This past week a handful of Evangelical leaders including Sterling Huston from the BGEA, Jay Strack of studentleadership.net, Paul Cedar of Mission America, and yours truly met with leaders of the Pentecostal/Charismatic tradition at Regents University.  Leaders from the Church of God, Cleveland, Tennessee, the Church of the Foursquare Gospel, the Assemblies of God, Wellington Boone, Dave Butts of the National Prayer Committee, the editor of Charisma magazine, and several others gathered to discuss the subject of Spiritual Awakenings.  As … →

I suppose I have spoken at about 40 DiscipleNows, untold numbers of youth rallies, and various other youth events—big conferences, small FCA gatherings, and lots in between. This weekend I was reminded of something I often say—young people can handle the truth! I spoke at an amazing church with some of the coolest youth I know. The pastor has taken a small, tradition group and movee it to being in the top .5% in baptisms in the SBC. He hasw … →

Every semester I try to remind my students that no matter how much experience you get in ministry, no matter how much you learn, no matter how many great and godly people you meet, and certainly no matter how many great “ministry opportunities” you have, there will never be a time in your life you can serve the Lord without times of agonizing prayer. We always must remember the need we have for the Most High to intervene in our … →