Archive for November, 2006

  This weekend I have the honor of officiating a wedding for two young adults I love dearly.  I have known Joy since her middle school years as we were in the same church.  Shaun became a special student as he studied for the MDiv in Evangelism here. They met in a small group I [...]

This past Friday we celebrated graduation at SEBTS. We have grown so much the past few years that the college and seminary must have separate graduations.  What a joy to see so many students I taught graduate.  I am proud of all of them-undergrad, grad, and especially at the doctoral level. I had three students [...]

  I have a love-hate relationship with the American Evangelical Church, and particularly in that tradition known as Southern Baptists. I love so much of who we are and what we have been about. I am grateful for my heritage: hearing the gospel as a child, and in my case seeing it on display through [...]

I am going to start giving a little time on Sundays to note what a blessing students are and to highlight some key students with whom I minister.  This weekend I had the joy of being with current and former students Justin and Nicole Arbuckle (I taught them both before they were married) and current [...]

This week we wrap up the spring semester at Southeastern with finals beginning on Thursday.  As I reflect on the past semester I am reminded why I remain optimistic about the future of the SBC.  I recognize our students comprise only a percentage of the future leaders in the convention. I also recognize that not [...]

Tonight Hannah (my 15 year old) and I ran by the dollar store to pick up coin rolls before a meeting at our missions building. I have a conviction that every Christian parent should take or send their child to another country on a mission trip before they finish high school. So, Hannah and I [...]

Writing while riding in a suburban pulling a trailer on a bumpy stretch of interstate in West Virginia does not come easily.  But here I am, typing away on my sweet new Mac book on a ten-hour drive with the guys in Finding Madison who travel with me.  My son Josh sits in the back [...]