“If you were arrested for being a Christian, would there be enough evidence to convict?” It wasn’t long after becoming a Christian that I heard a preacher ask that question in a sermon on the tribulation, and I felt pretty confident that I wouldn’t be one of those so-called Christians found innocent of all charges […]

If there’s anything I’ve learned from 18 years of pastoring, it’s this: What’s said and what’s heard can be two entirely different things. If you attended the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting last month, you probably overheard a number of sidebar conversations involving Critical Race Theory, sexual abuse, and Executive Committee transparency, just to name […]

“The name of the only Queen in Israel’s history.” A nice piece of Bible trivia that would make a great Bible Jeopardy clue. But more than trivia, the events surrounding her reign are a powerful story of God’s providence, faithfulness, and our response. It was the eighth century B.C., long after the northern 10 tribes […]