As a teacher I am particularly interested in the long term impact of youth camps. I am always grateful for a strong response at invitations in the evening services, and we have had some pretty remarkable times of response this summer. Even more have I loved to meet and to hear later from students who have met Christ or in other way saw camp as a turning point in their lives. But as a parent, nothing thrills me more than … →

NOTE: The following was published first by Tom Ascol at the Founders Ministry blog. Tom is introducing a conversation via blog between he and I. TA: This is the first of a series of “bloggersations” that I hope to publish periodically on this blog. One of the vitally important dimensions to the resurgence of gospel unity that is developing within and beyond the SBC is the establishment of friendships. Too often, brothers who disagree with each other talk past one … →

One of my earliest memories of my first semester at SEBTS involved a trip to a university in our state with a brand new seminary student named J. D. Greear. J.D. and I hit it off immediately once he enrolled in my first evangelism class. He took me that September to his college alma mater where I spoke to a large group of students meeting weekly in a Bible study he started. That night I met a senior named Bruce … →

I confess. I once hated youth camp. After all, I broke my hip at a youth camp and now have a piece of titanium driven into my femur because of it (we won the game, but I lost the wrestling match. It wasn’t worth it). In addition, I had seen enough stupid games, weird stuff eaten by students treated like VBS children rather than young adults, and silly songs at camp to do me for a thousand Hindu reincarnated lives. … →