CONYC Indy

Sexuality is as relevant, controversial, and powerful a subject as anything in our culture. We are constantly shaped and influenced by the commercials, shows, music, media, and conversations with others regarding our view of Sex. Even deeper, though, is our own experience and understanding of sex that influences our desires, identity, and struggles. That sounds like something we should talk about.

This morning we welcomed our other speaker, Tony Dentman, and he talked with us about relationships on a very real and open level. He opened up with a reading from Genesis: 3  Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God actually say, ‘You[ a ] shall not eat of any tree in the garden’?”  2...

Mack finished his time with us this evening talking about obeying Christ from a passage in John 14, titled “I Am the Way and the Truth, and the Life”: “Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God;[ a ] believe also in me.  2  In my Father's house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you?[ b ]  3  And i...

We ended our first full day of New Years Conference talking about Christ’s lordship in our lives. Mack opened the session with a quote about our days. “There are two days we are really worried about, “today and “The Day”, meaning the day we stand before God.”, Mack Stiles. Mack explained the lordship of Christ through a passage many have heard before: I Never Knew You 21  “Not everyone who&nb...

In our second session, Mack Stiles continued to bring the heat of God’s Word to hundreds of college students. He began discussing the simplicity of living for God and serving him daily. Christ’s death on the cross was the ultimate gift, freely given, that we don’t deserve, is it that difficult for us to live for him? Mack focused on a passage in Mark to better explain this concept; And Jesus went...

Mack Stiles started the first session off explaining the Gospel of Christ using four helpful questions to help the audience break it down. The questions Mack asked were not only for the students attending who have never heard the Gospel, but also the students who have heard it and need to teach it to themselves. Believers of Jesus Christ are encouraged to never stop preaching the Gospel to themsel...

Relationships are messy, and you may have a lot of questions. In this seminar Matt and Julia Bradner will answer 4 big questions about relationships.

Matt Bradner wrapped up New Year’s Conference with this last session. Many things go together to make some good combinations. One combination made Jesus marvel: a low view of self and a high view from others. This story can be found in Luke 7:1-10. Matt explained that this personal humility and public honor was a marvelous combo, one that Jesus marveled at. Paul explained the qualifications for th...

Matt Bradner discussed the prioritization of doing good: making disciples. The Great Commission tells us everything the basics of what we need to know about making disciples. Here it is in Matthew 28:18-20: And Jesus came and said to them, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the...

Matt Bradner discussed different aims that we all have: do good, do bad, or do nothing. And doing nothing is not necessarily better than doing bad. God calls us to do good, to be a force for good in every area of your life for the rest of your life. Titus 3:4-8 says: But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness,...

Matt Bradner, the second speaker at NYC, started off his time talking about how there are things in our lives that are holding us back from accepting Jesus and following him. Even those of us who have said that we want to follow Jesus, there are still things that get in the way of our walk with him. Jesus encountered 3 different people who some of us can relate to in Luke 9:57-62: As they were goi...

The Bible says that God created us male and female. What do our differences show us about God? We believe God's word paints a beautiful picture of gender that goes beyond cultural stereotypes and leads to freedom and flourishing for both men and women.

Why all things matter when done in the name of Christ... especially the mundane. If God is only glorified when we're doing "spiritual stuff" why is it that we spend so much time in class, at work, going to parties, watching Netflix, and sleeping? If God already has all the glory he needs what does it mean to bring Him glory? We'll talk about what it really means to glorify God in all things.

How is God at work around the world? What impact is the gospel having beyond our borders? How can college students be involved in this global movement now? Come be envisioned and inspired to join with God in his global mission.

Have you ever thought, "If God would just give me proof then I would believe"? Most of us have at some point. The bold claim of Christianity is that God has proven his existence through a historical person in historical events. Come hear how faith might not exclude evidence, but demand it.

The Old Testament takes up nearly 75% of the Holy Bible, but many Christians find it difficult to understand and inapplicable to life as a Christian. Too often it is effectively ignored. Come hear an introduction to what the Old Testament says and how it applies to your life today.

Why is the Bible so important for Christians? Where should you even begin if you want to read it? Whether you are investigating Christianity or are a Christian, this seminar will help clarify what the Bible is, why it’s so essential for us if we want to know God, and how to start reading and understanding it.