I am so thankful that I had the opportunity to serve and meet so many of you for the very first time. These 12 months have been packed with ministry and have blurred by so quickly that it is hard to put into words. Here are some quick stats of the year that was: Churches […]
There is one question that has hung in the back of my mind for almost the first two decades of my life. “Why?” Especially in my teens, I probably asked God that question a thousand times at least. I was born without either one of my arms and have spent my life adapting to a […]
Last week, I began a series that is taking a look at the decline of evangelism in the American church. The first article in the series laid out what people said were the the biggest factors that they felt were holding them back from sharing the gospel. The top three responses that people gave were […]
One of the most troubling trends in the American church today is the decline in evangelism. The most recent large survey I could find on evangelism was a Barna poll from 2013 that found that only 52% of Christians shared their faith with another person in the last calendar year. Given that the climate of […]
I recently sat down with my friend Jesse Strickland, CEO of Kings Creek Apparel, to record a podcast on what gratitude looks like in a person’s everyday life. From grief to grace – the Christian should have a well of goodness to draw from when it comes to show gratitude with every day that God […]
October is commonly known as Pastor Appreciation month. While many of us truly love and appreciate our pastors, these four weeks give us the opportunity to show that to them. The hard part is figuring out exactly how to show that to them. Here are a few practical ways that you can show your […]
Mistaking a person for someone else is easier to do than many might assume. It actually happens to me quite a bit. It happens most of the time when I am visiting a church but I have also had it happen to me when I am at the airport or at a restaurant. People will […]
I have loved hiking for as long as I can remember. My dad took me on weekend hikes as a kid. Sometimes we would hike through our local park and other times we would drive a couple of hours to the North Carolina mountains to hike mountain tops or to take in the views of […]
Parenthood has been quite the eye opener for me in the last decade plus that I have been a daddy. There are a slew of things that I simply did not know I could do prior to parenthood. Until having kids of my own I had no idea how to change diapers, soothe a fussy […]
“Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand, and by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you—unless you believed in vain.” —1 Corinthians 15:1–2 The apostle Paul was a man that God used in […]
