Is God Still Working?


Summer 2014 Ministry Update As summer has come to a close and fall is beginning, I am amazed to recount all that God has done!  The summer began with three weeks of both junior and teen camps at Wildwood Christian Retreat in…

Victory Through Who?


March - April 2014 Ministry Update March and April have been filled with countless victories and specific answers to prayer. God’s faithfulness, provision, and power have been seen in so many ways, whether it be in the provision of a…

Great Things


January - February 2014 Ministry Update Truly, God has done ‘Great Things’ during the past few months!  I started off the year preaching atWildwood Christian Retreat’s teen winter camp in Tunnelton, West Virginia.  What a joy it was to preach once again…

Electronics Or Electrifying


I awoke to snow and zero degree weather this morning (which is warm for this time of year), and began to think of all the Lord's abundant blessings I've already received during this trip. Even though I have only been…

Back To Krasnoyarsk


As I write this, I am well over 40,000 ft above sea level and on my way to spend four weeks ministering in the cold regions of Arctic Siberia. This will be my second trip into Siberia in the past…

The Simplicity Of The Gospel


“And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.” Luke 14:23 What a joy it was this past week to preach a three-night…

Giving God the Leftovers?


The words of Psalm 78:6-7 are brought to my heart and mind as I look back to what God has done this past week.  The Psalmist writes, “That the generation to come...might set their hope in God, and not forget…

Strength In Weakness


Paul writes in 2 Corinthians12:10, “Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ’s sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.”  I am amazed how I have found these promises…

Youth Revival – Jacksonville, FL


I once again had the privilege of being with Dr. Jim Van Gelderen and the War of Special Forces this week in Jacksonville, Florida. The Lord did an amazing work in the Christian School and the church youth group. Many…

Cool, Cold, & Warm – NC, WI, & FL


After preaching the teen snow camp at Wildwood Christian Retreat in Tunnelton, West Virginia, I drove back to cool North Carolina before flying out for cold Wisconsin.  While in Wisconsin I have had the privilege of preaching several times at…

Christmas Services – Charlotte, NC


Over the Christmas holiday I was able to fill the pulpit at Devonshire Baptist Church in Charlotte, NC, for a good preacher friend of mine, Pastor Gene Cole. The Sunday's and Wednesday services went very well and many decisions were…