Thank you so much for praying for me as I attended the Southern Baptist Convention in Phoenix last week. It was a busy week, as I also had IMB Trustee meetings in Phoenix as well. The Trustee meeting was great. I can't adequately express to you what a joy it is to meet with and send out people who are going to the ends of the earth with the gospel! The SBC meeting itsel...

This week we will be in Acts 10, talking about "How God Breaks Down Barriers." This is a crucial chapter for understanding Acts, and how the gospel broke through to the Gentile world. This was always the plan of God. As He promised to Abraham in Genesis 12, "Through you all the families of the earth will be blessed." In other words, the messiah would come through Israel, ...

This Sunday we will continue in Empowered: A Study of Acts, by digging into one of the most amazing chapters in the Bible Acts 9. The world changed the day Saul became Paul. How did a violent persecutor of the church become a passionate follower of Jesus? How does that kind of transformation take place? We'll talk about it this Sunday. Saul was on his way to Damascu...