With his signature wit and charm, John Guest helps us understand why the Bible tells us to clothe ourselves in humility. After briefly sharing his own faith background, Guest explains why "every man's battle is pride" and then explores the genuine humility modeled by Jesus (as compared to the false humility we often see displayed by people). Guest, who has been married for 51 years, also shares the "humility" advice he gives to young couples about how to have a "great" marriage. He then extends this advice beyond marriage to parenting, leadership and life itself.

With great humility and humor, Chip Skowron shares vulnerably and transparently about his transformative time in Federal prison and the impact of community on his experience. He describes how NCS fellowship brought him through the period leading up to prison, how God orchestrated extraordinary fellowship with his fellow inmates while he was there, and how NCS fellowship is helping him with the difficult transition of coming home. Chip also shares amazing stories about how the Holy Spirit moved within the prison and about some of the ways God exhibited His faithfulness time and time again by showing up miraculously at just the right times.

After opening up with a song to break the ice, Kenny Thacker explains, with Southern wit and charm, what 40 years in ministry and the music industry have taught him about listening to the voice of God. He shares the importance of quieting the noise of the world and then reveals and explains three keys to testing what you hear--the Scripture in front of you, the Spirit within you and the Saints around you.

Coach Don Nava leads a session on how a couple can experience total transformation in their marriage.

Coach Nava shares the supernatural journey that took him from being a fitness coach to becoming a Kingdom coach. Don explores Biblical truth about evil and describes the extraordinary power of the Holy Spirit that lives within those who have committed their lives to Jesus. He also explains the debilitating impact of childhood wounds and how we can find freedom from those wounds.

Clips on "identity" from Tim Keller's Friday night keynote address at the 2015 NCS Washington Weekend.

The full title of Chad's talk is "False Idols and Manufactured Identity: How Drive, Hope and Success Almost Cost Me Everything". With remarkable vulnerability, Chad reveals that his life mantra for many years was "suck it up". It led to an achievement-driven and "successful" life and career-- until he faced the prospect of a failure so devastating that he could no longer "suck it up". Dreas explains what brought him back from the precipice of losing literally everything and how he came to find his identity in Jesus Christ rather than in achievements.

With equally remarkable humility and transparency, Chad shares how he began to look back on his life and recognize the extraordinary grace of God that was present at each stage and at each "achievement". It is a story that takes great courage to tell; it is a story for every man and one that takes great courage for a listener to reflect upon honestly.

Dave Stambaugh shares the extraordinary life journey of going from being a child actor to a pastor. Although Dave's most notable role was as Toby Whitewood in the original three Bad News Bears movies, he also tells about his experience in a daytime soap opera as well as the day he almost killed Henry Fonda. With great storytelling skill, Stambaugh then weaves the story of a photo taken when he was a boy that prophetically foretold the Hollywood church he would pastor 30 years later.

In recounting his journey as a pastor through several churches, Dave reveals the truth that he and his wife have come to realize--what unites us is much, much stronger than what divides us. He also shares how the great commandments to love God and love your neighbor has become central to the ministry of he and his wife and even central to his passion of cycling. Stambaugh explains how these two commandments are intertwined and issues a challenge to love and show kindness as we walk through life.

Bill Blezard shares the extraordinary faith journey that ultimately led to the founding, growth and success of Packaging Technology Group, Inc., a "Kingdom" class developer of thermally engineered, transport packaging solutions for the biotech and biopharmaceutical industries. PTG is a Christian faith-based company with its core values centered on faith, relationships, courage, and creativity.

In addition to recounting highlights of his personal life story, challenges and faith walk, Blezard describes the numerous acts of faith and obedience and the miraculous events that allowed PTG to achieve profitability in its first year of operations, exceeding revenue projections by nearly 1000%. He also shares how PTG's faith-based culture serves, and has opened doors to prayer and transformation in, PTG's employees, suppliers and customers.