Recently, I was asked by Moody Radio Network for an interview to discuss a high-profile pastor who was caught in scandalous sin a few years ago. He has now announced that he is going to re-enter pastoral ministry, creating quite a stir. As I conducted this interview, I was reminded again of several things: 1. The enemy delights in the downfall of Christian leaders and works 24/7 in his temptations and snares to bring disrepute to Christ and...

Recently I attended the 2010 Innovate Church Conference titled REFUEL put on and hosted by my pastor, Jonathan Falwell and our church Thomas Road Baptist Church here in Lynchburg, VA.  It was such a wonderful time of refreshing for me and many other church leaders, pastors, and those in ministry.  This was attend by well seasoned leaders/pastors and many just getting started in leadership/ministry. One of the speakers was Phil Cooke. ...

Hello Friends, I hope and pray this finds you doing well! We have found the last several months to be very eventful.  2009 proved to be a very productive time of ministry.  We saw right at 400 profess faith in Christ, one of whom was a young man who was a Buddhist, 18 people surrendered their life to full-time vocational ministry, 5 young men were personally mentored, dozens of marriages were strengthened, hundreds of teens were...

The images streaming in from Haiti look like scenes from Dante’s Inferno. The scale of the calamity is unprecedented. In many ways, Haiti has almost ceased to exist. The earthquake that will forever change that nation came as subterranean plates shifted about six miles under the surface of the earth, along a fault line that had threatened trouble for centuries. But no one saw a quake of this magnitude coming. The 7.0 quake came like a...

Erik Reece is writer-in-residence at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, teaching environmental journalism, writing, and literature. He published a book last April entitled, An American Gospel: On Family, History, and the Kingdom of God. On May 13, 2009, he did an interview on National Public Radio with Terry Gross on the program Fresh Air about his book. What he said is in large part why I am giving this message the way I am. It...

It has been a wonderful time to be with Nikki’s Mom, Mary during this Christmas season.  But a very heartbreaking time as well.  Nikki’s father Ken Hankins, passed away less than six months ago suddenly from pancreatic cancer. We spent all day Monday, December 28, my birthday, cleaning out Nikki’s Dad’s office at the church he and his wife planted 22 years ago.  Very difficult for Nikki’s Mom.  Her Mom...