It has already been said that the sermon below by David Platt is perhaps the greatest missions message ever preached. I was a freshman in college when the buzz about John Piper’s sermon “Doing Missions When Dying Is Gain” filled the campus of University of Mobile. Not long after that, I embarked on my first [...]
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The Call of Our This Generation
April 16, 2012The Gospel Alphabet: M is for Mission
December 20, 2011A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L In his book, Grounded in the Gospel: Building Believers the Old-Fashioned Way, J.I. Packer has a chapter entitled “The Gospel as of First Importance.” In that chapter, Packer discusses the pastoral and formational applications of the Gospel. Many are familiar with the quote from Tim Keller that “the Gospel is not the ABC’s of [...]
Matt Papa – Here Am I, Send Me
August 19, 2011Yes.
Great Expectations Require Great Resignation
July 12, 2011Adoniram Judson knew well the call of God and life on mission. It is evident that he held a sense of sobriety afforded by plunging deep into texts like Matthew 10. One thing for sure is that Jesus could never be charge for false advertising when it comes to following him. When it came time [...]
Reflections on Haiti Mission (June 2011)
June 29, 2011This past week, I had the privilege of taking a team from Bowling Green, KY to Haiti to partner with a church in Saint-Marc, Haiti (here’s a satellite image of the mountain village where the church gathers). This was my third trip to Haiti in the past 9 months since we started our mission work [...]
Haiti Bound
June 20, 2011This morning, I’m leaving for my third trip to Haiti. In case you’re wondering about how my relationship with Haiti got started, these posts will give you a good idea. I’m particularly excited about this trip for two reasons: 1. This is the first trip where I will be leading a team from another church [...]
John Piper – Hallowed Be Your Name
June 16, 2011This past Monday, John Piper preached a powerful sermon focusing on the first phrase of the Lord’s Prayer, “Hallowed be your name.” In the typical expository exultation style of Piper, you can sense the gravitas and the gladness of the text as we are brought face to face with the greatness of God. In my [...]
What Part of the Gospel Is Optional?
May 18, 2011Support NYC Mission :: VBS Offering
March 28, 2011I want to echo what Steve McCoy recently posted on his blog, namely, encouraging you to check out the 2011 Big Apple Adventure Vacation Bible School Missions Offering. Freddy Wyatt is lead pastor of Gallery Church in New York City and a faithful brother heading up this project. They are doing a good work in [...]
Do We Really Believe What We’re Saying?
March 23, 2011David Platt, currently ministering in northern India, asks a really important question. May we answer with our lives.
Off to Haiti
January 3, 2011For the next ten days, I will be with 8 other men from Grace working in Haiti to train 50 Haitian pastors in a gospel conference and rebuild a church building destroyed in the earthquake. For those of you not aware of the back story, read these blogposts (here, here, and here). Pastor Joseph, our [...]
Word Lens Is a Game Changer
December 17, 2010The iPhone has empowered my life in a number of ways, not the least of which is an all-in-one gadget. It is my phone, alarm clock, GPS, calendar, iPod, camera, jump drive, dictaphone, web browser, reader, video camera, scanner, Bible, and a host of other things, many of which I used on a daily basis. [...]
The Spirit of Christ Is a Missionary Spirit
December 7, 2010Octavius Winslow, perhaps the best devotional writer you’ll ever read, communicates truth that provoke and stir up affections for Jesus in such encouraging ways. This is a recent example from his Morning Thoughts: The Spirit of Christ is an active, benevolent Spirit. It bore the Savior, when He was in the flesh, from country to [...]
How NOT to Help the Poor
November 18, 2010One of the biggest dilemmas right now in places like Haiti is the unintended consequences of crisis relief without long-term vision for indigenous empowerment and cultural revitalization. For example, see Exhibit A from this past week. A book that I have been reading that is incredibly helpful (and a manual for our work in Haiti) [...]
Life Offline
October 26, 2010For the past 2.5 years, I have been serving as a pastor of Grace Baptist Church. I have not blogged much about my church or my role as a pastor (other than the kingly administration stuff). It has been an incredible journey so far, and I am loving being a church that is “reformed and [...]
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