You’ve probably never heard of David Platt. I hadn’t either until our son Nick told me about this amazing pastor at this amazing church attends in Birmingham called the Church at Brook Hills. After listening to several podcast sermons, I got a good idea why Nick likes the church so much. And now Christianity Today Online has published a…
Ten weeks from today we’re flying to Israel on the Keep Believing Holy Land Tour. You could be on the plane with us as we fly from Chicago to Istanbul and on to Tel Aviv. We’ll spend the first night in Netanya on the shore of the Mediterranean Sea, then we’ll spend the next several nights in Tiberius on the Sea of Galilee. Then we…
Here’s the fourth thing you need to know about KBM:4. We encourage people everywhere to keep believing. Sometimes it’s hard to keep believing.I remember saying that–in an off-the-cuff manner–at a KBM board meeting several years ago. It happened at the end of a planning retreat, as I was giving my final comments just bef…
The third thing you need to know about KBM is . . .1. We support Gospel outreach through the Book Depot.This part of the story goes back almost 12 years, long before the formal beginning of Keep Believing Ministries. Shortly after I wrote a book called What a Christian Believes, we began partnering with Prison Fellowship to give away copies of the …
Here’s a thought to remember the next time you are criticized . . . What your critics want most is to know that they have been heard, that someone took them seriously, that they weren’t put down or laughed at or ridiculed for whatever they are unhappy about. Just being heard is a big deal.Recently my wife and I lodged a complaint w…
Here is the second thing you need to know about KBM . . . 2. We Believe in the Power of Preaching. People who come to our website often talk about how much we have to offer. And we do have a lot to offer. But the heart of this website, indeed the heart of our online ministry, rests in the 850+ sermons we make available free for downloading. How…
During our travels in the last three weeks–to Florida, Ontario, and New York–I had numerous opportunities to share with people the vision of Keep Believing Ministries. Along the way I answered quite a few questions about who we are and what we do. Over the weekend I realized that I need to start sharing those answers with a larger audie…
I talked with a young man whose life has radically changed in the last year. His story goes something like this. He was raised in a Christian home where he was taught the Bible from an early age. When he was a teenager, he attended Sunday School and youth group every week. He memorized Bible verses and attended a Christian camp where he was challen…
My mind has repeatedly gone back to a song I heard during our week at the youth camp in Florida. One night just before I spoke a young woman sang a song that had been written by one of the worship leaders. I don’t remember much about it except that she had a good voice, she sang in a bluesy style, and the last line of each verse ended with an…
Yesterday I ate supper with a man who has spent the last 50 years in the banking business. During that time he has made thousands of loans to various people for various reasons. He has also started numerous banks, bought others, and sold some. Suffice it to say that he is well connected in the banking world, to the point that he knows some of the k…