Here’s another Father’s Day message from the archive. I originally wrote this for Evangelicals Today magazine about twenty years ago. ——————————————- I had just said the last “amen,” dismissing the second-morning worship service. People were still crowding the altar....
MONDAY REPOST. Wrote the following article/blog many years ago for Evangelicals Today magazine. I re-read it a couple of days ago while doing research for yesterday’s “Finish Strong” sermon at Bethel Franklin. Since I did not have time to incorporate this story into...
Be careful who you listen to because sometimes the voice of God sounds a lot like the voice of spiritual leaders. I read Deuteronomy on my Manila to Nashville flight yesterday. At the end of the book, Moses is old, and he knows it is time to pass the leadership baton...
I am speaking tomorrow at the Every Nation School of Campus Ministry in Manila. So much to say, but I finally narrowed it down to the 10 things you must know in order to succeed in campus ministry long term. Here they are: 1. You must know that God loves...
“Moses’ father-in-law replied, ‘What you are doing is not good.’”Exodus 18:17 All leaders—especially leaders with a huge following—need a Jethro, someone older and wiser who is not impressed with their success and who will speak truth, especially painful truth. While...
I don’t remember which year we started, or whose ideas it was (probably Manny Carlos—definitely not mine), but as long as I can remember my home church in Manila has started each year with a week of prayer, fasting, and consecration. This week is both my favorite and...
