Looking for Leaders vs. Seeing Leaders

Looking for Leaders vs. Seeing Leaders

TAGAYTAY, PHILIPPINES—I am enjoying a few days in beautiful Tagaytay for our annual Every Nation Asian Leadership Team (ALT) meeting. The last time Deborah and I were here, it was for my son James’s wedding. Whenever I gather with our leaders from Asia and hear the...
Four Lessons from the Life of Billy Graham

Four Lessons from the Life of Billy Graham

MANILA, PHILIPPINES—Earlier today, Billy Graham, perhaps the most influential religious figure of the twentieth century, died in his home in North Carolina at the age of ninety-nine. Right now, religious and political leaders all over the world are mourning his death...
Praying and Fasting . . . and Singing

Praying and Fasting . . . and Singing

NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE—This week, churches from all over the Every Nation world will begin 2018 with a week of prayer, fasting, and consecration. If you are fasting and praying with us this week, I would encourage you to download our 2018 Every Nation devotional guide...
Top Ten Books I Read in 2017

Top Ten Books I Read in 2017

NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE—It’s often said that “reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.” Because of too many international flights, I did not exercise my body nearly enough in 2017. But those same flights that prevented physical exercise afforded plenty of...
Remembering R.C. Sproul (1939–2017)

Remembering R.C. Sproul (1939–2017)

NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE—Last Thursday (December 14), theologian and author R.C. Sproul passed away at the age of 78. As a young believer in my teens and early twenties, I read Sproul’s books and listened to his radio show. Sproul’s influence on my theology and ministry...
Ministry Is Partnership with God

Ministry Is Partnership with God

Speaking at APEC in Pastor Timothy Loh’s new building. KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA—Every October, Deborah and I board a plane for Asia right when Nashville is transitioning from hot, humid summer to cool, beautiful fall weather. Though we are sad to miss the leaves turning...