Rantings of a Jesus-loving, raving lunatic
Almost everyday God provides big opportunities to share his message if we just opened our eyes. The guy in line at the store, the text message from a friend, the buddy at the gym who happens to be there the same time as you today…these are just a few of the small opportunities that can […]
I just finished a two sermon stint at Creation West. What a great event! Pastor Harry does an excellent job coordinating power house Christian bands and preachers who get to actually deliver the Word of God in between the bands.
Unlike many other Christian music festivals Creation puts a premium on preaching. Nobody is breaking down […]
You’re Next is the title of the book that Focus on the Family, Tyndale and I finally agreed on! We had brainstormed book titles like Call me Crazy (but it’s already Anne Heche’s autobiography title and I didn’t want to be confused with Hollywood’s second most famous lesbian), Heaven, Hell and Butterscotch Candy (not in a […]
We are living in a time where the Christian message is being minimalized, trivialized and marginalized. And this attack is not just coming from the outside. Too many Christian "experts" are saying that the basic good news of Jesus (AKA "the gospel") is not enough to save a soul, a community, the planet.
Where do you stand? […]
Just a few days ago I had a late night dinner with my youth ministry hero, Doug Fields. Doug is the student ministry pastor at Saddleback and author of Purpose Driven Youth Ministry, the runaway best selling book in youth ministry history!
I had just spoken at his first ever Purpose Driven Student Leadership Conference when […]
Okay, so I was at the airport a few days ago when something happened to me that took me back. While I was standing in the airport security line a guy walks up and cuts right in front of me. It wasn’t the kind of cut in line that can sometimes happen in undefined lines […]
I went to high school with Kevin Johnson, the ventriliquist on NBC’s America’s Got Talent. From the time I’ve known him the guy has been the biggest spaz you could imagine. If guys like me and Art, the Albino Rhino, are calling you "spaz" you have some serious jitter issues.
Kevin was the guy who would get […]
I affectionately refer to a lifelong friend of mine "Art" as the Albino Rhino. Why? Because he is a very white, very tight, very ripped bulldozer of a guy who loves Jesus with all his heart. He’s been known to charge like a Rhino into any situation with reckless abandon…usually to share the gospel.
I’ve known Art […]
One of my best friends on the planet is turning forty today. I’ve known Rick Long since he was a scrawny, gapped tooth twelve year old kid.
When I first met him I thought he was a cocky little seventh grader who needed taken down a notch or two (even though I was cocky little ninth […]
While Snakes on a Plane are infinitely more interesting than snakes in your garage both kinds inspire terror nonetheless. To be honest I thought the seemingly distant screams were from kids playing with fireworks down the block. Instead they were from my wife who stumbled upon a two foot snake smack dab in the middle of our […]
