Our church is working diligently to fulfill Christ’s command to go and make disciples of all nations. We have a missions strategy that focuses on three specific regions (local, national & international) and which operates under two guiding principles. First, we are committed to pushing back lostness. This means that as we look [...]

We are busy planning for our upcoming “Go Conference” and we are extremely excited about what God is going to do during that weekend. Last week we received word of a change that we needed to make in our schedule. Bob Roberts is going to, unfortunately, miss our conference. We are in the process [...]

This weekend I want to feature one of the greatest new worship songs in circulation today. Keith & Kristin Getty have become recognized as some of the bright stars on the musical horizon. Their ability to write powerful, moving, lyrically challenging and biblically faithful music is almost unparalleled in the contemporary Christian genre.

This song [...]

Taking the Lord’s Supper was especially moving today! The second service in particular was dynamic. It’s so good to reflect on Christ’s sacrifice.  It’s good to welcome 6 new members today! Welcome, we’re glad you guys are all part of the Frederick Family! Tonight’s Q&A with Ben, our Hispanic Campus Pastor candidate, was great. It [...]

I love the local church. I am often concerned that we can overlook the importance of the local church. I am also a fan of the diversity in church sizes that we see across the country. I love small churches. Up until about 1 year ago all of my ministry had been accomplished in small [...]

In a time where politicians are fighting vociferously for the opportunity to lead our country it can often be difficult to sort through the variety of voices and determine which voices offer substantive change. This is particularly true this year as we face mounting political tensions around the globe as well as a rapidly crumbling [...]

If you have not yet found the incredible insight being offered over at “Between the Times” I would highly encourage you to run by and subscribe to their feed. While most blogs, mine included, seem to offer a tremendous amount of information that is often nice but not essential, BtT consistently offers powerful information [...]

After speaking on prayer last Sunday, I continue to think about prayer. As I’ve been thinking and studying through it, I came across this video which is timely and challenging as we think through our prayer life.

HT: Chris Forbes

Well, just because I’m a bit of a geek, I like to mess around with online tests every once in a while. Just for kicks I took an online IQ test today [found here] and then tried to judge my score. I found this site which uses Lewis Terman’s scoring system to [...]

My brother recently moved to east Tennessee after his marriage. He works in Academic Services for the athletic department at East Tennessee State University where his wife is a volleyball coach.

Anyway, Jared had to move his state of residency from Florida to Tennessee which he did not enjoy much. Today he went to [...]