Foundational

: CATALYST WEST :: APRIL 23-24, 2009 ::

Recently, I went to the CATALYST WEST conference in southern California. The conference was packed with great speakers. I took some notes on what they said and am putting them on my blog so that 1) I can re-evaluate what each speaker said and hopefully gain something from it, and 2) you might be able to gain something from my notes as well.

Here is the fourth installation.

:: Ravi Zacharias ::

Foundational Pillars
1) The Dimension of Eternity
2) The Dimension of Morality
-You Can never be righteous until you are redeemed. You can never worship until you have been righteous and redeemed.
-What you applaud, you encourage, but be careful of what you celebrate. What is the world asking us to celebrate?
3) The Dimension of Accountability
4) The Dimension of Charity



With Ravi, I was listening so intently because I had to in order to comprehend what he was saying. The thing that stood out to me most from his message was not even in my notes. He told a story:

Someone was telling Ravi about the first entirely postmodern building built in the United States. The person told him that the entire building was made without any purpose. The man raved about the building and the idea behind it. When he was done, Ravi simply asked one question, "Did the architect apply the same principle to the foundation?"

What is foundational in your life?

"Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house and it fell with a great crash." Matthew 7:24-27