Relentlessly pursuing Christ and His Cause
A few weeks ago or so I perused an article in a Christian magazine that ticked me off. The writer of the piece spewed fightin’ words to all things evangelical. He regurgitated a barf bag full of of his frustrations with some of the core realities of God’s Word firmly held by orthodox Christians for [...]
A few days ago as I was washing dishes my little boy struck up a spiritual conversation. He asked me about Jesus, going to heaven and such. He then said, "Daddy I trust in Jesus as my ‘Saver.’"
I was about to correct his inaccurate term and then I stopped. It struck me that what a [...]
Okay, so this is a rant. Here are some things that irritate me…
Fleece, that’s right, fleece. For some reason it hurts my teeth.
People that drive slow in the fast lane, fast in a school zone or at all while TM-ing a friend.
Bad drivers with poorly written, feel good Christian bumper stickers on their cars.
Prosperity gospel [...]
I’m tired. It’s almost midnight as I lay exhausted on my hotel bed ready to fall asleep. I’ve had a full day of donor meetings and youth leader trainings.
Been traveling on the road all this week. I got home on Sunday from the Twin Cities Game Day conference and had to leave on Monday to [...]
We just wrapped our second Game Day training conference of the year. We gathered with a couple of thousand teenagers in Minnesota and had an awesome time of worship, learning, fun and outreach. Altogether these teens gathered 6 ½ tons of canned food for the Union Gospel Mission and reached out in love to thousands [...]
I can’t swim, float or even doggy paddle. But I have the flail down.
Don’t get me wrong. I’ve not afraid of the water. Whenever I can get to the ocean I go in it. I’ve been snorkeling in Maui and even scuba dived a few years ago in Cozumel (although the guy Pedro who "certified" me and [...]
I didn’t puke or pass out.
Praise God.
Thanks for all your prayers while I preached at Youth Specialties. I think things went well through his grace unleashed on me through your prayers! Now my big prayer request is that the youth leaders who heard the sermon and are reading the book (we gave away 2,000+ Ministry [...]
Pray for me. I’m freaking out.
Why? Because I get to preach to 3,000 or so youth leaders in Austin at Youth Specialties this weekend. It’s my first "main stage" sermon at YS so that’s kind of a big deal.
I know, I know, it doesn’t matter the size of the stage as long as I’m faithful [...]
I’ve been “nashvilled” (my own word invention thank you very much.) After months of prayer and prep we have finally launched our first conference of the new school year in Nashville, TN.
As we gathered together in music city I was nervous, excited and did I mention nervous? It all looks good on paper but there [...]
