COM Summer Training Project Talks

Charlie Schumacher spoke to us this week about how Christianity is a TOTAL truth, not compartmentalized truth for our lives. He reminded us that we are called to honor and worship God in all that we do. And we are called to not only share the Gospel but MUCH MORE. The overarching purpose of our lives is our sanctification, part of that is to enjoy each other in marriage, to work, to glorify Christ in school and every other arena. Charlie called us to no longer compartmentalize but to glorify Christ in all that we do.

He showed a video from youtube called “Beautiful Earth HD” if you would like to look it up yourself.

Michael Owczarek walks students through another name of God- Yahweh Nissi “I am your Banner.” We are completely dependent on God to fight for us in the war against sin because we cannot fight on our own- we trust in God’s work of freeing us from the penalty, power, and presence of sin. 

In this theme training Lucas Cecka told us about how God says He is our banner. A banner is an important symbol in warfare.  It represents the nation and what the nation stands for. It is placed on a pole for all to see and it is a symbol that the soldiers followed. Israel’s banner was God and the reason they ever experienced victory was because of the Lord Himself fighting for them. Cecka then challenged us to pray more. He addressed the reasons we do not pray and then covered 7 reasons that we SHOULD pray.

Time management a very prevalent issue for college students, and Jay contrasts what man-centered and God-centered time management looks like. How we spend our lives here on earth can and will affect who is worshipping with us in the kingdom of heaven!

Building on the previous week’s message, Michael Wickenheiser discusses memorization and meditation on the Word of God and delves into the third step of the inductive Bible study method (application).  

In seeking to spread the truth of the gospel to the world by meeting peoples’ spiritual needs, it is important to not lose sight of meeting their physical needs as well. Tim Devane discusses the necessity of showing the gospel in addition to sharing the gospel.  

Charlie Schumacher speaks to us this week about the connection between evangelism and works/service. His basic outline was that good works are important to others because they prove you care, give evidence of faith, and God commands us to do it,  He also emphasized that verbal proclamation of the Gospel is necessary, not just good. Lastly, he said that good works should always be done with eternal purposes in mind.