Another great day in Romania! More food distribution. Time with Pastor Claudiu, Corina, and the kids (including their new baby). The kickoff of the anniversary celebration marking the twenty-fifth year of our ministry partnership with Grace Church. You’ll be glad…

Have you ever been “happy tired”? What I mean by that is physically exhausted, but spiritually energized because you sense the Lord at work in spite of your human limitations? Happy tired! That’s me right now. We arrived in Timisoara,…

Lord willing, this Sunday morning I’ll finish our summer preaching series “THE MISSION.” I have thoroughly enjoyed walking with you through a journey of self-understanding in light of our “in Christ” identity: Who am I? Why am I here? What…

When you live along the Texas Gulf Coast, staring a hurricane right in the eye is not all that unusual. The annual hurricane season is rarely without at least a viable threat or two. But what we’ve observed this week…

I’m attending the national conference of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) of the Southern Baptist Convention. It’s a fantastic experience, but it’s jam-packed and I won’t have much time to write today. I do, however, want to take…

Do you think that this just might have been the weirdest offering that God ever received? Five gold tumors and five gold rats! I’m not making it up. Check out First Samuel 6, which I happened to be reading last…

According to our President, the U.S. military is “locked and loaded.” Tensions are mounting here and around the world in regard to the threat posed by North Korea’s Kim Jong-un, whom The New York Times referred to as “a moody…

Over the last two evenings we have experienced what I’ll call “church extraordinaire.” As First Baptist Paducah has strategically invaded the neighborhoods of Paducah, we have seen the Lord use us to minister to hundreds of people in Christ’s name.…

We’ve totally enjoyed showing Julian his seventeenth American state in two summers: Massachusetts. He’s been a great sport about all of the traveling, new foods, and unexpected adventures. You’ll see a few pics from our journey thus far, including the…

Grace to you, friends! We’re having a blast showing Julian, our Romanian son, the sites of our nation’s capital. As usual, the city is buzzing with people from all walks of life and from every corner of the world. The…