New Attitude, Bar Review and Beyond

Well, now that I'm in bar review, having just returned from my first post law school excursion, it seems like a propitious time for my first post. I just got back from New Attitude in Louisville, KY on Tuesday afternoon. For those who don't know what New Attitude is, it is a Conference geared towards Christian singles and young married couples who are looking to grow in their faith. The topics vary from year to year. This year the topic was, in short, God's Word and how we are to respond to it. The speakers at the conference were: Eric Simmons, Singles Pastor at Covenant Life Church in Gaithersburg, MD; Joshua Harris, author and Senior Pastor of CLC; C.J. Mahaney, author and President of Sovereign Grace Ministries; Mark Dever, Author and Senior Pastor of Capitol Hill Baptist Church in Washington, D.C., John Piper, author and Senior Pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis, MN; and Al Mohler, President of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, KY.

For me personally, it was exciting to go to New Attitude in Louisville. I'm from Louisville originally and it was fun to go back to my hometown for the conference.

The topic for the conference was excellent and well needed, if only for myself. I find myself all too often neglecting the scriptures, irrespective of the importance of the Scriptures and indifferent to the cost required for me to have a readable copy of the Bible. The worship was powerful. It was humbling to see Bob Kauflin playing under his son's leadership.

As for the preaching, there was much to take in from the four days. As a friend of mine described it, it was like drinking from a fire hose. My personal favorite from the weekend was John Piper's Monday night message. I'm still processing much off what was said during the weekend. If anyone wants to listen to the messages, go to: http://www.newattitude.org/liveblog/.

Over the coming months I will be in Baltimore County studying for the Bar which is being administered on July 29th and 30th. I will be moving out of the apartment the day after the exam and will be leaving on August 1st on a 5 week odyssey across the country. I can't begin to express how much I'm looking forward to that, especially after the first day of bar review.

Over the course of the next two months I will be learning a firmer reliance on the protection of Divine Providence as I prepare for the test that will determine the course of my life.