Thank you Tim Keller

A few years ago I read THIS BOOK about raising boys. The concepts in the book were helpful but the actual plan the book presents just wasn’t my style. Nevertheless the book got me thinking about helping my sons (3) become men… My kids were young so it was one...

A prolonged dependency on your mother is an indication that something is wrong with you. I remember a woman in my hometown (Palatka, Florida) that thought it was entirely appropriate to nurse her children until they were school age. To make matters worse, she was happy to nourish her children...

A month from today I’m joining a team of five from Pillar Church to visit the Pillar House in Indonesia. We have some work to do, some plans to make and hope to spend a lot of time talking to nationals about Jesus. It’s been more than a year since...

A few days ago I got a Church Planting proposal from a guy headed to Boston, Juan McLean. It is the most well thought out, comprehensive church planting proposal I have ever seen… not to mention that it looks great. Let me encourage you to take a look, you can...

I spent some time in Florida with my mother and step father this past week. Our last day home we spent a few hours digging through a box of old pictures and news paper clippings. In the box I found the engagement announcement for my mother and father and was...

“God saves sinners. God. – The triune Jehovah, Father, Son and Holy Spirit; three Persons working together in sovereign wisdom, power and love to achieve the salvation of a chosen people, the father electing, the son fulfilling the Father’s will by redeeming, the Spirits executing the purposes of the Father...

I’m spending the week in Florida visiting family and relaxing a bit. The first day of the trip Jennifer and I started reading a novel together, the main character was a surfer… so I decided to carry the theme throughout our trip. Today we rented a long board from the...

This weekend we had a great time of worship at Pillar Church. We invited the people of our church to show up an hour early this so that we could have a focused time of prayer for Colby & Annie Garman, our missionaries to Iceland. The Garmans are within a...

Another Excerpt… “When it comes to churches the same is true, healthy churches grow. Good healthy churches and bad healthy churches. Mormonism for example is “healthy” and has grown very rapidly since Joseph Smith, Jr., founded the movement with only 6 members in 1830. In a little over 175 years...