Volume 08, Issue 05
My Trophy from AlaskaMichael Catt In January I had the privilege of speaking to about 250 pastors and their wives in Alaska. Terri and I made our first trip to the state and were blown away by the cold, the beauty and the people. It was a trip we will always cherish. If you would
Change Is Going to Come
This is a year of change. There will be a new President and perhaps a new party in the White House beginning in 2009. In the next few months we will elect a new leader of the free world. Whether he or she is able to do the job is yet to be seen. There
From Alaska to Albany…and Back
A few weeks ago Terri and I had the privilege of speaking at the Alaska State Evangelism Conference in Anchorage. After three planes, two layovers and more hours than we could count, we landed and were greeted by the smiling face of Jimmy Stewart (not THAT Jimmy Stewart) and -4° weather. To say the least,
Prayer Evangelism (Part 2)
How should we approach praying for the lost? First of all, we need to believe God. Mark 10:27 says, “With God all things are possible.” Genesis 18:14 says, “Is anything too hard for the Lord?” God can save the uttermost and the guttermost. He came to redeem lost man. His death paid the price for
Prayer Evangelism (Part 1)
Years ago, I picked up a small tract from Back to the Bible entitled, “How I Learned To Pray for the Lost.” It was the first time I had ever seen anything, in print regarding prayer and evangelism. Much of what I had heard regarding evangelism dealt with methods and programs. There was little in
Three Tests
In this pilgrimage called life, we often face tests. Usually we think of tests as something we took in school. They were something we crammed for the night before and then prayed hard we would pass. We take driver’s tests when we turn sixteen, blood tests before we get married, and the doctors often tell
Will the Church Ever Learn?
Okay, you should be able to tell where this is going by the title. There are “churches” today that have little to do with what the New Testament or Christian history calls the church. Only in America could we have made something so sacred so trivial and irrelevant. If we were in a third world
What Does Judgment Look Like?
Almost every day we see news of devastation in the world and in our land. Wildfires burn out of control in California. Lake Lanier north of Atlanta is drying up. Tornadoes rip through communities leaving their destruction in their wake. Texas is flooded in places that often lack rain. The Midwest finds rivers and creeks
The Missing Word in Our Culture
If you are like me, you are getting weary of stories about celebrities and sports figures. Many of these people have become embarrassments to our country, their community, their teams and their families. Ranging from spoiled brats who need a good whipping to sports thugs who need some time behind bars, the stories seem to
Perspective
I’m doing a lot of traveling right now. Actually for the past year or so, with the promotion and release of Facing The Giants (www.facingthegiants.com), several of us have been on the road for screenings, speaking engagements, etc. While it has been fun to meet folks from around the country, it is also very taxing on
Are You Wired?
Recently in USA Today, Christina Crapanzano wrote an article entitled, “New hazard: Driving while wired.” The article focused on how state lawmakers are trying to ban drivers from using so many electronic devices while they are driving. How safe can it be to have a DVD screen where the driver can watch a movie at
Flirting With Jesus
(Adapted from Christianity Today, December 2006, from an article written by Agnieszka Tennant, “Dating Jesus.”) We want to be so relational in this society void of meaning and meaningful relationships. It’s showing up in the church. There are books that encourage a date night with Jesus. Can I ask a few obvious questions? What do