Contending for the Faith

What does it that for a person to be knowledgeable about the faith? Knowledgeable enough to carry, live out and yet defend the faith?

I'm in the Calgary area, right now, sitting on our Seminary Board. We are thinking out loud these questions above. It is a great meeting.

Jude 1:3 Beloved, while I was very diligent to write to you concerning our common salvation, I found it necessary to write to you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints.

To raise up the up and coming spiritual leaders while releasing the leaders of the day, is a real challenge. To create a movement there always has to be someone that will lead out. Who will it be but the "grassroot" leaders of the faith? Our role is to equip them so they are ready to 'contend for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints.'

I'm very excited about our Seminary's future. Our greatest tool to develop and train leaders is beginning to wake up to the task that is at hand. A movement is about to start! We will see 1000s of people trained and ready to go in the fields of harvest.

May the Lord bless us. May the people see the great potential before us. May God's glory be magnified to the ends of the earth. May we take on the responsiblity of equipping every believer with the tools to contend and live out their faith in a manner that makes an impact! To God be the glory!

We I'm excited about the direction the Seminary is taking is I just have to look at my life's mission that I wrote down years ago.

"...To Be A Spirit-filled Leader
in Word & Action in order that I may,

through Christ, Teach & Motivate
Up & Coming Leaders
With Words & Resources,
In Order That They May Discover & Live
To Their Full Potential & Purpose
Before God & Man."
Alan Braun August 4, 1997