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June 2015

June 12, 2015

10 Things I Learned From Writing a Viral Blog Post

I've been blogging for three years now. Most blogs get a few dozen views. The...

June 11, 2015

Repost: 10 Things the Church Puts Ahead of Reaching People

Yesterday this blog post just passed 250,000 page views, making it the most viewed blog...

June 10, 2015

Bucket Illustration of Why Some Churches Grow and Some Don't

Last week while talking through the importance of Acts 1 in the early church (when...

June 09, 2015

7 Reasons You Should Go on a Short-Term Mission Trip

Never been on a mission trip before? This time of year mission trips abound to...

June 08, 2015

Congratulations! You Won the Lottery!

There are simply no words to describe how “other” the world is that I encountered...

June 07, 2015

BIG Church #1 – Big Question

Here's the first sermon in our summer series BIG Church:

June 05, 2015

Don't Feel Sorry for the Poor

The picture you see is two of our church members on a recent trip to...

June 04, 2015

3 Things That Will Keep Guests Coming Back to Your Church (Based on Actual Guest Surveys)

Rather than tell you how things should be, today I'll simply pass along how things...

June 03, 2015

My Sermon to our Daughter Church in the Haitian Slums

Last Sunday I had the privilege of preaching at the church (Iglesia no Denominacional Justificados...

June 02, 2015

How Delta Airlines Got Me to Do What I’ve Never Done Before On a Flight

Recently on a Delta flight on my way out of the country I did something...

June 01, 2015

Story of Hope: Leslie

Watch and celebrate this incredible story of hope!

May 2015

May 29, 2015

Repost: Pawn Shop Evangelism

originally posted December 15, 2014 Yesterday at the end of church services I met a...

May 28, 2015

Repost: 7 Ways to Have More Fun in Your Marriage

originally posted October 28, 2014 If your marriage is more about fighting then it is...

May 27, 2015

Repost: 11 Reasons Why Marriages Fail

originally posted June 3, 2013 We see marriages around us fail for a multitude of...

May 26, 2015

Repost: The Committee on Committee on Committees

originally posted May 20, 2013 Growing up Baptist, I was entranced by the abundance of...

May 25, 2015

Repost: If God Could Use Them, He Can Use You

originally posted June 26, 2013 What do Moses, David, and Paul all have in common?...

May 22, 2015

Story of Hope: Lincoln

Our three-year-old son (Happy Birthday!) Lincoln isn't supposed to be here. If you look at...

May 21, 2015

9 Hard Truths I Wish I Could Tell Every Graduate

Congratulations graduates! What you've achieved is the result of years of determination, and your celebration...

May 19, 2015

3 Tricks to Start Learning Names

I'm good with names. I remember the summer before my sophomore year of college I...

May 18, 2015

'Thank You Notes' for Mt Vernon

Last Sunday at Hey Thanks! I wrote out some personal 'Thank You' notes in the...

May 16, 2015

Step Into the Light #6 – The Next Step

This is the final sermon in our series Step Into the Light.

May 15, 2015

7 Reasons You Should Say 'Hey Thanks' to Someone Today

In honor of our 3rd Annual 'Hey Thanks' event this weekend at Mt Vernon (where...

May 14, 2015

Can You Follow Jesus If You Have Unanswered Questions?

Watch this short clip as I tell a personal experience that answered this fundamental question for...

May 13, 2015

Finding Purpose Behind Pain

I had a conversation recently that I've had too many times before as I was walking with someone...

May 12, 2015

Wake Up Church! We Have a Problem!

Modern polling has confirmed what Christians have suspected for a long time: Christianity is losing...

May 11, 2015

7 Things I've Learned by Taking the Next Step

Jesus is always calling us to take the next step of faith as we follow...

May 09, 2015

Step Into the Light #5: Why Are There So Many Hypocrites in the Church?

Here's the fifth sermon in our series Step Into the Light where we tackle the...

May 08, 2015

Joy Prom 2015

Looking for an inspiring story to start your weekend? Watch this recap video from our...

May 07, 2015

5 Practices That Have Helped Me Succeed in Ministry

I would hope that sometime during the last 16 years of full-time ministry I've picked...

May 06, 2015

A Simple Way to Tell Who's a Genuine Christian and Who's Not

In the South everyone claims to be a Christian when obviously everyone isn't. How can...

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