11/28/15 Making Hell Shake

READING: Acts 18:19-19:41 TEXTS AND APPLICATION:   Anyone who knows me well knows that Acts 19:11-16 is probably the theme text for my ministry. The Apostle Paul…

Read More

11/27/15 A Prayer for Others

READING: 1 Thessalonians 1-5; 2 Thessalonians 1-3 TEXTS AND APPLICATION:   We know we need to pray for others, but that doesn’t mean we always find this task…

Read More

7 Findings about Church Health

Over the past year, I’ve posted findings based on our Lawless Group Church Health Survey completed by hundreds of churches over the years.

Read More

11/26/15 My Spirit is Provoked

READING: Acts 17–18:18 TEXTS AND APPLICATION:  A quick look around our culture reveals idolatries everywhere. Fame. Money. Sex. Power. Possessions. Media. All of us could…

Read More

11/25/15 Giving Birth

READING: Galatians 4-6 TEXTS AND APPLICATION:  Ministry is difficult some days. You give all you have, and few people respond. The work in never-ending, it seems….

Read More

11/24/15 Compromise on the Horizon

READING: Galatians 1-3 TEXTS AND APPLICATION:  I know I believe the gospel. It is central to my life. All that I do is connected to this message that…

Read More

11/23/15 Singing and Praying

READING: Acts 15-16 TEXTS AND APPLICATION:  When we lived in Kentucky, I taught at a local prison. Though the guys I taught were usually Christians, they were still human —…

Read More

11/22/15 Tongues

READING: James 1-5 TEXTS AND APPLICATION:  The tongue is a powerful thing — so powerful, in fact, that James says that no man can tame it…

Read More