Stay Calm
Recently Amy and I were eating in a restaurant. As we finished I noticed a placard on the table that offered a free item if you joined their online rewards program. The placard said that you received the free item when you joined so I took the sign from the table, showed it to the […]
#EQUIP Faculty Launches in Dallas With Pastoral Training and Facilitator Certification
Pastoral leaders from across the United States gathered January 27–29 at Dallas Baptist University for an intensive training event coordinated by #EQUIP, focused on pastoral development, facilitator certification, and the official launch of the #EQUIP Faculty. The gathering marked a new chapter for the initiative, which is designed to strengthen ministerial formation and promote excellence […]
Samuel Rodriguez joins executive producing team for ¡VIVA! La Santa Biblia, an immersive Spanish biblical audio Bible experience
¡VIVA! La Santa Biblia, today announced that Pastor Samuel Rodriguez, president of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference (NHCLC) and lead pastor of New Season Church, has joined the project as an executive producer, working alongside an experienced leadership team to help guide its spiritual vision, cultural impact, and global outreach. The fully dramatized Spanish-language […]
The Gift of Giving
In 2008, Tom Hanks was filming a movie in Rome, Italy. When Natalia Dearnley arrived at a local church for her wedding she was blocked from entering by the film crew who were using the front of the church for a scene. While Natalia stood in her wedding dress confused and concerned, Tom Hanks approached. […]
Bendiciones ocultas
Pazyryk es uno de los lugares más remotos del planeta. Se encuentra en una meseta a 2,400 metros de altura, rodeada por montañas que alcanzan los 4,200 metros, en el corazón de Siberia. Pazyryk es un lugar frío y desolado. Nunca se han encontrado asentamientos humanos allí. Durante siglos permaneció prácticamente olvidado, hasta que surgió […]
Hidden Blessings
Pazyryk is one of the remotest places on earth. It is located on an 8,000-foot-high plateau surrounded by 14,000 foot mountains in Siberia. Pazyryk is empty and cold. No settlements have ever been found. It was mostly forgotten until a rumor that gold was possibly located in an ancient Scythian burial site motivated an expedition […]
A Great Relationship Secret
Since the year 2000, Amy and I have conducted marriage enrichment seminars, called Honeymoon For Life. Almost 12,000 couples have attended, many more than once. These seminars are offered each February. Since the COVID lockdown we have offered a popular online option. As we prepared for this year’s event, I remembered a story I often […]
NHCLC Supports the Dignity Act and Advocates in Washington and New York
In support of the Dignity Act and the leadership of Congresswoman María Elvira Salazar, the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference (NHCLC) — America’s largest Hispanic Christian organization, serving and representing more than 45,000 certified churches advancing life, religious liberty, and biblical justice in the mighty name of Jesus Christ — was present both in Times […]
Don’t Worry Be Happy
Jerry Falwell was often under stress and often attacked. He was under relentless pressure and carried huge responsibilities. He was also one of the happiest people I have ever known. I was having breakfast one morning with “Doc”, as most friends called him. He had just been slandered on national television and was, in addition, […]
God Has a Plan
In 1977, Tom Helms was a 26-year-old struggling artist in New York City. Depressed over his lack of success, Tom decided to commit suicide at Christmas. He carefully surveyed the crowds going in and out of the Empire State Building and calculated the best time to enter the building to carry out his plan. He […]