wholly surrender | He must increase, but I must decrease. -John 3:30

Today my grandma’s old saying, “a watched pot never boils.” is really hitting home. It is our official due date, and Baby Girl Mathis is still holding out. This is worst than the night before your leave for Disney World. So much anticipation and expectation, yet no idea of when resolution will come. No plan. [...]

Well the last couple of days evidence of fast approaching change have surfaced. Things are being cleaned, reorganized, assembled, etc… all in preparation for a pending arrival. It is starting to make the whole process a little more real for Daddy. It is kind of strange how that I have known for nine months we [...]

I recently started my first seminary class. It is called Discipleship Ministries. So last week our first writing assignment was to discuss the conditions/costs of discipleship and define what a “disciple” is. So I thought I would share my thoughts with you.  You can download a pdf of it here or simply read below. I [...]

Today I had the honor and the blessing to speak at multi-church gathering we hosted at our church. The theme for the day was A Return to Biblical Discipleship, and I was slated as the third and final speaker of the day. I was asked to speak on The Nuts and Bolts of Corporate Discipleship. [...]

This past Wednesday night at church we sang Todd Agnew’s arrangement of Come Ye Sinners. The original text to this great old hymn was written by British preacher Joseph Hart 1759. Here are lyrics: Come ye sinners, poor and needy Weak and wounded, sick and sore Jesus ready stands to save you Full of pity, [...]