7. On CA supreme court decision to allow same-sex marriage.
8. On planned parenthood.
9. In recognition of centennial of royal ambassadors (R. A.)
These will probably all be passed no problem. After I get home I am going to try and process all I have seen and heard and will probably post some thoughts and reactions. Overall great convention in my home state.
( I have to apologize for bad grammar and misspelling I am typing all of this on my pda and am sending it with little or no editing.)
1. Was on appreciation. This is the standard resolution on appreciation to Indy and all that helped.
2. On celebrating the growing ethnic diversity of the SBC. This is a step the right direction. Anything we can do to increase diversity in our churches is a good thing.
3. In celebrating of Israel's 60th anniversary.
4. On affirming the use of the term Christmas in public life.
5. On political engagement. This one is long and encompasses a lot, too much to get into right now.
6. On regenerate church membership and church member restoration. This one took awhile. It was amended twice. Both times to include stronger language. One of the times to include a section on corporate repentance. I would have voted for it in its original form, but I have a problem with corporate repentance that comes from a resolution and not the peoples hearts by a movement of God. I voted against it only because of the last amendment. But it didn't matter. Of course resolutions like this don't really mean much unless the pastor or church wants to do something about it, so probably not much will happen.
Not surprising Johnny Hunt was elected president and Bill Henard was elected as first vice-pres. The thing that surprised me was that there wasn't a run-off. I couldn't believe that Dr. Hunt pulled over fifty percent with all the guys running.
The highlight of the evening was getting to go to a screening of Fireproof. It is a movie from the makers of Facing the Giants. They had a free screening tonight. The movie was AWESOME. I was impressed with the story, the acting, and the quality of the film. I am excited that something that is a piece of art that is christian in nature is not cheesy or not a rip off of something that is secular. It is completely original and will be a great help in reaching people for Christ and help built stronger marriages. Go and see it when it comes out in Sept.
Well tomorrow is the last day. I don't think anything exciting will happen, which is good and bad, but if it does I will let you know.
now we vote!
No surprise here, we will probably have a run-off this could take awhile.
In the afternoon session coach Tony Dungy made a guest appearance. I am a huge Colts fan so this was real treat. He only spoke for about ten minutes with an inspirational message to keep doing God's work. It was definitely a highlight for me.
I also enjoyed the message by Hayes Wicker this morning. He spoke about when Jacob wrestled with God and how blessedness comes through brokenness. I also enjoyed Jimmy Draper's message. It seemed like he was trying to say what he would if never got the chance to speak again. He spoke about the need for revival. One thing that stuck out to me was he said we need to put aside the Calvinist vs. Arminianist argument which he says we will never come to agreement (I agree). If we experience true revival then we should be able to put aside differences and focus on more important things.
I also enjoyed James MacDonald's message. It was a very convicting sermon. He spoke on repentance from 2 Cor. 7:8-12. God definitely dealt with me and is still dealing with me about some things. MacDonald is becoming on of my favorite speakers. Lastly, I really liked Kerry Shook's message. He encouraged us to live as if we only has one month to live. He gave the same challenge to his church and I don't know how much later, but they baptized over 800 on one Sunday. They also have as many in small groups as they do in worship attendance about 7000. God is really working in his church.
Overall the day was good. I got some good swag. I also got to eat at P.F. Chang's, mmmm, I would highly recommend the beef with broccoli. I am looking forward to the business and sermons tomorrow.
Dr. Simmons had a great message on prayer. He challenged pastors to have a strong personal prayer time. He read from 2 Cor. 4:7 and encouraged us to be jars filled with the timeless power of the treasure that is Jesus.
Finally, Dr. Tom Elliff spoke and told all of us that we needed to filled with God's Spirit. He said often our hearts are like unplowed hard ground (Hosea 10:12). We need to plow up the hard ground of our hearts and be filled with God's Spirit. Overall both of the messages I heard we good and really spoke to me.
Currently I am crammed in a church van coming back from Indy on I-65 to Evansville via Louisville. We went to Indy to do some block parties for Indy Crossover. This morning we got dumped on, I heard that we got 10 in in a matter of a couple of hours. Indy and the surrounding areas are in a state of emergency. I-65 north was closed and I-70 was also closed with a detour around the flooded area. We must have seen a hundred State Police. I heard that they were shutting down Edinburgh and the towns around. The exit south of Edinburgh was completely under water. I wonder was this will do to the convention. I am traveling back to Indy tomorrow if the roads are open. If you are traveling any road to Indy check the road closure report over at www.in.gov/indot.
Also please pray for these poor people that are flooded tonight. See you at the convention hopefully.
