I’m excited for you to meet my friend, Pastor Lamar Ard, who recently became the pastor of the Woodin Valley Baptist Church in the Seattle area. He had been an Associate Pastor for…
Strengths and Weaknesses I firmly believe in working within your Holy Spirit giftings, but not ignoring your weaknesses. Your weaknesses will be the limit of your ceiling, or your Achilles…
Be Debt Free For Ministry On Sunday I preached that if God directs your life and delivers your soul, he deserves to distribute the spoils. Giving is a recognition of…
A Theology of Admin Meetings Tonight, I want to talk about unity from John 17. This won’t be a full exposition of the text, and I won’t even be dealing…
Greetings from Colorado! Abe and I are in Colorado Springs, and I’m preaching for the Lighthouse Baptist Church, a thriving church with many connections. Pastor Nate Scholz and I were in Bible…
Charlotte and I just got back from Oklahoma for the National Church Planting Conference, and we gave away our $3,300 offering to church planters all over America! Each year, around…
Today is VISION SUNDAY, which means that tonight we will give out our annual booklets, talk through 2026, and thank the Lord for the many ways that He has blessed…
An Exciting Month! “The only easy day was yesterday.” That’s not quite our slogan around here, but sometimes it feels like it! The only easy month was last month! Now…
Last Sunday—particularly on Sunday night—we focused on Bible reading for the new year. I thought the testimonies were powerful, because if you are new to a church like ours, imagine…