To Bring Light to the World

December 1, 2014

“Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, ‘I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in […]

New Advent Series Begins December 1

November 30, 2014

We have just released a brand-new Advent devotional ebook called Why He Came. Here’s the good news: It’s free November […]

Christmas Changes Everything!

November 28, 2014

Each year Christians around the world use the month of December to prepare their hearts for the coming of Christ. […]

“I Let My Cell-Mate Read Your Book”

October 21, 2014

Dear Praying Friends, Yesterday we received a letter from a prisoner in West Virginia who told us a wonderful story. […]

My Sermon Prep Idea

September 26, 2014

In my 27 years as a pastor, I am fairly sure that I never came up with any distinctively new approaches to sermonizing. However, somewhere along the way I developed one practice that, as often as I used it, always served me well. Before I describe it, I should say that it rests upon two assumptions.1) You don’t know a …

Cutting It Straight

September 23, 2014

  Dear Praying Friends, We’re in the middle of a busy travel season. Last week while Ray was in Florida […]

Jerry Seinfeld’s Good Idea

August 24, 2014

I’ve never met Jerry Seinfeld. But he gave me a good idea nonetheless. It happened like this. A little over […]

How Sally Meet Jesus

August 20, 2014

Dear Praying Friends, Will you “walk across the room”? Recently we met some friends who told us that during a […]

Sleeping Together and Christ’s Global Cause

August 19, 2014

I received an email from a man who asked a very particular question. He is a Christian, divorced, and in […]

How Many Will Be Saved?

August 18, 2014

  Here’s the video of How Many Will Be Saved?, the message I preached yesterday at the First Baptist Church […]