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DEAR FB FRIENDS OVER 40: For me FB is a ministry to young people and younger leaders. So, since FB has the annoying rule of allowing only 5000 friends and I am near that, I must delete my older friends to make room for more young people. That is delaying the inevitable but it has [...]

Charles Spurgeon: “Of course the preacher is above all distinguished as a man of prayer. He prays as an ordinary Christian, else he were a hypocrite. He prays more than ordinary Christians, else he were disqualified for the office he has undertaken.”
Martin Luther: “I have so much business I cannot get on without spending three [...]

I love creation. I love animals. So God in his grace moved Dan Breeding (wildanimalencounters.com) ten miles from us and put us all in the same church, and one semester put Dan (and a baby Gibbon) in my class!
Dan has a new one-a kangaroo. This video shows Hannah giving it a bottle. Dan tells the [...]

Our son Josh is a student at The College at Southeastern. Most who know him recognize him as the drummer who travels with me in ministry. But there is so much more to Josh than that-he is one of the most thoughtful young men I have ever met regarding ministry in these interesting days. The [...]

I just did my first (but not my last) Webinar with the Baptist State Convention of NC. The focus: How Real Discipleship Creates an Evangelistic Culture. My next one is March 24 on Student Ministry. Enjoy:

How Real Discipleship Creates an Evangelistic Culture from Serious Disciple on Vimeo.

I have discovered a video that explains why “fishing for men” is so intimidating to some. It is dangerous out there…
Fishing Is Dangerous – Watch the best video clips here

As a guy I am never going to have the experience of giving birth (not mad at that fact). So the closest thing (and it is not so close) would be “birthing” a new book. I finally got to hold in my hands my new book Evangelism Handbook: Biblical, Spiritual, Intentional, Missional. Okay, [...]

A team of students from SEBTS led by George Robinson (and including my son Josh) is in NYC this week with the Gallery Church, a plant of Highview Baptist in Louisville, Summit Church in RDU, and others. I flew in for a night to enjoy worship and some fellowship with pastors Aaron Coe and [...]

I am not a big fan of rap. Okay, I do not like rap. But I have found I do like Lecrae, A rapper for Christ who has more theology in some of his songs than some sermons I have heard (and hopefully long ago, but some I have preached!). This song talks [...]

Evangelism Handbook Interview with Dr. Alvin Reid from Alvin Reid on Vimeo.
Interview about my just released new book Evangelism Handbook