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Ashley and Her Generation

I get emails, do you? I get lots—requests to speak at places, questions from students, testimonies from students (I never get tired of those), and many others. But there is one type of email I truly love the most. These are emails from strangers who read a book I wrote or heard me speak or just stumbled onto my website, and then who feel freedom, or maybe safety, to vent.  Here is Ashley’s story in part, used with her permission. She is 24. “Church and I just don’t mix. I did not grow up in church, but at 17 I came... (read more)

Alumni and the Future

Last week I spent some time doing what I truly love in the summer, speaking to youth. I especially love a week like the last one because 1) my family was with me, 2) I served with the guys I love, including Jeff Capps, Josh Hicks, my son Josh, and a rare joy to work with Wes Butler from Texas, a student at the college at Southwestern Seminary. But two other things brought joy this week in addition to several meeting Christ and much brokenness in the services. First, We had already ministered to this church, Southside Baptist near Gadsden, AL,... (read more)

Missing Wake Forest

(warning to reader-sometimes blogs are far too narcissistic and egocentric, where the blogger simply opines about himself or herself as if anyone really cares. If you are annoyed by such dribble, feel free to skip the below as I have succumbed to the temptation myself!)Today is June 19, a day before my son’s birthday (20 on 20), and the day Hannah and I return home to be with my wife and son and our home. I love to travel. Yesterday was awesome as I spoke to a big crop of students at Student Leadership University in Orlando (a GREAT ministry... (read more)

Check This Out–Between the Times

One of the links below on my site for some time has been to “Between the Times.” If you keep up with blogville you know from Nathan Finn’s fine site that Between the Times has a new focus.  If you have not checked it out I highly encourage you to do so. David Nelson, my friend and dean at Southeastern, just wrote a very nice piece on what is right with the SBC. In so doing he provides I think a helpful template for recognizing also what is wrong.  For those of us who see the need to change, we should... (read more)

On the SBC Presidency of Johnny Hunt

The year 1989 signaled more for me than a decade of bad music (except for U2 I suppose).  That year I finished decades of formal education, completing all but my dissertation for the PhD.  Early in the year I sent my resume to every SBC college, university, and seminary.  The response I received was less than encouraging; out of over 50 letters sent, I got one personal reply. I have never sent a resume since then unless requested! I sat one morning in a duplex with my wife and our young son, wondering what on earth I was doing. I had... (read more)

The Student Leadership Bible


A great blessing to me every summer comes when I teach on Worldview and Apologetics issues at Student Leadership University, the ministry founded by my friend and hero Jay Strack. I love this ministry as it is one of the few that actually raises the bar for youth (which, if you read my books, you will know means a lot!). impact_bible2_08.png I am excited to announce a new ministry tool by Student Leadership-The Student Leadership Bible.  Here is the press release:Impact: The Student Leadership Bible is intentionally designed to be the most serious student Bible ever produced. Born out of the vision of Student Leadership University and Dr. Jay Strack, this tool is designed by some of the nation’s leading scholars, youth pastors, youth communicators, and counselors with your students in mind. Features the trusted NKJV translation. The perfect graduation gift! I was honored to have a very small part in writing articles for the Bible study notes. Others far more gifted, including Danny Akin, Al Mohler, my new colleague Heath Thomas, and so many others helped with the project.  Brent Crowe, who leaders much of the ministry and was my student at SEBTS, has along with Jay given a great tool for youth pastors. The best tool of all–the Word of God!  I highly encourage you to get it. My daughter Hannah loves hers! 

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