Fresh Updates to Baptism & Its Significance!

I just got done adding insights and practical helps from five years of church planting to the Baptism & Its Significance booklet in the Constructive Conversations series. Please consider picking up a copy for yourself, as well as posting a review. Here’s the new description: Baptism is an initiatory rite that’s connected with amazing truths that many Christians meditate on … Read More

A Critical Concern for Paedo-Baptists

Last week I gave a few challenges to my Baptist friends. This week I want to give some similar love to my fellow paedo-baptist church leaders. Specifically, I want to talk about the critical need for intentionality in encouraging and facilitating professions of faith from non-communicant members. [BTW, “non-communicant members,” a term we’ll discuss below, are those who’ve been baptized … Read More

A Challenge to My Baptist Friends

In finishing up a five-year season of church-planting, I wanted to make some updates to the Constructive Conversation booklet Baptism & Its Significance. Along with several updates, this is one of two new bonus tracks I’ll be adding. As always, I welcome your feedback. Also, the pictures above and below are of some of my favorite people and memories from … Read More

Making the Most of Your Child’s Baptism

Take a baptism class and/or read through and discuss a booklet like the one you’re reading now. Work with your pastor to make the service special. As a pastor, I make up special certificates for each person being baptized with my signature. [Tip: Just type printable baptismal certificate template in your computer’s search engine and you will get lots of ... Read More

Did the First Baptists Baptize by Immersion?

“A strange view held by many Baptists: Only immersion counts as real/valid baptism, but grape juice instead of wine will suffice in communion.” -Derek Radney, Pastor at Trinity Church (PCA) in Winston-Salem, NC In preparation for a Mantua Creek baptismal service on Sunday, September 15th hosted by our parent church, Ashland Church, I’m adding some updates to the constructive conversation … Read More

Exclusive Prayer and Ministry Update-082623

“The Lord GOD helps me; therefore, I have not been disgraced; therefore, I have set my face like flint, and I know that I shall not be put to shame…” Isaiah 50:7, NIV Carpentry Well, I never thought I’d be taking this path at 57, but this “carpenter—theologian” has taken up his tools again as a way to 1) support … Read More

Spread the Love Month, 1 of 2

Hey Friends, I’m calling February “Spread the Love Month” because I have several opportunities that I want to invite you to help or partner with. The first is related to getting some reviews up for Irreplaceable: Recovering God’s Heart for Dads. I have a press release being written that I will be sharing in the next couple of weeks, however, … Read More

New Booklet on Baptism & Its Significance Available on Amazon!

Hey Friends, I just finished a ministry resource I’ll be using for church planting called Baptism & Its Significance. I hope you’ll find it useful for you and yours too. Would you kindly help me in getting these wonderful gospel-truths out to others? Here’s how: Pick up a copy here. Read it and send me any feedback Share it with … Read More

Four Boards That Need to Stay Nailed Together

“Those who believed what Peter said were baptized and added to the church that day—about 3,000 in all.” Acts 2:41, NLT I was reminded in a Zoom call led by Thabiti Anyawhile this week that in the verse above God gives pastors four boards that need to stay nailed together: Gospel preaching- “what Peter said” The cultivation of new converts- … Read More