Can You Have Fun in Ministry?
When I first came to Christ, it didn’t take me long before I knew He was calling me to be a pastor. I took what I knew about the Gospel and mixed it with the intense passion I had for it and soon began speaking at D-Nows and little church events around Louisiana. Have...
Living as a Subject in the Kingdom
If I asked everyone reading this to raise their hand if they’ve ever heard something like the following phrase, I would imagine almost every single one of you would raise your hand. “Are you going to heaven after you die?” It has been the question people ask before...
How To Lose Seven Million People
Twenty-two years ago, in 1997, SBC churches reported having about 5,224,000 people in average weekly attendance. Over the next twenty years, as evangelism exploded in the SBC’s consciousness, we saw 7,155,000 people baptized in these churches. So then, twenty years...
Why We Don’t Make Disciples – Part 5: Unorganized Priorities
Why We Don’t Make Disciples – Part 4: Unexpected Benefits Over the last few weeks, we’ve been examining some of the reasons that churches and believers today aren’t making disciples. Though there are more than just the reasons we’ve explored, each of them can be...
