COM Summer Training Project Talks

For Theme training on June 9th, Reid Jilek asks questions of what grace really means, why it is sometimes hard to receive, and why we can bask in God's grace.

In this talk, Tim Devane touches on two categories of Biblical conviction: Head categories (i.e. the Bible has over 20,000 verifying manuscripts) and Heart categories (i.e. the Bible is filled with good things and has real implications). Tim goes on to dive into how and why we doubt the Bible and what it says.

Brent Cramer during this training talks about relational evangelism and the relationships that we form during STP whether it be at work or on project. He talks about the importance of creating those relationships and the impact that they can have on peoples lives.

In this talk Reed Schaaf talks about how we can best dig into scripture and see how to better read into what God has put into the Bible for us to find.

In this talk Jared Grove talks about our freedom to fail and how forward in faith after failure. Jared begins the talk by defining failure and then unpacking why we are scared of failure. He than breaks out several verses in the Bible that address our fear and insecurity in failure. Jared ends the talk by discussing some practicals that we can do to practice this freedom that we have from failure in Christ.

In this talk Jared Wass talks about work and what it means to job search and find a job in which we can glorify God. He talks about this by comparing how the world views work to how christians should view work. He unravels this topic by talking about how work is a necessary good, that all work is significant, and we all work from approval instead of working for approval. Jared than ends the talk by asking the question: What drives me to do what I do? Fear? or approval?

During this talk Dan Grano talks about success and how we are free to act and engage people about faith because we are free to succeed in Christ. Dan unpacks this further by talking about different situations in which success can be found in evangelism, even if we don’t see them as successes.

Steve Discher, in this talk, breaks down the importance of reading the Bible and the importance of reading scripture in the life of a Christian. He dives into the needs of a christian and how the Bible helps to keep us spiritually awake and resting in the gospel

Paul & Samm Poteat in this talk about their marriage and unpack several aspects of relationships, marriage, love, and sex from a God honoring perspective. In this they share several lessons they have learned from counseling other couples as well as from their own marriage. 

Paul and Samm continue their talk on relationships by addressing more topics such as physical-ness in relationships, out looks and appearance, being honest and open in a relationship, as well as other areas. They explore these topics using examples from their own lives, and experiences that they have had to shed light on what God calls us to do in friendships and relationships alike.

In this talk, Larry Martini discusses why its so hard to listen and obey the will of God. He talks about 5 things in society and our lives that should be used and can help us to see God’s plan for our life and to than follow with a joyful and wiling heart.