How Do You Stay Courageous For Jesus When Life Gets Tough?

Catalyst Atlanta 2017 Tim Tebow

Today, I’m live-blogging the Catalyst Conference in Atlanta. The next speaker I’ll be live-blogging about is Tim Tebow.

The next speaker at Catalyst Atlanta 2017 is Tim Tebow. Tim is a two-time national champion, first-round NFL draft pick, and Heisman trophy winner. He recently signed with the New York Mets and is attempting to join an elite class of athletes that have succeeded in two professional sports He also serves as a college football analyst for the SEC Network.

Tim Tebow Catalyst Atlanta 2017 Of Good Courage


It matters what team you’re on. And at Catalyst, this is an amazing team.

You’re given a lot of great information. Then you go home. You’re not going to have Andy Stanley or Christy Wright there to push you on.

It’s easy to be on fire and focused when you’re with the team. The worship team comes on. But what happens when you’re no longer near the team?

3 Truths To Walk Through Fear

Catalyst 2017 Christy Wright

Today, I’m live-blogging the Catalyst Conference in Atlanta. The next speaker I’ll be live-blogging about is Christy Wright.

Christy is an experienced business coach who has trained business leaders nationwide. She frequently speaks at Dave Ramsey’s EntreLeadership Master Series and EntreLeadership Performance Series.

Christy Wright Catalyst Atlanta 2017 Of Good Courage


Christy starts off her Catalyst talk about sharing a story about the time she went diving with the sharks. As the time grew closer to getting in the water with the sharks, her anxiety and fear levels began to rise.

Could she do it? Would she do it? Will she die?

All these thoughts went through her mind. Then she got in the water…

And the experience was the most awesome, inspiring, awe-inducing thing she’d done. Now, she’d swim with the sharks again and again.

3 Truths To Walk Through Fear

1. Fear is normal:

Fear is a normal part of learning. It’s not something to be ashamed of or to run from.

Do I want to be right or do I want to be Jesus?

Catalyst Atlanta 2017 Bob Goff

Today, I’m live-blogging the Catalyst Conference in Atlanta. The next speaker I’ll be live-blogging about is Bob Goff.

What can I say about Bob Goff? I fell in love with Bob and his book Love Does from the moment I first began to read it. Bob is a New York Times best-selling author, Honorary Consul to the Republic of Uganda and an attorney.

Bob Goff Catalyst Atlanta 2017


We don’t have a lot of time to argue with people. But I’m not trying to be Jesus’ lawyer.

Instead of being a lawyer, I’m trying to be like Him.

Figure out how much time you’ve got left. Then figure out who you want to spend your time with.

What Is Preemptive Love?

Catalyst Atlanta 2017 Jeremy Courtney

Today, I’m live-blogging the Catalyst Conference in Atlanta. The next speaker I’ll be live-blogging about is Jeremy Courtney.

Jeremy is the founder and CEO of Preemptive Love Coalition, a “first-in, last to leave” community of peacemakers who provide front-line relief and long-term development in Iraq, Syria, and other areas of polarizing conflict.

jeremy courtney of preemptive love


What is Preemptive Love?

We ended up moving into Iraq during the Iraq War. The events of September 11th, 2001 changed my life.

We made a slight posture change. Rather than seek revenge, we turned towards the enemy.

You describe the problem that Preemptive Love is trying to address. What is different about the way you’re attacking the problem?

People frame the issue as “Those people over there. They’re the enemy.” But we’re afraid of all this stuff.

It’s important to recognize where our rhetoric is coming from.

A Single Act Of Courage Is Often The Catalyst For Extraordinary

Catalyst Atlanta 2017 Andy Stanley

Today, I’m live-blogging from the Infinite Energy Center in Atlanta, Georgia. I’ll be sharing insights from speakers at the best leadership conference around, Catalyst Atlanta.

The first guest is Andy Stanley. Andy is the senior pastor of North Point Church in Atlanta. He’s also the author of Ask It and Deep & Wide.

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A single act of courage often becomes the single action that changes history. When Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat. Her act of courage changed the course of the United States.

Martin Luther, breaking with the Catholic Church. An extraordinary act of courage.

Or Bill Hybels telling his father that he wasn’t going to continue in the family business. He was going to work with teenagers and build a different kind of church.

No one knows what is on the other side of a single act of courage.