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 […]
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 […]
I spent 13 years of my life in student ministry and I loved every single one of those years. As a student pastor, you get a front row seat to watch the Holy Spirit work in magnificent and sweeping ways in the lives of your students. Yet, it wasn’t just the students that God was […]
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 […]
This week we are bringing you another episode of The Pastor’s Corner. This week I talk with my good friend and pastor David Tarkington. David serves as the Lead Pastor for First Baptist Church of Orange Park, Florida and is founder of the First Family Network of churches and campus locations. He is also the […]
Raising up leaders is never easy. There always seems to be a demand to raise up leaders now or the push to find the right guys to put in place for the future. Then once you find the right person, what do you do to get them to a place where they are prepared for […]
Years ago I heard a phrase from JD Greear that has been one of the few quotes that have stuck with me for more than a few weeks: You replicate what you celebrate. Simple phrase but it is a profound reminder – what we make a big deal out of in our ministry will be […]
With a new year comes plenty of new resolutions to take steps to make us better. Some of us want to eat better, workout more, spend more time with family or to distance ourselves from technology. Others have made more of a spiritual commitment to study Scripture or read more theology & Christian living books. […]
A couple of weeks ago Forbes Magazine polled workers from over 400 different careers and asked these workers if they felt that their work provided meaning in their lives and if they felt their job changed the world. The survey data was collected and used to created a metric for the world’s most meaningful jobs. […]
Humility. That is a characteristic that few of us naturally desire to pursue. Naturally we are selfish. We love our to serve ourselves before we would dare to serve anyone else. Humility is an aspect of discipleship that isn’t easy, especially in keeping our pride at bay while eagerly pursuing to serve others. In fact, […]
