In this series, we’re walking through some common misconceptions about life after death. With the Bible placing such great emphasis on the afterlife, it’s important to correct our vision and bring it into line with what Scripture teaches. We should also fix views of eternity, because doing so will often help correct deficiencies in our understanding of the story of the gospel itself. Last …
Afterlife Matters: Common misconceptions of life after death and why they matter
What happens when we die? This question has plagued mankind since we ate of the fruit and were expelled from the Garden. I’m sure one of the first questions out of Adam’s mouth East of Eden was, “So we’re going to die…but then what?” Because, if there is one thing our immortal soul recognizes, it is that death is not …
CP Panel on Reaching Millennials
At this year’s SBC in Columbus, Jon Akin sat down with Matt Carter and Dean Inserra at the Cooperative Program booth to discuss reaching millennials. 2015 SBC Annual Meeting – CP Stage – Jon Akin, Dean Inserra, and Matt Carter from CP SBC on Vimeo. Matt Carter (the Pastor of Preaching and Vision at the Austin Stone Community Church in Austin, …
10 Instances When Short-Term Trips are Helpful Part 2
This is the fourth and final post in a four-part series on the effectiveness of short-term mission trips. If you missed the first installments on when trips are unhelpful, you can find them here: part one / part two. If you’d like to read the first part of how trips are helpful, you can find that here. These insights are not mine, but …
10 Instances When Short-Term Trips are Helpful: Part 1
This is the third post in a four-part series on the effectiveness of short-term mission trips. If you missed the first installments on when trips are unhelpful, you can find them here: part one / part two. I’m so thankful to be a part of a denomination where thousands of churches pool our resources to do Great Commission ministry together, and where many …
10 Instances When Short-Term Trips are Unhelpful Part 2
Below is the second installment of Instances When Short-Term Trips are Unhelpful. If you missed Part 1, check it out here. These insights are not mine, but rather have been given to me by full-time missionaries on the field who want to be a help to the churches. We offer this four-part series on the effectiveness of short-term mission trips for the …
10 Instances When Short-Term Trips are Unhelpful Part 1
I love the SBC because thousands of churches pool our resources to do more Great Commission ministry together than we can do apart. However, I’m also thankful so many churches recognize that the Great Commission is more than writing a check, sitting on the sidelines, and watching other people do mission work. These churches engage in several short-term mission trips …
Learned Principles of Ministry from a Young Pastor
Pastoring a church tests your perseverance. Before I began pastoring my first church, friends and mentors encouraged me to love the people and take it slow. At the time the advice seemed reasonable and easily followed. Of course, that was until I actually became a pastor. It took all of one week to realize that patience does not flow naturally …
Why the ERLC is Hosting the Evangelicals For Life Conference
You can find more information about and a special discount code for Evangelicals for Life here. As many Christians yesterday sat at their computer and watched a casual dinner conversation over the price of dismembered children, a lot of us probably thought: “But what can I do about this?” This is a question I hear often from pro-life evangelicals. Many …
Marriage According to God’s Design
At my church we just finished a sermon series entitled “Sexology,” looking at God’s design for romance, sex, and marriage from 1 Corinthians. During the series our local paper, the Lebanon Democrat, asked me to run a few columns on faith. Below is the second installment: As a child, my brother tried to warm up an unopened Pop Tart in …