PRAYERS NEEDED! - Friends, I’ve been invited to make several trips to Paris, France to help promote and build relationships with key leaders and churches for the upcoming 2024 Olympics. This will be my fourth Olympiad as a chaplain and Dr. Sam Mings of Lay Witnesses For Christ International asked me to go in advance to help pave the way! Lord willing; I [...]
Last week, it was an honor for Ruth and Frank to travel west and blessed to minister in both San Diego, CA and Hawaii. Frank has now been in all 50 states and it was a privilege to minister with their good friends, Caz Taylor and Michelle Winder on KPRAZ (106.1 FM) for two full [...]
So excited to be asked by the leaders with RETURN 2022 to preach @ IREDELL FAIR GROUNDS on April 6, 2022 in Statesville, NC with Dr. Clayton King & LT GOV of North Carolina, The Honorable Mark Robinson. Churches from all over the region are coming together to exalt Christ, encourage Christians, energize churches and [...]
We are thrilled to announce that the highly anticipated book #Urgency will be released (July 20, 2021)! It will be a game changer for some and life changer for others. Buckle up because it is the wildest ride in the amusement park. Society for too long has been playing checkers when the real battle is [...]
Several months ago my friend, Randy Coggins called me and said he had been ministering privately to Roger Stone. He told me he saw where Franklin Graham was going to be in Florida for his DECISION AMERICA tour and he was hoping to go to the outdoor service in the Sunshine State. Roger wanted to [...]
Latin Pop Star, SHAKIRA sings a song called WAKA WAKA and in the chorus is a line that says, "This Time For Africa." For the third year in a row, I was invited by Dr. Joseph Serwadda and Dr. Chuck Balsamo, respectively to preach at the PASSOVER New Year's Eve Celebration held at the iconic [...]
My good friend, Dylan Novak is barely 20 years old and has one of the most inspiring ministries around. We have been buddies for a couple years now and chat frequently on what God is doing in his life. He has ministered to everyone from Tom Cruise to Harrison Ford and the entire KISS Band [...]
Earlier this year, Ruth and I had the privilege to attend Pastor Rodney Howard Browne’s Winter Camp Meeting in Florida and it was an honor to preach daily in the morning for their incredible River Bible Institute chapel. We were visiting in his office after one of the services and he asked me a question [...]
What an honor it was to finally visit India! I was invited last year and the scheduling wasn't conducive and the Lord worked it out this year. India made the FIFTH continent that I have been blessed to preach at and most grateful for the invitation from Dr. Sam Thomas of Hopegivers International. His father, [...]
Nearly 20 years ago, God gave me a vision at a dark time in my life and ministry. Ironically, it was "officially" starting and I had already been ministering since a child but while the ink was still drying on my ordination it seemed like things were falling apart. Satan was already trying to derail God's [...]
Since childhood, I have been a HUGE Mel Gibson fan. From Mad Max to Braveheart, The Patriot to four installments of "Lethal Weapon" and his masterful depiction of "The Passion of Christ" was Divine. Literally! Even his final fight in Expendables 3 with Stallone was great and when my good friend, Pastor Brian Alarid asked [...]
"frank & FRIENDS" - Pastor Mark Batterson @ NCC One of America's most respected pastors and prolific authors, Mark Batterson has a brand new book out - "CHASE THE LION." Mark and I have been friends for probably a decade now and we both share a passion for God [...]
God > Gold Thank you for all your prayers while in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil for the XXXI Olympiad. It was a treat to hold TWO Olympic gold medals and what an honor to return under the leadership of Dr. Sam Mings who has ministered at every Olympics since 1984 summer games in Los Angeles. [...]
MEET NICK: This brother, Nick Hall has an amazing assignment from the Lord. Since youth, he has been telling anyone and everyone about the Lord. God opened incredible doors for him to speak on campus while a student and that spread to a movement on multiple college campuses. After seeing firsthand how the [...]
It has been three weeks and I am still digesting and processing what God did in our midst in Monroeville, Alabama. Some skeptics suggest revivals are obsolete, tents are outdated and evangelism is out the window simply because it is too hard or offensive. One respected church leader said years ago, "It's not that [...]
As a child, I recall being invited to attend the local theater and it was music to my ears when my parents said, "I Got You Covered." It was pure excitement to enter and escape for [...]
Kenny and "Chopper" were two brothers. They were adopted and frequented the church I came to faith in JESUS as a child. They were African American and I was born into a middle class white family. Together we were "ebony and ivory." We were brothers in Christ and I looked up to them in more [...]
WATCH: "Carrying Greatness" Book Promo Trailer After having the message in me for four decades we are grateful to announce that my newest book "CARRYING GREATNESS" will be released on Tuesday, May 6, 2014! ORDER YOUR COPY TODAY on AMAZON! This book had been brewing in me for years and it finally poured out and ready [...]
On New Year's Eve 2013 - New Year's Day 2014 it was my honor to be a small part of what God did BIG this past week at my friend, Dean Forrest annual BIG GOD Conference in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Ironically, on New Year's Eve last year I was help ushering in the New [...]
This is part FIVE of a seven post blog – HELPFUL HINTS. Check back each Monday for new submission Honestly, I was not much of 'reader' while growing up. I'm sure I read my share of books but back in the day you could add "d" in front of read because I DREAD to read [...]
Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com NOTE: My next post will be on National Treasures II (from the previous post). Check back next week. This blog is dedicated to what God did in downtown Dallas. As a sports fan, I love to hear the play by play from some commentators. Notice I didn't say ALL [...]
History is really HIS STORY. Memorable dates have a way to be ingrained in our minds like a hot iron branding a cow. At age five on August 16, 1977, I remember hearing that Elvis Presley had died. In my house that was not only horrible news but BIG NEWS! I took off running up [...]
This past year has been a whirlwind and the older I get the faster life flies by. The one thing I don't regret is serving Jesus early in my life. It was 30 years ago this July 2009 (at age seven) that I trusted Jesus as my Lord & Savior. Praise God, I have yet [...]
In my last post I shared with you about our recent experience while visiting the Lone Star State. It was our honor to visit the brand new $1.1 BILLION dollar baby of Cowboys owner - Jerry Jones. The three themes that kept ringing in my head like a bell from Baltimore were: "Succcess, [...]
