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I had the opportunity to spend a little time with pastor Mark Driscoll of Mars Hill Church in Seattle, Washington this past week. Mark was recently featured in Christianity Today and is known for his leadership in the Acts 29 Network, as pastor of one of the fastest growing churches in America in one of [...]

Once upon a time there lived a  fellow whose profession was that of a professor, although he also liked to go to churches and talk to people about God. He lived in a quaint town on the east coast where he and his family, a signature-nuclear family of dad, mom, son, and daughter, enjoyed life [...]

If you know me, you know I love students and love to see God move among them. I also love my students and love to see God use them. A student I taught for some years who became very close to me is Matt Lawson. His wife Laura, who finished at our college, has been [...]

I have always been intrigued with anything that helps me communicate with friends and those I want to encourage. Being a Barnabas by nature and a lover of people I tend to latch on to anything that connects me to others. Add to that my merry travels where the Lord allows me to meet so [...]

  We celebrate birthdays as milestones each year.  But as we grow older we do not so much live our lives year by year but by chapters.  Even if you are still in your youth you can probably look back and see how your life has been lived in two, or three, or perhaps four [...]

One of the greatest treasures in this life is a good friend. You will have lived a good life for the Lord Jesus if during the course of life you may a few good, deep, lifelong friends. I have such a friend in Ed Litton. Ed and I met in seminary. He came to preach [...]

Pendulums tend to swing from one extreme to another. We see this in the life of the American church. In particular I have observed the tendency of many to go to one extreme or another in their personal walk with Christ. On the one hand you have what I would call the Christian Geeks. These [...]

The other day I arose really early to catch a plane to Atlanta. Monday morning early is not the time to be in an airport. The whole planet seems to be flying somewhere then, and that morning the whole state of North Carolina appeared to be at RDU International. I flew to my meeting, an [...]

One of the great concerns I have for youth in the church today has to do with a staleness I see in their faith. So many who have been raised in church, who know the answers to the main questions (or think they do) and have basically been-there-done-that, often display a lack of passion. Since [...]

I travel a lot. Ministry keeps me busy. And, I do have a day job. I also take a day off every week which keeps me sane. When Josh was born I recall well being concerned about the danger of sacrificing my family on the altar of ministry. I never believed you had to choose [...]