I’ve been thinking a lot about what it means to go into something new and leave the something old behind. I am in the middle of a ministry transition. After about 9 years on staff at my current local church (a church I also grew up in for about 9 years before being on...
The hot Haitian sun beat down on our metal tap tap as we bounced along the dirt road of a small town just outside Port-Au-Prince, Haiti. My hands wrapped around the metal bars, I squinted into the high noon sun as we came to a slow stop, our driver pointing towards a...
Effective time management is very important for pastors who juggle numerous responsibilities, from sermon preparation and pastoral care to administrative tasks and outreach efforts. This article provides practical tips to help ministers manage their time efficiently....
"Tim, you've done something no one else has been able to do before." said noted apologetics author and professor Norman Geisler. He referred to how Tim Mahoney demonstrated a powerful pattern of evidence for the Exodus events through film. It showcased the proof of...
Life is not a horizontal line. Instead, it is full of opposites, ups and downs, sorrows and joys. Life is also short, and because of the culture’s deception to and of death, death has become a part of the cycle of life. We experience it with our loved ones, our...
I’m not an actor. The closest I came to acting was as a high school senior, when I agreed to be in a play that never came about. For whatever reason, not enough guys were available to perform, and I reluctantly agreed after quite a bit of cajoling. I can’t remember...
God makes promises. And then he waits. Sometimes for a really long time. Long enough for us to wonder if we imagined the promises. Long enough for us to wonder if he’s forgotten them. Maybe we misheard? Maybe we misunderstood? The Struggle of Waiting on God's Promises...
On November 17, 1988, in Lexington, North Carolina, I was born with a rare craniofacial disorder called Goldenhar syndrome. Put bluntly, the left side of my face and parts of my body were badly broken. Nurses would return every few minutes with a new discovery of...
When God gave the command to parents and the community to teach children, the core of that was to teach them to “Love the Lord your God” (Deuteronomy 6:4-9). Rather than attempting to introduce every story of Scripture, we would do well to prepare children for meat by...
The night Reggie died, my family came over to sit vigil, but as the night wore on, they departed one by one to their own homes until only one of my family members and I remained. At first my family member was quiet, but eventually she opened up, pausing after each...
I’ve been thinking a lot about what it means to go into something new and leave the something old behind. I am in the middle of a ministry transition. After about 9 years on staff at my current local church (a church I also grew up in for about 9 years before being on...
The hot Haitian sun beat down on our metal tap tap as we bounced along the dirt road of a small town just outside Port-Au-Prince, Haiti. My hands wrapped around the metal bars, I squinted into the high noon sun as we came to a slow stop, our driver pointing towards a...
Effective time management is very important for pastors who juggle numerous responsibilities, from sermon preparation and pastoral care to administrative tasks and outreach efforts. This article provides practical tips to help ministers manage their time efficiently....
"Tim, you've done something no one else has been able to do before." said noted apologetics author and professor Norman Geisler. He referred to how Tim Mahoney demonstrated a powerful pattern of evidence for the Exodus events through film. It showcased the proof of...
Life is not a horizontal line. Instead, it is full of opposites, ups and downs, sorrows and joys. Life is also short, and because of the culture’s deception to and of death, death has become a part of the cycle of life. We experience it with our loved ones, our...
I’m not an actor. The closest I came to acting was as a high school senior, when I agreed to be in a play that never came about. For whatever reason, not enough guys were available to perform, and I reluctantly agreed after quite a bit of cajoling. I can’t remember...
God makes promises. And then he waits. Sometimes for a really long time. Long enough for us to wonder if we imagined the promises. Long enough for us to wonder if he’s forgotten them. Maybe we misheard? Maybe we misunderstood? The Struggle of Waiting on God's Promises...
On November 17, 1988, in Lexington, North Carolina, I was born with a rare craniofacial disorder called Goldenhar syndrome. Put bluntly, the left side of my face and parts of my body were badly broken. Nurses would return every few minutes with a new discovery of...
When God gave the command to parents and the community to teach children, the core of that was to teach them to “Love the Lord your God” (Deuteronomy 6:4-9). Rather than attempting to introduce every story of Scripture, we would do well to prepare children for meat by...
The night Reggie died, my family came over to sit vigil, but as the night wore on, they departed one by one to their own homes until only one of my family members and I remained. At first my family member was quiet, but eventually she opened up, pausing after each...
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