IN THE YEAR 1519...
OFF THE COAST OF VERACRUZ IN WHAT IS TODAY MEXICO, HERNAN CORTES, THE SPANISH EXPLORER AND CONQUISTADOR, WAS FACED WITH MUTINY. WITHIN HIS RANKS WERE MEN LOYAL TO A DIFFERENT CROWN OTHER THAN THAT OF SPAIN AND FEARING THE TRIALS AHEAD. THEY CONSPIRED TO SEIZE HIS SHIPS AND TAKE HIS ARMY AND RETREAT TO CUBA. CORTES, EVER FEARLESS AND ADVANCING, REALIZED THAT HE NEEDED TO MAKE CLEAR THAT THERE WOULD BE NO RETREAT AND NO MUTINY. TO MAKE THIS ABUNDANTLY CLEAR TO HIS ARMY, HE BURNED THE VERY SHIPS WHICH BROUGHT THEM TO VERACRUZ.
THERE WOULD BE NO RETREAT.
THE ONLY WAY OUT WAS THROUGH.
TODAY, WE ARE FACED WITH A CRISIS. WILL THE CHURCH RETREAT AND BACK DOWN FROM THE ASSAULTS OF THE ENEMY, WILL CHRISTIAN MEN GIVE INTO THE SPIRIT OF AGE AND CAPITULATE ON THE FIELD OF BATTLE? AND TO THAT WE MUST ANSWER A RESOUNDING “NO." WE MUST NEVER RETREAT AND NEVER GIVE IN, NOT ONE SQUARE INCH OF THAT WHICH BELONGS TO KING JESUS MUST BE CEDED TO THE ENEMY.
WE MUST BURN THE SHIPS BECAUSE THE ONLY WAY OUT IS THROUGH.
THIS SUMMER, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE HISTORY OF OUR CHURCH, WE ARE HOSTING A MEN’S CONFERENCE CALLED BURN THE SHIPS FOR ANY MEN WHO, LIKE THE SONS OF ISSACHAR, UNDERSTAND THE TIMES, AND KNOW THAT THEY CANNOT RETREAT. WE ARE EXCITED TO HOST THIS CONFERENCE AT THE GRACE COMMONS CHAPEL IN BEAUTIFUL DOWNTOWN BOULDER, COLORADO ON JULY 26 AND 27. WE HOPE YOU’LL JOIN US AS WE STUDY GOD’S DESIGN FOR STRONG AND COURAGEOUS MEN TO ADVANCE IN THE TOUGHEST BATTLES OF OUR DAY.
CHRIST IS LORD, NO WEAPON FORGED AGAINST US SHALL STAND, MARK YOUR CALENDAR AND PLAN TO JOIN US THIS SUMMER JULY 26 AND 27 FOR BURN THE SHIPS.
SEE YOU THERE.
THERE WOULD BE NO RETREAT.
THE ONLY WAY OUT WAS THROUGH.
TODAY, WE ARE FACED WITH A CRISIS. WILL THE CHURCH RETREAT AND BACK DOWN FROM THE ASSAULTS OF THE ENEMY, WILL CHRISTIAN MEN GIVE INTO THE SPIRIT OF AGE AND CAPITULATE ON THE FIELD OF BATTLE? AND TO THAT WE MUST ANSWER A RESOUNDING “NO." WE MUST NEVER RETREAT AND NEVER GIVE IN, NOT ONE SQUARE INCH OF THAT WHICH BELONGS TO KING JESUS MUST BE CEDED TO THE ENEMY.
WE MUST BURN THE SHIPS BECAUSE THE ONLY WAY OUT IS THROUGH.
THIS SUMMER, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE HISTORY OF OUR CHURCH, WE ARE HOSTING A MEN’S CONFERENCE CALLED BURN THE SHIPS FOR ANY MEN WHO, LIKE THE SONS OF ISSACHAR, UNDERSTAND THE TIMES, AND KNOW THAT THEY CANNOT RETREAT. WE ARE EXCITED TO HOST THIS CONFERENCE AT THE GRACE COMMONS CHAPEL IN BEAUTIFUL DOWNTOWN BOULDER, COLORADO ON JULY 26 AND 27. WE HOPE YOU’LL JOIN US AS WE STUDY GOD’S DESIGN FOR STRONG AND COURAGEOUS MEN TO ADVANCE IN THE TOUGHEST BATTLES OF OUR DAY.
CHRIST IS LORD, NO WEAPON FORGED AGAINST US SHALL STAND, MARK YOUR CALENDAR AND PLAN TO JOIN US THIS SUMMER JULY 26 AND 27 FOR BURN THE SHIPS.
SEE YOU THERE.
