I heard a while ago that someone smirked at the idea that young men and women would actually want to show up and gather for a conference that didn't involve anything but preaching (read: no "camp", no "camp games", definitely no broom hockey). Like Scripture changes people without dunk tanks. Come on. The Resolved conference in California is billed for just such a crowd. Does anyone show up?
From Resolved.org:
Resolved 2009 Trailer
3000 young men and women later... I guess someone forgot to tell the smirkers that Jonathan Edwards was 19 when he wrote his Resolutions (they were the conclusion of his youth prior) or that he entered Yale in September, 1716, when he was not yet thirteen and graduated four years later (1720) as valedictorian. He received his Masters three years later on his way to becoming one of the mightiest Preachers, Writers and Scientists in American History. (CCEL) And he wasn't atypical. Makes one wonder what the young people of today could do if they were told what they could do, what they should do, instead of what might be entertaining... Perhaps young men and women ought to know they are called in Christ now, not later... you are called now and not later. Not after the broom hockey game is over. You are ready. Can't you think of any others that were young in Scripture when God called, others in History that changed the world at your age? They were not all old with beards.
From Resolved.org:
Resolved is something special. Describing it is easier than defining it. It is a four-day conference, but it is much more than an event. Resolved is a long weekend when you can push pause on the pressures of life and push fast-forward on your understanding of God—at the same time. Picture a room with over 3000 people; think of heart-pounding singing accompanied by studio-quality music and gospel-saturated lyrics; imagine 10 hours of expository preaching from some of the most gifted preachers in our generation; envision the spiritual momentum that can result from this much gospel inertia… this is what Resolved is like.
Resolved 2009 Trailer
3000 young men and women later... I guess someone forgot to tell the smirkers that Jonathan Edwards was 19 when he wrote his Resolutions (they were the conclusion of his youth prior) or that he entered Yale in September, 1716, when he was not yet thirteen and graduated four years later (1720) as valedictorian. He received his Masters three years later on his way to becoming one of the mightiest Preachers, Writers and Scientists in American History. (CCEL) And he wasn't atypical. Makes one wonder what the young people of today could do if they were told what they could do, what they should do, instead of what might be entertaining... Perhaps young men and women ought to know they are called in Christ now, not later... you are called now and not later. Not after the broom hockey game is over. You are ready. Can't you think of any others that were young in Scripture when God called, others in History that changed the world at your age? They were not all old with beards.
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