Stamped: March 24th, 2009

During Renown, God opened my eyes to the end. By end, I mean the end of time, when Christ comes back in full glory, and all will bow. This really stirred me in that I am not doing all that I do in the aspect of His Return. I also realized my position in worship. Before this I didn’t realize that worship was the time win sin’s ghosts savagely war against my soul. Worship always has a lot at stake and I am really sickened at all the “worship” I gave God, which is filthy rags. All in all, Renown was a great experience that left me in awe of God and the depth of my sin.

Sam Shaffer

From Renown my eyes were open to new views of His suffering. I think one of the things I needed to hear most was how a true Christ will never be bored of hearing His Word. Even after hearing this time and time over again God finally opened my eyes to the importance of it. Finally, I think that realizing we are poor in front of God and have nothing to offer Him was really something that I needed to hear and realizing that nothing I do is going to make me acceptable in front of Christ. I think I can truly say after this weekend anyone who missed it missed seeing the hand of God moving in our body.

Julian Higginbotham

At Renown God revealed the depths of my poverty, the heights of His grace, what Christ gained in dying on the cross and the praise required of us to God. He revealed that Jesus didn’t die for uninterested believers. He didn’t come for half-hearted worship. He came so that His perfect life could become ours and our cursed, sin-ridden lives would become His. Because of this, Christ commands our full attention and heart. God also revealed the necessity of orthodoxy and orthopraxy as a means for living a Christ-centered life and truthfully proclaiming the Word of God. Renown really had a huge effect on my life and will continue to do so, especially in my daily living and corporate worship.

Nick Taylor