Hey. I’m at the Together on a Mission, New Frontiers conference in Brighton. There have been two sessions so far today, and an evening session later, but I’m not going to be going to the evening sessions, they don’t look as good as the rest.

So this morning kicked off with Stephen Van Ryhn, the leader of Jubilee Church in Capetown - he started with the easy job of trying to persuade the conference to have the event in Capetown in 2010, it looked like an amazing place!

We went to Daniel 1 for his talk entitled ‘Prevailing Under Pressure’ - there were 3 main points:

• God is in Control (v.2)

1. God reigns, He is unchanging - therefore we can be confident in hard circumstances, in mission and in prayer

• God is our Redeemer

1. Israel is under God’s judgement, 15 years before it’s destruction God places 4 men in Babylon to work out His plan of redemption

• Be in the world, but not of the world

“It is comparatively easy to be faithful if we don’t care about being contemporary. It is also easy to be contemporary if you don’t care about being faithful. It is the search for the combination of truth and relevance which is exacting.” - John Stott

1. Moral Integrity - Daniel didn’t defile himself with food offered to idols
2. Theological Integrity - Daniel praised God for his gifts, he didn’t revel in his own wisdom
3. Spiritual Integrity - Daniel prays, he longed for communion with God

Stephen concluded with a challenging call not to compromise, asking us what our price was. He challenged us to be faithful by sharing the testimonies of Eric Liddell and Marie Durand.