I have received phenomenal stories recently of people who have become serious about honoring Jesus in all areas of life. This one is too good not to share. Read Jeff  Farmer’s story and be encouraged! I pastor LifeTree Church in Hiram, GA and teach evangelism at NOBTS.In the mid 90s, I was in good shape, [...]

ost Weight? In Better Shape? I Need Your Help Last Sunday I spoke at the First Baptist Church Cary, North Carolina, where my former student Danny Poyner serves on staff. Danny has lost well over 100 pounds over the past few years. While we know that ministers today reflect the culture of growing obesity rather [...]

Jesus Christ saved me when I was 11. God got me before the Baptists did, but I have been a Baptist by conviction ever since. Recently I recalled one of the reasons I love being a Baptist. Of course, at the heart of it is the centrality of the Word of God and the Gospel [...]

In my first post on Margin I noted how we all need –or at least I need – to set up margins in our ever-hectic, driven-to-succeed culture. But I want to be careful here to point out two things. First, I am not an expert on the things I am describing, in fact I am [...]

Imagine driving down a road with the only space between you and the other lanes next to you spans a mere 4 inches of paint striping the road. Meeting and passing other cars would be pretty harrowing were that the case.  Imagine the book you recently purchased had no margins, but every page displayed words [...]