Riding a motorcycle when it’s 100 degrees outside is only fun if you don’t have to stop. Stopping at a stop light on a blistering asphalt street surrounded by a city bus and school bus is not fun at all. The Southern Baptists have converged on Houston this week for their annual convention. An anonymous [...]

Are you a traitor?  Hope not.  Are you a trader?  Hope so.

Here are the two videos I showed last Sunday at church. God is a sending God, and He sends ALL who are His to proclaim the good news of His kingdom to the world.  

To be in exile is to be removed from your home and not allowed back. It’s a horrible punishment, but one that is not very common in U.S.  However, in other parts of the world, it’s much more common. Here are some recent headlines I recently came across that mentioned exile: Afghan Christians live in [...]

I used to live in Dayton, OH where I served as a youth pastor for five years.  In the winter, Dayton is a very cold place to be, and that’s why this story caught my attention.  Ryan Riddell is the pastor of Shelter Community Church of the Nazarene in Dayton, and he’s concerned about the [...]

I thought my church was pretty cutting-edge when we had a dance-floor custom built for all of the wedding receptions we host.  But, it looks like this church does its fair share of dancing too. Sure hope the screen covering this sign is secure.  Wouldn’t want the “n” to be replaced with a “v”.  That [...]

Currently, my church is involved in a study of Jesus’ words from His “Sermon on the Mount.”  Along with Jesse Harden, my friend and associate, we’re preaching through it each Sunday.  Then following each sermon, along with Andrew Streett, my friend and our new Director of Missional Living, we’re discussing each sermon in more detail [...]