I will never forget when I got my first cell phone as a teenager. It was a gray Motorola flip phone that looked less like a phone and more like a stone. It was gigantic by today’s phone standards but it served the simple purpose of being a way to connect to my parents […]
There was a time when I was convinced that I was never cut out for pastoral ministry. For starters, I am a natural introvert. I struggle in large social settings and I am often drained after spending significant time with more than a few people. Secondly, I could not stand the thought of preaching to […]
Let’s all be honest – there’s nothing easy about this life. Trying to navigate trials and press on is draining. I wrote my newest book & small group content – Endure – to explore how God’s people run well. Within this study, you will find direction and encouragement for how to trust God in every […]
Some of you may have heard of some issues that have been going on in the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee in the past couple of weeks. The majority of you may not have any idea of what is happening within the national leadership of the SBC right now, yet what is happening is incredibly […]
Having been born without arms, there are many things that offered quite a challenge when it came to trying to do them with my feet. Often people will ask me, “What is the hardest thing that you have had to learn to do with your feet?” That is a question that I can answer without an […]
Recently I had the opportunity to preach at Redeemer Church in Rocky Mount, NC which is pastored by my good friend Dayton Hartman. He asked me to preach on discipleship as they were ramping up for their kickoff to all their fall church ministries. I chose to preach from Deuteronomy 6, as we looked at […]
The recent podcast series The Rise & Fall of Mars Hill has sparked conversation about the church on a number of fronts: leadership, accountability, abuse of power and the rise of Christian celebrity. The podcast has broached a number of theological subjects through its 6 episodes so far, but one of the most common topics […]
Many of us have had times in our life where everything seems to go wrong at the same time. Every choice you make is the wrong one. You can’t seem to make enough money to pay all the bills. You lose a loved one. All within a month. The world is closing in around you. Yet, […]
There have been many stops along the way where I have been pushed to the side or overlooked simply because of who I was. I showed up to the first day of kindergarten as excited as could be. I was pumped to meet new friends and to learn new things. Yet, I left the first […]
As far back as I can think, there has always been a chip on my shoulder. That chip solely coming from being told all the things that I would never in the early days of my life: He’ll never feed himself. Never write. Never go to a normal school. Never graduate. Never be a fully […]
