2010 ClearNote Conference - Fear & Love Embrace
Mention the fear of God among Christians these days, and you’re likely to get confused stares, if not hostile ones. It’s been long since the fear of God held any weight in our lives, and even longer since it prompted any evangelical preaching. But from beginning to end, Scripture shows us that our love of God and our fear of Him are inseparably joined, and that we cannot love God unless we fear Him. Join us as we discover this essential part of the Christian life, and learn to say with the Psalmist, “With you there is forgiveness, that you may be feared.”
Please join us in reserving Friday, July 9, and Saturday, July 10, for the second annual ClearNote Fellowship Conference. We’ll have sessions dealing with specific issues that confront the church today, and give an update on the many new activities of ClearNote Fellowship. Pastors Tim Bayly, Stephen Baker, and David Curell along with worship leader Jody Killingsworth will be speaking at the conference sessions. The Good Shepherd Band will lead worship during each session.
Conference Sessions
1. Fear and Love Embrace on the Cross
There is no greater example of how fear and love meet than the cross of Jesus Christ. This session will discuss the penal substitutionary atonement, and how God satisfied both wrath and love by pouring out punishment on His own Son, for the sake of us who are His children.
2. Fear and Love Embrace in the Godly
Fear of God does not end once a man comes to faith; it is refined as he is made more holy. In this second session, we will look at sanctification and the role that fear plays in it. Far from taking away our fear of God, the cross establishes it, and causes us to obey out of loving fear for our Lord.
3. Fear and Love Embrace in the Home
This session will apply the first two sessions and show how fear and love relate to the practical aspects of our homes. In a Christian home, the children learn to fear and love God as they learn to fear and love their father. A child that has no fear for his father cannot love him as he should, nor can he love God as he must.
4. Fear and Love Embrace in Worship
How often have you heard the fear of the Lord in public worship? This session will show how true worship must always have a place for extolling not just God’s love, but also His holiness. If we want to honor God in our worship, we must resolve to praise Him for what He truly is, and to proclaim both fear and love as proper responses to the gospel.
Schedule
Friday Evening – July 9
6:30 - 7:00 Registration
7:00 - 7:45 Welcome, Update on ClearNote Fellowship
7:45 - 8:45 Session 1
Saturday – July 10
9:00 – 9:30 Continental Breakfast
9:30 – 10:30 Session 2
10:30 – 11:00 Break
11:00 – 12:00 Session 3
12:00 – 1:30 Lunch
1:30 – 2:30 Session 4
Sunday – July 11
Please join us at Church of the Good Shepherd for Sunday worship.
8:30 - 9:50 First Service
10:00 - 10:45 Sunday School
11:00 - 12:20 Second Service
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