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2018
Developing Spiritual Strength (in Christ)
Developing spiritual strength should be a natural thing in our walk with Christ. But, why does it feel so difficult sometimes? Why do we feel stuck in the mud in …
2018
Trying to Love Like Jesus
This excerpt is a journal entry I wrote in 2014 when we were in Uganda spending our first few days with JuJu and Moses, my two youngest. It was a …
2018
Let Doubt Drive You to Christ
“Oh the depth of the riches, the wisdom, and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and how inscrutable His ways! ‘For who has known the mind of the Lord, …
2017
Center Grove Baptist: The First Week of Camp at Snowbird
Winter 1997. The year a North Carolina youth pastor came across a magazine ad for a student camp that would change everything. Snowbird’s founders had been in the planning stages …
2017
Mark 10: The Rich Young Ruler
Money can’t get you into heaven. Good works can’t get you into heaven. Salvation is impossible unless God saves us. We ALL need to be saved. There are often idols …
2017
Know Before You Go: 11 Questions to Ask Your Mentor Before Serving Overseas
Being a “missionary” by definition means that you’re being “sent out.” Being “sent” infers a connection to a local body of believers. If no one is sending you, then are …
2017
The Gospel is Power for Youth Ministry Burnout
Updated: February 28, 2025 Student Pastors are tired creatures, often fiddling with knobs – like attendance numbers, testimonies, sermon-prep, who got prayed for, who raised their hand, or who asked …
2017
Resources from Respond: Redemption
This weekend our Respond women’s conference was in full swing! The focus was redemption, and 200 ladies from all over the country came to hear redemption stories from the Bible. …
2017
Resources from Respond 2017: Redemption
This weekend our Respond women’s conference was in full swing! The focus was redemption, and 200 ladies from all over the country came to hear redemption stories from the Bible. …
2017
Implications of the Resurrection: He is Risen
What if the Resurrection never happened? Many deny this monumental event ever occurred. During the summer of SWO15, Spencer Davis taught a session on this very subject from 1 Corinthians …