The first goal of a Gospel presentation is not to convince, but rather to confront. The Gospel is rational, but faith is not the result of any person’s intellectual approval. Faith is obediently submitting “my truth” to God’s truth.

There’s a sense in which fulfilling the will of God for your life is less about what you do and more about how you do it. “Getting out of the will of God,” then, is less about leaving a place or profession and more about leaving a disposition of surrender to King Jesus.

Thanks Trey Hildebrant for a great kickoff to the new teaching series “Hymns: passing faith to the next generation.” Great hymn, topic, and delivery. Excited for the months ahead!

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Excellent and timely teaching series on the battle for our minds. Speaking on cynicism, “If you never heal from what hurt you, you’ll bleed on people who didn’t cut you.”

Bosses push people toward a goal. Leaders pull people toward a goal. Know the way. Go the way. Show the way.

“Our faith is not a secret to be kept or a system to protect. It is a light to shine in a dark world.” Trey Hildebrant

Over the course of 35+ years as a Christian and 23+ years of ministry, I've known and watched multiple generations of pastors. I've seen the "younger" guys become "older" pastors and watched a couple new waves of men join our ranks. I'd like to share a few observations. 🧵...

“While the world, especially the west, turns family into strangers, the Gospel turns strangers into family. This should be the missional focus of every church in response to globalization and urbanization.”

November and December are heavy planning months for me every year, personally and organizationally. I have been reminded of this simple but powerful truth: "You never rise to the level of your potential. You fall to the level of your habits or systems."

I’m always grateful for tender moments like these that reveal God is working under the surface. Raising kids has its challenges, but I’m thankful for the privilege of instilling Gospel principles into their young hearts.

“In the North American evangelical church, we often mistakenly consider ourselves missionaries when we go overseas but theologians at home. In our book and cultural slumber, the mission field has arrived in our urban cities while churches have moved out to the quiet suburbs.”

“Spiritual maturity is measured by the gap between what you know from the Bible and what you obey from the Bible.”

Privileged to lead worship for my friend Matt Ehlen at Calvary Baptist in Lilburn today. Grateful for their friendship and ministry. Faith closes the gap between the here and now and what’s to come, allowing us to praise Jesus today as we will in the end when every knee bows.

What gives me great hope for great commission work, especially in the West, is that we are swiftly moving from a post-Christian culture to a pre-Christian culture. The hearts of many people are blank slates unpolluted by past religious experiences.

“Our job as Christians is not to be the prosecutor of the world and of sinners. We are simply a witness, testifying of all we’ve seen and experienced of Jesus.” Let the Holy Spirit and Holy Scriptures do their job and let’s do ours.

Praying for our friends and ministry connections in the greater Brisbane area of Australia as they brace for Cyclone Alfred! 🙏🏻

The danger in ministry is loving “church” more than the Church. We love doctrine, philosophy, programs—and we grow frustrated when people don’t “church” well. If we’re frustrated by bad “churching,” but lack compassion for broken people, we’ve missed the heart of the Gospel.