Ever since Landon was a baby, I have asked the Lord to make my son a better man than his father. It has been a simple, consistent prayer of mine ...

One of my desires in communicating bible truths is that I might be able to help others in their personal journeys with the King. Over the last twenty-three years, I ...

It has been an amazing 2017! God has been so gracious, and so good, and so glorious to me in the past year. After a very demanding 2016, this past ...

Perhaps one of the most understated or undervalued aspects of salvation is the aspect of God’s companionship.  It is ironic because the core of being one with God through faith ...

Mark your calendars for Friday evening 10/27/17 for the next OneRace gathering. We will meet at the church where I serve, New Bridge Church. We will begin at 7:30 (come ...

Did you watch the Lone Ranger growing up? That pillar of black and white television hit the screen in 1949 and kept streaming out ample heroic goodness for 220 more ...

This week will have me taking a break from writing here in the blog. I need a little refreshing of the waters, so I plan to take a short hiatus ...

Unless anyone desires to protest or prove otherwise, I am assuming we all agree that the Church is divided. The embarrassing walls between us are many: racial classifications, generational preferences, ...

For several weeks leading up to Sunday, August 13, 2017, I had planned to begin a new sermon series on unity in the Church. My first message was to be ...

You may not have noticed, but we are subtly walking through a blog mini-series over the last four posts (including today’s). God honors the intentional communication of what His word ...

Over the last two years, an awareness that I am no longer the young kid has found me. I began full-time vocational ministry twenty years ago at age twenty-seven. Our ...

Finishing up this three-installment blog series today, I want to ask you a very simple question: do you believe in your heart that God is for you, that He wants ...

In my last post, I began to unpack an explanation of why your breakthrough sometimes lingers longer than we desire. If you did not read it, please take a few ...

“Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.” ...

September 20, 2005 Dearest Religion, It has been a long journey together, but today I need to let you know that I have finally decided to leave you for good. ...

If someone asked you if you would want to spend today with Jesus walking right by your side, physically present with you, able to be seen, heard and touched, you ...

I began first grade in 1975 in Doraville, GA.  My family lived in an apartment complex called Plymouth Colony and, though we had next to nothing, I remember that year ...

Weary of your struggles or suffering?  You cannot wish it away or ignore it into oblivion.  When pain comes it can do a number on us in a short time.  When ...

“…the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness…” Isaiah 61:3 What a drudgery life can be when our wardrobe is nothing other than cloaks woven with the threads of ...

Thanks to those of you who have contacted me, asking about the next part of the blogged testimony which I have been sharing lately. I really want to finish the ...

Because I have been asked to share my story as it pertains to the migration from Baptist cessationist to one who believes in the ongoing availability of the gifts of ...

Four moms have influenced me during my life: the mom who gave birth to me and raised me until the age of nine. The mom who married my dad when ...

In John 8:31-32 Jesus said to some who had believed on Him: "If you abide in My word, you are truly My disciples, and you will know the truth, and ...

What an interesting first few months of 2015 it has been.  Going back to the late summer of last year, I knew God was stirring in me to share what He ...

Sometimes it lodges in pretty deep before we are even aware of it. Somewhat like a blemish that appears on your face overnight while you slept – you wake up ...