Visiting Old South, Newburyport
George Whitefield (1714-1770) didn’t start out as much of a preacher. After his first sermon, someone complained to the bishop that Whitefield’s sermon had driven 15 people mad.
In the years
Church
Building the church on age appeal
Many of the newer churches today tend to be built around a target age group. I get this. It makes everything easier and has more curb appeal. But sometimes I hear from people
Ten Years at Richview Today
Ten years ago today I began as the new pastor at Richview Baptist Church. Those were the days Windows 98 was a big deal (just a week old at that point), overhead projectors
Church of the Broken
My latest column at Christian Week:
The church I pastor is trying to become more outwardly focused. Sometimes it helps to learn from examples, so a group of us traveled a short distance
God’s Evangelistic Method
I just posted on Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones and his view of what the church needs to pull out of its slump. “The church was to advance, not by approximating to the world, but