If you know me at all, you know I have a passion for helping the Body of Christ learn to disagree in a respectful and honorable way. The downright slanderous criticism and cheap shots that permeates the church these days turns my stomach. That’s why when I saw this open letter written to me on [...]

So we’ve all seen the stats. It seems like the church is rapidly loosing influence with the next generation. Barna President David Kinnaman examines the 6 reasons in a new article in Christianity Today. The six reasons he lists are… 1. Isolationism. One-fourth of 18- to 29-year-olds say church demonizes everything outside church, including the [...]

*I know many of you who read the blog live around the world, therefore you obviously don’t attend Cross Point. However, you’re often asking how you can pray for me or the church, so I like to keep you in the loop of what’s going on around this amazing place. Below is a letter I [...]

I think there’s a growing and disturbing trend in the church today. There’s often this assumption that spiritual maturity is happening if you’re attending more services this year than last year. That spiritual maturity is happening if you know more about Scriptures this month than last. But often our hearts are growing colder and colder [...]

I’ve heard horror stories over the years of churches that have made incredibly stupid decisions, but this one even shocked me. On November 27th the Gulnare Freewill Baptist Church (as a side note, I grew up Freewill Baptist and I never encountered this) voted 9 to 6 to ban interracial couples from church services or [...]

There’s a great new resource out there for churches and pastors called Ministry Matters. Their site is full of all kinds of tools including blogs, articles, message illustrations, and worship resources. They truly are a one-stop shop full of all kinds of ministry helps. I shot several videos for them recently including “How I Prepare [...]

I think hands down that pride is the most insidious and destructive thing that keeps us from becoming the leaders God wants us to be and furthermore it’s becomes a thick barrier to our relationships with God. It was C.S. Lewis who said, As long as you are proud you cannot know God. A proud [...]

  I read that one-time presidential candidate Rev. Pat Robertson, who has long made controversial moral pronouncements on topics from Alzheimer’s to the weather, says no more political endorsements from now on. Robertson, who’s now 81, told the AP this weekend… “I’ve personally backed off from direct political involvement. I’ve been there, done that. The [...]

I’m excited to let you guys know about this free online event I’m honored to be a part of called Fund Your Church Now. Some fantastic church leaders have donated their time to help all of us better understand what it takes to help fund the vision God has given us for our ministries. Register [...]

Thanks for your participation, we have our winners!! A few weeks ago, while I was out in California I had the honor of meeting an amazing guy named Johnnie Moore and I’m super excited to introduce you to him today. He’s a speaker, professor, author, and the vice president of one of the biggest universities [...]