Did you know there are close to three million prisoners in the United States right now and that population is growing at a compounded rate of well over 2 percent a year? What will the future bring? Introducing God Behind Bars This ministry is the real deal and if you’ve been looking for something to support, [...]
I don’t know if you’ve heard the big debate, but the phrase “Under God” was apparently missing from the Pledge of Allegiance in NBC’s broadcast of the US Open Golf Tournament this past Sunday. While there hasn’t been a full explanation on the motivation for nixing God from the Nation’s Pledge NBC (the network which [...]
Yesterday we launched our new series entitled “Glimpse: Exploring Heaven, Hell & What’s Next.” As part of the first week we showed an interview I did with Todd Burpo and his son, Colton. Todd wrote the crazy popular book “Heaven Is For Real.” Regardless of what you think about the book, I love the way [...]
Yesterday I wasn’t teaching at Cross Point so I got the opportunity to go around and visit several of our other campuses. All of our Cross Point campuses were doing baptisms which made it especially sweet. One of my favorite people I met yesterday was a 71 year old woman out at the Dickson campus [...]
I read this article the other day in Time Magazine. Still not sure what I think, so I thought I would get your opinion. The author is basically saying that it’s inevitable for computers to eventually take over civilization. Here’s a portion of what he had to say: Computers are getting faster. Everybody knows that. [...]
I’ve spent some time this week processing things from my 12 day trip to India. Takes a while to unpack everything emotionally from a trip like that. One of the biggest surprises looking back on the trip was the openness of the Indian people to the message of the Gospel. While this was my third [...]
I read the other day that love is the most commonly expressed emotion in the context of daily conversations. That makes sense to me. However, the second most expressed emotion in conversation caught me a bit by surprise. It was regret. I wish I had saved that money instead of buying that car. I wish [...]
My friend, Brad, posted a great quote the other day from Dietrich Bonhoeffer who reportedly said this from a Nazi Prison in 1943. “God is in the manger, wealth in poverty, light in darkness, succor in abandonment. No evil can befall us; whatever men may do to us, they cannot but serve the God who [...]
As part of the “Rediscovering Christmas” Bible reading plan I read Matthew 1 yesterday. It includes the genealogy of Jesus which most of us at best usually skim through (you know who you are). Included in the list of people leading up to Jesus are a few “household” names such as Abraham, Isaac, David, and [...]
