Yesterday Pastor Dan Coffin told me that after I preached for him at Small Point Baptist Church this morning, he would treat us to a genuine Maine lobster feast. He started by going to the dock very early today and buying 16 lobsters that had been swimming in the ocean yesterday. Then he steamed them in a large pot on his back porch. When we (…
Recently Dallas megachurch pastor T. D. Jakes was asked by Oprah Winfrey to give his stance on homosexuality. Given Oprah’s huge audience and vast popularity in our culture, it would be easy to evade that question by trying to change the subject. Here is what Jakes said:"I’m not called to give my opinion. I’m called as a pas…
Southbridge, MAI’m writing this update from the lobby of the Southbridge Conference Center, a vast convention center built on the site of the former American Optical Company building. We arrived on Friday after a longish trip from Tupelo via Memphis, Detroit, and Hartford. Someone welcomed us on Facebook by saying that, “No one ever come…
The news that Chuck Colson died today brought to mind a visit to his office eleven years ago.It happened a few weeks after 9/11 when a team from Calvary Memorial Church in Oak Park, IL spent the night at Prison Fellowship headquarters in Virginia. The next morning we were given a tour of the facilities, including a brief visit to Chuck Colson&rsquo…
This morning we start a major ministry trip to New England. A year ago Marlene and I spoke at a one-day conference for pastors and wives in Brunswick, Maine. A few weeks later we were invited to return to New England for three conferences in Connecticut, Maine, and Vermont.You can find out all the details by going to Church Focus New England. Each …
I am pleased to announce the release of our newest free ebook. “Fire and Rain: The Wild-Hearted Faith of Elijah” is now available through the KBM Facebook page in Kindle, Nook, and PDF formats. The ebook is free to everyone who downloads it. If you have trouble accessing the Facebook page, you can also download it from the “Fire an…
I have some good news for those who have been following our new thrice-weekly China broadcasts. We now have free iPhone and Android apps that will download the broadcasts directly to your smartphone: Free KBM China Apps The apps automatically download each new Mandarin program. We expect these apps to be the primary way we reach younger listeners i…
The crowd below parted and I saw a man carrying a huge wood beam on his back. He walked slowly, and with great effort, as he struggled to keep his balance. Another man followed. He put his cross down, took out a whip and started beating his back. Bright red blood appeared on top of the lacerations he had from a previous whipping. I kept hoping he would stop because it looked so painful. But he didn’t.
Thank you!By the grace of God and through your prayers, the first Keep Believing China broadcast on Monday went without a hitch. By now the second broadcast has already taken place. And the 3rd broadcast begins in 20 hours. We intentionally started with a series on the Deeper Meaning of the Cross because we wanted a strong focus on the death of Chr…
The first Keep Believing China broadcast is now in the books. We have heard from friends in Florida, New York, Michigan, Texas, Oregon, California, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Montreal, South Korea, Nigeria, Tanzania, Alaska, Haiti, Chicago, Pontiac and New Lenox, IL who were praying with us. Here are few pictures we have received:…