Hope For The Hungry: The What, Why, and How of Our Churches Efforts to Grow Food to Feed The Hungry

In March of 2020, as the world was shutting down for COVID, our church, Redemption City Church, started growing food on our church property to give away to meet food shortages in our area. Nearing the end of the third growing season, with a lot of ups and downs along the way, we have grown […]

Are You Fragile, Resilient, or Antifragile?

Nassim Nicholas Taleb, author of Antifragile, argues that there are three kinds of things: fragile, resilient, and antifragile. A failure to rightly understand which category you should put something or someone, can result in unnecessary harm. Fragile things easily break and cannot heal themselves. China teacups are a great example of fragility. Because of their […]

4 Reasons Why I Wrote “21 Days to Childlike Prayer: Changing Your World One Specific Prayer at a Time”

Charles Spurgeon was one of the greatest preachers in the history of Christianity. He was known as the “Prince of Preachers.” If you’ve ever read one of his many available sermons from the 1800s, then you can understand why so many are still impressed with his preaching ministry. But it was prayer that Spurgeon believed […]

Planting Roots Vision Video

What is the Planting Roots Initiative?  Planting Roots is an initiative to raise money, above and beyond normal giving, to build a church building at our 4095 Clovercroft Rd. property–helping us make disciples, train leaders, and feed the hungry more effectively.   Our goal is to build an 11,800 sq ft facility that will expand our […]

Towards Healthier Disagreements: 4 Practices to Avoid

When the biblical idea of “unity and diversity” becomes a reality amongst Christians, most figure out that it is a lot messier than it sounds. There’s enough sin present amongst believers to make unity impossible, apart from a massive influx of heart-transforming grace.  One of the temptations in the midst of the friction is either […]

Answers to Specific Prayers: God Miraculously Changes The Heart Of The Owner Of The Building That Redemption City Church Meets In

I couldn’t believe what I heard. The owner of the building that our church, Redemption City Church, was leasing, said that he wanted to sell the building he was leasing to us. Not only that, our conversation happened to be just a few days before I was going away with my family for a month […]

Endorsements For “21 Days To Childlike Prayer: Changing Your World One Specific Prayer At A Time”

I’m deeply grateful for each of the endorsers and endorsements below for my forthcoming book, 21 Days To Childlike Prayer. Each of these men and women have been used by God in my life in some unique way. My book comes out January 18, 2022. You can pre-order it here (or anywhere you buy your […]

How Do Christians Come Up With Extra Money For Fundraising Efforts Like The “Planting Roots Initiative”?

At Redemption City Church, the church I pastor, we just launched the “Planting Roots Initiative,” which is an initiative to increase people’s love for Jesus as we build infrastructure and a building on our church property that will help us make disciples, train leaders, and feed the hungry. We’re so excited about what we believe […]