So how do you guard yourself from the schemes of Satan and protect yourself from “the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of life”? Allow me to offer three suggestions that may help you guard your heart against the schemes of Satin....
A little series of posts here on moral Failure Imagine for a moment that your family moves into a new home situated on a major highway. Traffic on the highway is steady at 55 mph for most of the day. When you meet your neighbors for the first time they...
Words of encouragement to a wife are like water to a plant. “When I read that quote recently, I thought about how true that statement is, how every wife needs and craves encouragement from her husband. My husband is masterful at showing me love: he plans date nights, he gifts...
If your a church planter with a wife you should direct her to Christine Hoover’s Blog
Big announcement at Pillar Church Sunday… you can read it below or listen to it HERE. Pillar Church began with a single passion to know Jesus Christ and make him known. Since our first meeting more than six years ago, every decision, every sermon, and every song has been aimed...
Just wanted to draw attention to Mike McKinley’s new book, “Am I Really A Christian?” from Crossway. This book has tremendous potential in the hands of the people who make up our churches. There’s also a great website that accompanies the book. His previous book titled, “Church Planting is for...
Two thank you videos for two special families in our churches as they prepare to leave.
(Pic of my oldest son Noah at Jamestown Plantation last week) I’m participating in a writing project right now for a church planter training slated to come out in the fall. I am writing the chapter on Pastoral Health. Part of my chapter deals with family health. I spent some...
I’ve taken a step way outside of my usual reading and picked up Bart Ehrman book titled, “God’s Problem”. It’s a book about suffering and evil from a seminary trained PHD pastor who “lost his faith”. I don’t recommend reading it but I do recommend talking a look at the...
Roy Garza sent me this very funny “Love Win’s” Parody and this funny comic.
