Elevators-Don’t forget: I’ll be sharing the stage with a true legend this Sunday as we wrap up the My Generation series.
This man embodies what it means to see a true move of God in your generation, perhaps more than anyone I’ve ever met. (No, it’s not Billy Graham. But you’re close. No, not Franklin either. [...]

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I wish I could explain what it feels like as a pastor when you know you have a Word from God.
Let me tell you, Elevators, I’ve got a Word for this Sunday. A fresh Word. An on-time Word. An all-up-in-your-face, dang it, I wish so-and-so would have been here to hear that, Holy Ghost chill [...]

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I check my checking account balance often.
Same with my retirement accounts, kids’ college funds, short-term savings accounts, etc.
I expect all of these accounts to grow. And that only happens if I make more deposits than withdrawals.
A few years ago, I started tracking a different kind of account.
Am I becoming wealthier in the Word of God [...]

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Because our service times are so tight, I usually arrive at our Butler campus barely in time to hear the last song before I walk up on the stage to preach.
There’s a small row of chairs reserved for me and the guys who help me on Sunday mornings. On the front row. Best seats in [...]

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When you face an enemy, obstacle, or setback, you can either see it as a wall or a door.
If you perceive your adversity or adversary (whatever the case may be) the first way, you’re finished. The dream is dead. You’ve hit the proverbial wall, and you can go no further.
When you see the challenge as [...]

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I hope that, in my lifetime, God will allow me to be a part of restoring the virtue of honor back to the pastoral ministry. Beyond that: I want to help restore honor to the body of Christ in general.
My generation has done a pretty phenomenal job of obliterating the concept of honor and discarding [...]

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Ephesians 4:1 begs me to “live a life worthy of the calling I have received.”
As a pastor, I certainly realize the non-negotiable need for me to be pure, seek God, love my wife, stay off drugs… you know, the biggies.
But there are many less obvious demands that I believe come with the territory of pastoral [...]

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