{"id":4911,"date":"2014-03-14T07:02:10","date_gmt":"2014-03-14T13:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/?p=4911"},"modified":"2014-03-14T07:02:10","modified_gmt":"2014-03-14T13:02:10","slug":"welcome-to-clarus-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/2014\/03\/welcome-to-clarus-14\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to Clarus &#8217;14!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/ClarusSoldOut.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4913\" alt=\"ClarusSoldOut\" src=\"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/ClarusSoldOut.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/ClarusSoldOut.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/ClarusSoldOut-300x72.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Be content with what you have, for he has said,<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I will never leave you nor forsake you.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00e2\u20ac\u201c Hebrews 13:5<\/p>\n<p>Today begins the first day of our annual theology conference weekend, called,\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/clarusabq.com\/\">Clarus<\/a>, hosted by\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Desert Springs Church<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0in partnership with\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/tgcalbuquerque.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">TGC Albuquerque<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Our theme is, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Wrestling with Contentment,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d based on verses like the one above. As we gather this weekend, we gather in order that we might more faithfully\u00c2\u00a0<em>wrestle<\/em>\u00c2\u00a0with contentment together as seek that contentment in Jesus Christ.\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jlPPdGfcjXY\">Click here<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0for a refresh on this year\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s theme and an introduction to this year\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s speakers, Thabiti Anyabwile and Rick Phillips,\u00c2\u00a0then\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Dyac9bFnIco\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0for some encouragement for the weekend ahead from several of our area Gospel Coalition pastors.<\/p>\n<p>For\u00c2\u00a0a rundown of the conference schedule <a href=\"http:\/\/www.clarusabq.com\/schedule\/\">Click here<\/a>. And if you have any questions throughout the conference, look for conference staff with Desert Springs Church name badges and let us know how we can help.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to being joined by our speakers, we will also be joined by a number of fine publishers, schools, and ministries in the Books and Resources Room:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Publishers<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bakerpublishinggroup.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Baker Books<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/banneroftruth.org\/us\/\" target=\"_blank\">Banner of Truth<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.christianfocus.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Christian Focus Publications<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/crossway.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Crossway Books<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/stores.newgrowthpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">New Growth Press<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.prpbooks.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">PR Publications<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thegoodbook.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Good Book Company<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Schools<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mbts.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/swbts.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Ministries<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.faithcomesbyhearing.com\/frontpage\" target=\"_blank\">Faith Comes By Hearing<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/trainingleadersinternational.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Training Leaders International<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scatteringseed.org\/Scattering_Seed\/Welcome.html\" target=\"_blank\">Scattering Seed<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you haven&#8217;t heard, the conference is\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.clarusabq.com\/register\/\" target=\"_blank\">sold out<\/a>. If you missed out on the chance to register, look out for blog summaries here at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/?cat=64\">this blog<\/a> throughout the conference, and for audio and video available in the week or so following at the <a href=\"http:\/\/tgcalbuquerque.com\/tgc-media\">TGC Albuquerque Media page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, if you use Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram, please use the hashtag #clarus14 when posting quotes, comments, or photos. Follow us on Twitter at\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TGCAlbuquerque\" target=\"_blank\">@TGCAlbuquerque<\/a>, on Instagram at\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/tgcabq\" target=\"_blank\">@TGCABQ<\/a>, and at our\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/TGC-Albuquerque\/220804281291909?ref=br_tf\" target=\"_blank\">TGC Albuquerque Facebook Page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Welcome, and enjoy the conference!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Be content with what you have, for he has said, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I will never leave you nor forsake you.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/2014\/03\/welcome-to-clarus-14\/\">Continue Reading &rsaquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[64],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4911"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4911"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4911\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4916,"href":"https:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4911\/revisions\/4916"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}