‘Why I Left, Why I Stayed’

Bart Campolo’s story is well-known. Confronted with his own mortality following a 2011 bike crash that left him with a severe concussion, Bart – the son of evangelical icon Tony Campolo – left behind his Christian faith and nearly three decades of...

Good Morning, Jesus!

A sermon by Michael Cheuk, Pastor, University Baptist Church, Charlottesville, Va.  April 2-, 2014. John 20:1-18 “Good Morning!”  Have you ever had someone say that to you while you were still deep in sleep?  I remember as a boy when my mom would have to repeatedly...

Campolo’s Challenge: Fully Commit to Jesus

We need to stop being Christians “up to a point” – and give our lives fully to Jesus. That was the challenging message from U.S. pastor and author Tony Campolo during the Saturday night address to the assembly of BMS World Mission and the Baptist Union of...

Seeking Justice for Palestinian Christians

Recently I was in Palestine/Israel as a speaker for a conference sponsored by the Bethlehem Bible College titled “ChristattheCheckpoint.” The conference was designed for Palestinian Christians and to converse about the lives they have to live in a very...

Do the Work

A sermon delivered by Keith Herron, Pastor, Holmeswood Baptist Church, Kansas City, Mo., on November 20, 2011. Christ the King Sunday Matthew 25:31-46      I’m not much of a fan of reality TV but I’m smart enough to know it has less to do with reality than it claims....