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Late last year, I read this article , which pricked my conscience regarding "working vacations" and other such oxymoronic concepts...

Non-Crappy Starring You! eCards on JibJab Its that time of year when our family takes some time off and spends a couple of weeks with exten...

In the wake of Mitt Romney's speech last night, many born-again followers of Jesus are asking if his Mormon faith should be a factor in ...

As I understand it, a torrent of protest is currently rising among evangelical Christians who want to see The Golden Compass banned from the...

This week, I'm with the pastoral leadership of one of our churches in Columbus, Ohio at the International Mission Board Pacific Rim Conf...

Well, its official! By his official endorsement of Rudolph Giuliani, televangelist Pat Robertson tells American evangelicals it is worth vo...

Ever see otherwise intelligent folk do something that could qualify for the $1000 award on "Country Fried Home Videos?" Every tim...

Its been a great week so far. Today I spoke to classes at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary about church planting. My friend and f...

In the United States, its hip to be a whore! If you think that statement too strong, perhaps you simply aren't paying attention. Over t...

"Emerging," "Incarnational," "Missional." A Google Search on any of these terms will reveal them to be the mos...

I was privileged, not only to be raised in a church environment, but also to be raised in a “missionary” church environment. As such, my hi...

We Southern Baptists are blessed to have six theological seminaries spread out all over the country. Most aspiring ministers of the Gospel ...

Some of our pastors and planters spent a couple of great days this week at Branch Creek Church near Philadelphia at the Purpose Driven La...

To the left and below are pictures of a recent church planting seminar I was privileged to lead in southern Mexico. God is indeed moving al...

He denies that Jesus is Messiah, and calls the President of my alma mater a “spiritual racist” because of his belief that Jesus is the only ...

I love to write. There is something about the exercise of putting your thoughts into words that brings clarity, and when the subject is God ...

As a whole, I am very grateful for the emphasis given to the discipline of church leadership over the past two decades. Given the dearth of...

Since the latter part of 2005 there has been a debate among SBC conservatives, a sometimes not-so-friendly one, on the nature of Biblical Ba...