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#OXYGEN14 DAY TWO HIGHLIGHTS

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Today has been such a long and epic day! My heart is full. So much food for the soul that I almost broke twitter trying to share it all! Bed is wooing me to slumber, so here are some brief highlights of day two. [Actually, bed won the wooing competition, this post is now being finished on Wednesday morning!]

Bryan Chapell kicked off the morning with “I AM THE SON OF GOD” which was on John 10:30 where Jesus says he and the Father are one. Here are my two favourite tweets:

 

My elective stream today was presented by Paul Tripp. It feels like he spent 3 hours slapping me in the face and cutting me to the heart. Much needed! There are too many tweets to share here, but here’s a selection of the many…

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CHECK OUT THE #OXYGEN14 BLOGROLL

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This week I’ve been tweeting like crazy at the Oxygen Conference. There are a whole bunch of people here with a press pass that are sharing content via social media and different websites. Below are the websites that I know of, let me know of any others.

You can also follow along with the twitter feed:
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#OXYGEN14 DAY ONE HIGHLIGHTS

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Oxygen Conference began today with Professor John Lennox introducing the series on the “I AM” Statements in John’s Gospel: I appreciated hearing that Christians are people whose faith is built on solid evidence.

This afternoon I went to the first elective stream session on Preaching with Dr Bryan Chapell: his call to read and preach all of scripture through a redemptive lens was clear and inspiring.

In tonight’s session, D.A. Carson spoke on John 6 “I AM the Bread of Life”: a beautiful call to feed upon Jesus by believing that He gave his life on our behalf.

Photoblog

The official photographs are being captured by by the very talented Josh Mikhaiel. See below for 8 of his shots summarising the day:
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PHIL WICKHAM // THIS IS AMAZING GRACE

One of the great features of attending a large conference like Oxygen is the joy of singing with throngs of other Christians. The opening song in today’s first session was ‘No Other Name’ by Trev Hodge, it was loud, clear and Christ-centred. One of those goose bump moments. Great stuff.

I love to feature newish music on this blog. Phil Wickham’s ‘This is Amazing Grace’ was introduced in the same session. Great tune, solid lyrics. To be honest, I think the arrangement today was even better than the official video above! Here’s the chorus:

This is amazing grace
This is unfailing love
That You would take my place
That You would bear my cross
You lay down Your life
That I would be set free
Oh, Jesus, I sing for
All that You’ve done for me

I’m blogging this week at Oxygen. With a flurry of quotes coming out on twitter too.

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WHAT’S YOUR WORLDVIEW? // ONE OF THE BEST FREE EVANGELISM TOOLS AVAILABLE

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Over the weekend I had the privilege to be involved with the ‘Rethink Jesus’ mission run by Christian Fellowship at CSU Wagga. As well as giving talks from Luke’s gospel, I was able to be part of a stall that the group ran on Sunday afternoon during a university-wide carnival.

A key feature of the Christian Fellowship stall was a massive “What’s your worldview” laminated A1 poster. It was a brilliant tool! Many students stopped to consider what it is that they believe. With each of them there was the opportunity to listen to their  worldview and hear how they think and arrive at conclusions. It was also a really solid time of commending the Christian Theistic worldview and to further consider Jesus.

See below for the Worldview Chart and Worldview Summary.

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MATT CHANDLER ON THE GOSPEL, CELEBRITY PASTORS AND THE UPCOMING #A29AUS CONFERENCE

This is a great video of Guy Mason (City on a Hill) interviewing Matt Chandler (The Village + Acts 29). They cover the following topics: how the good news of Jesus has changed Chandler’s life; how to avoid chasing after celebrity status as a pastor; and the upcoming Acts 29 National Conference in Melbourne, Australia.

I’m looking forward to Leading on the Frontlines. Check out the website for more details and online rego. You can see more Acts 29 related posts on this blog.

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WHAT’S THE DEAL WITH THE ARABIC LETTER IN FACEBOOK PROFILE PICS?

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Have you noticed the picture above? Lots of my friends on facebook have been using this as their profile picture during the last 24 hours. It’s an Arabic letter for ‘N’ short for Nasrani which is Arabic for Christian (followers of Jesus from Nazareth).

Apparently ISIS (Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham) have been painting it on the houses of Christians in the city of Mosul in Iraq. Basically these Christians are being asked to either a) convert to Islam, b) pay a ridiculously high tax or c) be killed. Pretty crazy stuff. Thankfully many Christians have come up with a fourth option and d) fled.

My Christian friends are using it as their picture as a mark of solidarity with our Iraqi brothers and sisters. It’s only small, but it’s one way of expressing a desire to be bound with them.

You can read more about the events:

Keen to do more than change your profile picture? Barnabas Fund is currently raising money to support Iraqi Christians.

And pray. Here is an Urgent Prayer Alert for Iraq from Open Doors Australia.

I’ve written often about persecution on this blog. Christians believe that Jesus is someone worth losing everything for. If you’ve never taken time to consider Jesus, a good place to start would be considering who He is, why He came and what it means to follow Him.
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