{"id":683,"date":"2015-03-09T01:04:44","date_gmt":"2015-03-09T05:04:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christiansurvey.org\/?p=683"},"modified":"2015-03-09T11:07:38","modified_gmt":"2015-03-09T15:07:38","slug":"what-will-it-take-to-ignite-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christiansurvey.org\/?p=683","title":{"rendered":"What will it take to ignite us?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Over the weekend, I attended Ignite<\/a>, a two-day Christian men’s conference\u00a0in the Vines Center at Liberty University<\/a> in Lynchburg, Virginia.\u00a0 The word “ignite” means “to arouse a passion of; excite” or “to bring about or provoke something; stir up”\u00a0(American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition<\/a>).\u00a0\u00a0It is likely that few, if any, men were actually “ignited”\u00a0by the conference.\u00a0 My guess, and concern, is that we are all complacent, that we returned home unchanged.\u00a0 And if we are not excited or stirred up, if we are not aroused or provoked in some way, then it seems like the conference is more like a social gathering, or entertainment for Christian men.\u00a0 I understand that there were about 9,000 men in attendance.\u00a0 Imagine if these men were truly ignited for the Lord, willing to share their faith in their community, to spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ.\u00a0 Imagine if these men, or some portion of them, could affect others, who could in turn affect others.\u00a0\u00a0My concern is that these men returned home unchanged.\u00a0 We go to church, services, bibles studies, meetings, and conferences, with fellow Christian, but we, at least most of us, are not committed to share our faith with non-believers, which is the great commission.\u00a0 What will it take to ignite us to do this?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Over the weekend, I attended Ignite, a two-day Christian men’s conference\u00a0in the Vines Center at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia.\u00a0 The word “ignite” means “to arouse a passion of; excite” or “to bring about or provoke something; stir up”\u00a0(American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition).\u00a0\u00a0It is likely that few, if any, men were…
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