By Jerry McCorkle It was a Wednesday evening when Dan made his way to church. It was a large congregation with many staff members and a bustling community. Pulling into the parking lot, he noticed a solitary figure sweeping the…
By Jerry McCorkle Recently, I met a friend for lunch at Furman University. Another person joined us—his name was Tim. Tim had been a meteorologist for a station in Memphis for many years. As we talked, I shared a little…
In our recent interview with Torben Jensen, he made this observation: “We live in a day and age that's steeped in fear. If you turn on your TV and you see all the commercials about fear, the world is ending,…
Her name was China. We met her on the streets of New York City, where she lived a difficult life as a prostitute. She had contracted HIV, a painful consequence of her circumstances. But beyond her struggles, she was a…
I was a college and career pastor in Normal, IL, when I first heard about a pastor named Tim Keller. My brother-in-law had given me some cassettes of Keller’s sermons, and I started listening to them in the car. Through…
Monday night the stadium went eerily quiet. Normally articulate ESPN announcers struggled to find the right words to say; players on both sides cried and prayed. Football fans across the world sat stunned in their living rooms. Sports analyst Dan…
What is the Hive Initiative and FGM... In a colony of bees, everyone is working for the sake of the queen. Sacrifices are made on her behalf and resources are stocked for her benefit. When we think of the precious…
Many years ago a song was written entitled “Little Is Much When God Is in It“. What a simple, but profound truth! The God who rules all, knows all, and sees all, is working everything out for His glory and…
Ed Stetzer said: “Many Christians love evangelism as long as some else is doing it.” How true this is for the majority of believers! Here are a couple of reasons why I believe this is the case: The…
Why Africa? It was really God who orchestrated everything from the inception. Imagine that! My first contact with the country of Kenya came through our New York City Thanksgiving trip when Hamisi Kirenga, a pastor from Ridgeway Baptist church in Nairobi, Kenya, attended our…