Last September, I had my first physical in five years. Like a lot of guys who don’t have beach bods, I didn’t particularly want to go. I knew I should. But I didn’t want to. And so, the obvious thing happened: my wife made the appointment for me. As the old Chinese...

Last Sunday, The Houston Chronicle published a lengthy report about a horrifying crisis within the Southern Baptist Convention of churches: sexual abuse and misconduct. The story was shocking. It was heartbreaking, disgusting, and horrifying. The more I read it, the...

My wife collects nativity scenes. She owns all kinds: fragile family heirlooms, exotic ones from other countries, some that are hand-carved, plastic, wooden, expensive, and cheap. They all look different. And yet, each one also looks the same. There is Joseph, Mary,...

School is back in. That means early morning alarm clocks, big yellow buses, #2 pencils, complicated syllabi, Friday night football, report cards, PTA, faculty meetings, ridiculous traffic in front of my house on Perrowville Road (AHHHH!!), and so much more.   ...

It was 277 years ago, that Jonathan Edwards ascended the pulpit of a Northampton church in Connecticut. The Great Awakening, a revival movement in America, was sweeping across the colonies.  It was there, on that providential day, that he changed the course of church...

This year’s annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention saw 10,000 messengers descend on Dallas. This year included the best of times and the worst of times. For those interested, here are a few highlights and key moments of SBC 2018.   President JD Greear...

Several years ago, God gave me the opportunity to share the gospel with a nice young man named Moses. I haven’t told that story in years and thought I would share part of it with you today. A young man approached our house the other day and began sharing with me about...

In four weeks, thousands of messengers from churches will descend on Dallas, Texas for the annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC). Every SBC meeting is unique and interesting. But this year’s meeting is shaping up to be a doozey. A major story in our...

Having been a preacher’s kid, I have many fond memories that other people do not.  These include practicing baptisms with my siblings in the pool, experiencing an old fashioned, country “pounding” (some of you don’t even know what that is…ask me, and I’ll explain),...

We all know the story. It was 106 years ago, that the famed Titanic, a British passenger liner, struck an iceberg off Newfoundland. On the early morning hours of April 15, 1912, the gargantuan ship was slowly sucked down into the icy, black waters of the Atlantic....