It was twenty-two years ago today on a Saturday night in Duluth, Georgia. By the time the everything began, it was already starting to get dark outside. The church was ...

Sunday is Father's Day 2019 and I am thinking about a man that most of you do not know named Doug Lyle. The first time I can recall ever having ...

Children are precious little gifts to the world.  My thoughts have rested upon children the last several days as Christmas time has again come upon us.  My two children have ...

It’s Father’s Day, and I won’t get to see my dad today, but I woke up grateful for him today and wanted to share a few words to honor him. ...

When I proposed to Amy in May of 1997 I spoke the verse from Proverbs 18:22 which says, "He who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor ...

"Whoever isolates himself seeks his own desire; he breaks out against all sound judgment." - Proverbs 18:1 The individual above is described as someone who purposefully separates himself from others. ...

That wonderful time of year has found me as I step away from ministry duties for a couple of weeks in order to gain some refreshment for my body, mind ...

Most men that I know and do life alongside have good wives.  Most of us husbands can easily admit that we do not quite grasp the intricacies of the female ...

On Sundays I will usually post something about the most important person in my life, Jesus.  If it is not about Him or His Father or His Spirit then it ...

So grateful to have Shirsten Dreyer guest-posting today.  Her perspective helps many of you who might need a little break from the male/laser-like/conquer-the-hill tone in my own posts.  Today she ...

Lord, raise up young Christians who will be Gospel-soaked and Gospel-loyal as the end approaches. I'm afraid that my generation has not done its job in preparing the next so ...

Recently I came across this blog post from five years ago and I decided it would be a good one to leave up for the end of this week.  My ...

A few years back I opened up our local paper and was happily surprised to see an article penned by a lady with whom I attended high school.  I didn't ...

Please forgive at the onset the critical tone of this post today.  I've been wrestling with the thought of a great and inglorious exchange that has occurred in my lifetime.  ...

Family time is important.  How many times have we heard that?  For many this statement merely rises to the level of that nagging feeling that you have when you know ...

There are a lot of things wrong with our country today but I would like to take a moment and highlight something that is wise, good and profitable with the ...

Raising children is one of the most stretching seasons of life that one can imagine.  Amy and I are blessed with two incredible kids and I know that every parent ...

So grateful to have a Father who taught me Jesus as a boy.  Dad was there for me when, after running far away from the principles he taught me, grace ...

So I'm having this beautiful, spiritual, victorious day at Meadow yesterday.  God began really moving in my heart on Friday and it carried me all the way through as I ...

My kids have been great sources of material for my sermons and blogs for years.  It is a questionable pastor who passes up the heaps of illustrations and anecdotes that ...

Today my family will trek down to Atlanta Medical Center, a place which became an unwelcome part of our lives last Summer after the collision which severely injured my precious ...

Ok, so I received this unexpected blessing of a never-before-offered opportunity for a Sunday date night with Amy.  What type of pastor takes the sacred Sunday and whisks his lady ...

Uncle Mark's stables It was a strange place for a shiny newer-model minivan - a citified vehicle in the middle of the countryside.  Gravel popped out from beneath our slow ...

Do you get sick of me talking about my son?  I do it in the pulpit with great frequency but Landon also occasionally worms his way into my blog because ...

Martin Luther was known for a mouth that could release the highest theological thoughts and the sharpest of personal barbs.  Once he made up his mind about something and expressed ...