Messages spoken at the 1978 Arkansas Camps Farthest Out.
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At the Arkansas CFO in 1978, Jim Christian retells the Acts 15 dispute where Paul and Barnabas split over John Mark. He shows how God turned their falling out into two missionary journeys instead of one. He tells campers that they are plugged into the Holy Spirit’s power and face no condemnation in Christ.
Jim Christian recalls his son Nat once asking him, “Dad, when did they stop loving?” He brings that question to the Arkansas CFO in 1978, and challenges campers to know each other spirit to spirit rather than settle for being part of a crowd.
Preaching at the Arkansas CFO in 1978 on being called, chosen, and faithful, Jim Christian contrasts King Saul with King David. He recalls a Houston prayer service that taught him “when the spirit of God moves, everybody gets blessed.”
Jim Christian tells campers that forgiveness only happens inside a relationship, never “at a distance.” Using a courtroom picture, he plays a judge who sentences a guilty man to death, then steps down from the bench and says, “I will accept the sentence. You may go free.” The talk comes from the Arkansas CFO in 1978.
Jim Christian tells campers that God reveals a calling gradually, through a repeating pattern of circumstance, rather than through imitation. Speaking to the Arkansas CFO in 1978, he retells Ezekiel’s vision of dry bones rattling together, growing flesh, and taking breath. He tells the group, “You are bigger than you think you are.”