Note: Alot of people today are talking about being missional. Being a rather bottom-line kind of guy, I thought this article I wrote a few years back for Home Life might add a little to the conversation in a very practical manner: I’ll never forget the first time I went to England. My college choir went for a tour immediately after the spring semester. Dr. Gene Black, director of the A Cappella Choir at Samford University, gave his standard speech … →

I love animals. Always have. So it was a really great day when I met Dan breeding of creaturesofcreation.org. Here is a big gator he let me hold one day (very carefully as it is big enough to kill me). I use big gators and snakes to help students overcome their fear of witnessing . After all, if you can handle a wild animal that can kill you, why should you fear man? This is tootise the owl. Pretty cool … →

One day a friend recounted to me a sad but true story from his childhood. It occurred in the late 1960s, when David was about eight years old. On a Sunday night service at his church, a hippie family came to their church. The husband had a scruffy beard, and they were all wearing beads. Some of you remember those days. They obviously stood out in the congregation. The pastor got up, looked across the auditorium, and said, “It is … →

Academicus is the publication of the PhD department at SEBTS. Nathan Finn recently composed an article dealing with scholarship and blogging. Nathan interviewed several faculty including yours truly. You can read it online at: http://sebts.edu/PhD/Academicus/

Our son Josh is playing football his senior year for the North Raleigh Christian Academy Knights. He is the strong guard, playing next to a 300 pound giant tackle (Josh is not in this picture). As a typical, proud father, I screamed like a fool the whole game (all positive, I am a veteran of Upward Basketball), and now I hope I can do the seminar tomorrow night at a church in High Point (oops). Josh played very well. We … →