On Tuesday, we kicked off the morning with a sermon from Crawford Loritts entitled Lessons Learned from his father. My tweets:#dgpc Crawford speaking about his human father’s “signature over his soul” ending up in esv.to/gal5#dgpascon greatness has to do with staying power…passing on integrity to another generation…not pop fads#dgpascon manhood is not a private matter but public… Manhood is the desired destination we are meant to arrive in, a holy continuity#dgpascon wanted to be like my father…not 4th member of Trinity. He wasn’t perfect. He had integrity.#dgpascon manhood is based on responsibility: being courageous, faithful, keeping promises#dgpascon being father and husband means doing things we don’t feel like doing to keep our responsibilities
RT: Every 28 days a woman is reminded of who she is. A man knows he’s a man only when a key man tells him so. @CrawfordLoritts #dgpascon#dgpascon a real man embraces responsibility#dgpascon out of struggle comes strength: sacrifice for what’s important#dgpascon out of strength comes discipline: don’t do what you feel like#dgpascon out of discipline comes integrity: we should speak once // 3 things not tolerated: dishonesty, disobedience, disrespect#dgpascon respect is incubator for honor#dgpascon out of integrity comes inheritance: how people treat you should never define you, don’t let people recruit u to insecurities/fears#dgpascon “do right” – all we have to give to next generation is what we’ve become#dgpascon don’t minimize Spirit’s work producing Christlike character in you esv.to/gal5:22-23
Crawford’s talk was largely biographical, but really helped demonstrate what a life devoted to Biblical manhood looks like in flesh and blood. It was very helpful.
After Crawford, Darrin Patrick, lead pastor of The Journey Church in STL, spoke on Being and Building Men for the Local Mission. My tweets:@darrinpatrick #dgpascon esv.to/Gal 5:16-6:2 scariest thing about being leader is when you lead, people follow#dgpascon we produce and reproduce what we are @darrinpatrick#dgpascon how do we build men as God is building us as men? Spiritual fruit = spiritual freedom = biblical masculinity#dgpascon false teachers said Jesus + Law, Paul is writing Galatians to fight this, giving Biblical view of obeying, working from acceptance#dgpascon botanical metaphor in esv.to/Gal5 is the most masculine thing in the Bible – explains how men change#dgpascon struggle for holiness is sign of Spirit’s presence… Fruit grows painfully and interdependently#dgpascon don’t measure you maturity by comparing yourself to others but by looking to Jesus#dgpascon you can’t legislate inner character esv.to/gal5:23 law can only deal with results not source … Fruit is inward#dgpascon only Spirit can do spiritual transformation not mere behavior modification.#dgpascon God’s growth is gradual. Spike it: esv.to/gal5:24 we are as loved and accepted by Father as Jesus is#dgpascon crucify your flesh, kill it. Helpful to know what you’re hunting. esv.to/gal5:16-18 under law = accept me b/c of this#dgpascon key to killing flesh is physical flesh: you need some brosesv.to/gal6:1-3#dgpascon fruit grows in environment of brotherhood. Men who are surgeons not butchers, cutting to heal carefully, setting fractures
After Darrin’s session, my heart was super-encouraged by Gospel truth. My greatest need as a man is the Gospel. Darrin pointed us here and and while there is some work to pursue in obedience, the Gospel makes it possible and richly explored.
This wrapped up Tues AM.