Monday and Tuesday Kyle, Chuk, Wes and I took in the 16:5 Conference in Rochester, New York. WE all agreed this was one of the most helpful conferences we have ever attended. The ride home was seven hours. Our hearts were full and our minds were alive with ideas about how to lead our churches in making disciples. You will hear more about this in the near future. I keep up with their lead pastor, David Whiting here. It was good to connect with Mark Nelson, too. He is on …

March 18, 2012 11:00 AM
The Story of the Weeds Among the Wheat
Speaker: Pastor Kenneth L. Pierpont
Series: Matthew’s Gospel – Kingdom Stories
Matthew 13:24-43

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Jerry B. Jenkins is co-author of the amazingly popular Left Behind series. He is also the chairman of the board of the Moody Bible Institute. He is a prolific writer and a pretty irregular blogger, but I stumbled on an interesting blog post today. I am fascinated by the study places of pastors and the writing places of writers. I have had my study in an attic, a basement, a laundry rooms, a spare bedroom, the corner of a used bedroom, the corner of an old Grange Hall, on office …

Thomas Lake is a pastor’s kid who was homeschooled by his parents… and now writes riveting, prize-winning, narrative journalism for Sports Illustrated and other nationally-known publications. Here he speaks at his alma mater, Gordon College.

In the fall of 1978 I started my second year of college. Always trying to find ways to fund my education I was delighted to have won a singing scholarship for the first semester of the year. My boyhood plan was to attend my Dad’s alma mater on a basketball scholarship, but I’m a much better singer than I am a basketball player. My plans to attend college on a basketball scholarship never progressed beyond the “wild fantasy” stage and my Dad’s alma mater was way out of my price-range. …