for God's presence before we pray for his provision
In heaven, God’s will is done instantaneously and joyfully.
God wants to use you regardless of where you are to be a gospel light in the midst of darkness.
“What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions are at war within you? You desire and do not have, so you murder. You covet and cannot obtain, so you fight and quarrel. You do not have, because you do not ask. You ask and do not receive, because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions. You adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. Or do you suppose it is to no purpose that the Scripture says, “He yearns jealously over the spirit that he has made to dwell in us”? But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.” Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. Be wretched and mourn and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom. Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you.” (James 4:1–10 ESV)
Personal Reflection Questions:
How is your prayer life?
What does it mean to pray for God's presence vs God’s provision?
If God were a Genie and his aim was to give you anything you wanted, would your prayer life be better or worse than it is right now?
Breakout Seminar, "To Go or Not to Go? That is the Question." by Tim Devane on December 29th, 2014 at the Campus Outreach Milwaukee New Year's Conference
College dorms are a melting pot of the many different cultures and backgrounds found on the campus. It doesn’t matter whether a student is international or local, high-income or low-income, athlete, greek, theater, etc., the odds are that he/she will spend at least some of their college career living in dormitories. Come and learn how we can (and why we should) leverage the dorm culture as a highly strategic context in carrying out the Great Commission.
Women's Breakout, by Ann Nelson on December 29th, 2014 at the Campus Outreach Milwaukee New Year's Conference
John O Morning rally on December 29th, 2014 at the Campus Outreach Milwaukee New Years Conference
““Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’ And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.’” (Matthew 7:21–23 ESV)
There are those who will spend an eternity in heaven or those who will spend an eternity in hell.
There are 4 types of people at this conference:
Those that are saved (and they know it)
Those that are not saved (and they know it)
Those that are not saved (but they don't know it)
Those that are saved (and we don't know it / we struggle with doubt)
Everyone who is a Christian still sins.”
“I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God that you may know that you have eternal life.” (1 John 5:13 ESV)
“This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin. If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world.” (1 John 1:5–2:2 ESV)
Christianity isn't primarily about the presence of sin in our lives, but our posture towards the sin in our lives.
Perfection in this life is a horrible goal because you will never be perfect in this life. Christianity is not about perfection, but direction.
“Its better that your sin should shame you now then to damn you for eternity.” -Charles Spurgeon
Practical application:
Confess
Pray through the Psalms
Challenge others in their pursuit of holiness.
Personal Reflection Questions:
Where will you spend eternity?
Are you pursuing sin and getting tripped up by Jesus or are you pursuing Jesus and getting tripped up by sin?
John O Evening rally on December 28th, 2014 at the Campus Outreach Milwaukee New Years Conference
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“Therefore, as soon as all the peoples heard the sound of the horn, pipe, lyre, trigon, harp, bagpipe, and every kind of music, all the peoples, nations, and languages fell down and worshiped the golden image that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up.” (Daniel 3:7 ESV)
The bible is a real book about real people and real problems that need a real solution from a real God.
The reality of your faith is not measured in times of peace but rather your faith is tested when times get hard.
“Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered and said to the king, “O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter. If this be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of your hand, O king. But if not, be it known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods or worship the golden image that you have set up.”” (Daniel 3:16–18 ESV)
Faith is confidence in God's ability to deliver.
We serve a God that has actually done the impossible so that when we are faced with the impossible we don’t doubt the power of God to accomplish the impossible.
We serve a God that aims to deliver us out of bondage for those who are faithful to him.
Doubt only grows in isolation but transparency grows in the context of community.
If God is God, and I am not, then that means that He can do whatever He wants and I need to be cool with it because God is not a genie and will not do whatever I want Him to do.
Hard times will come and they will usually come when you least expect them.
“And he said, “Abba, Father, all things are possible for you. Remove this cup from me. Yet not what I will, but what you will.”” (Mark 14:36 ESV)
Personal Reflection Questions:
Where in your life are you doubting God to deliver you from the impossible
There are many things in this world that we think are owed to us. What good things do you make an idol of and expect God to grant you? What if God chooses to not give these things to you?
Matt Reagan Morning rally on January 1st, 2014 at the Campus Outreach Milwaukee New Years Conference
Breakout Seminar, "Altogether Different" by Eric Lonergan on December 31st, 2013 at the Campus Outreach Milwaukee New Year's Conference
Breakout Seminar, "Greeks Encountering Christ Will Never Be the Same" by Kenny Hayes on December 31st, 2013 at the Campus Outreach Milwaukee New Year's Conference
Breakout Seminar, "Same Ole, Same Ole" by Quentin Girten on December 31st, 2013 at the Campus Outreach Milwaukee New Year's Conference
Breakout Seminar, "If I Perish, I Perish" by Tim Devane and Devin Smith on December 31st, 2013 at the Campus Outreach Milwaukee New Year's Conference
Brett Barnes Evening rally on December 31st, 2013 at the Campus Outreach Milwaukee New Years Conference
Brett Barnes begins this talk with the question, “What do we do with the Gospel?” In light of all that we have learned, what is the proper application to our lives? The reality is that someday all of us will die, and our lives here on earth will end. Each of our lives will be summed up in one single dash between the day we were born and the day we died. Brett challenges us by asking what will we do with our dash - with our brief life span of time here on earth? Is there any way to use this seemingly insignificant span of time in a significant way?
The good news is that the answer is yes. To explain how that is true, Brett directs us to John 12:24 where Jesus is speaking to the disciples: “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone. But if it dies, it bears much fruit.” In order for our lives to have significance, if we want there to be spiritual fruit in our lives - we must die.
But what kind of death is Jesus talking about? To answer this we turn to Colossians 3: “Put to death therefore what is earthly in you,” and Jesus’ words in Luke 9:23-24: “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it.” To die means to prefer Christ and living as he did - a life of service and sacrifice - over your own life.
2 Timothy 2:2 says, “and what you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses entrust to faithful men who will be able to teach other also.” Paul the apostle writes this to demonstrate the method of multiplication. If we die to ourselves and choose to invest in faithful men, the process will continue, and the fruit will multiply. The cost is great, but the reward is glorious. If you die, you will bear much fruit.
Bryan Loritts Evening rally on December 29th, 2013 at the Campus Outreach Milwaukee New Years Conference
For his third and final talk, Bryan Loritts explores the question: What does it look like to live a life that passionately pursues Christ? When you become a Christian by believing the Gospel, it almost seems easy at first - because you finally understand that you did nothing to save yourself. But according to Jesus’ life and teaching, we know that the Christian life will not be problem-free. Instead, living the Christian life is one marked by grace-fueled effort and discipline with the goal to finish well. What matters most to God is not how well or poor we start, but how we finish.
The passage Bryan teaches from is 1 Corinthians 9:24-27, which says:
Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? So run that you may obtain it. Every athlete exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable. So I do not run aimlessly; I do not box as one beating the air. But I discipline my body and keep it under control, lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified.
Bryan goes on to unpack a few key words in this passage to make the point that while salvation is free because of Christ, it is certainly not cheap. Jesus gave his all so that we, out of gratitude, might give our all to him. If we choose to follow Christ, God promises us that we will face trials and even suffer in this life. But we have a choice to either complain and give up when times are tough, or to stand firm in our faith and trust God in ways that we never have before. If we are convinced of these truths, God will grant us the grace to finish well.
Breakout Seminar, "Discipleship That Produces Lasting Change" by Mike Polley on December 29th, 2013 at the Campus Outreach Milwaukee New Year's Conference
