20 DAYS UNTIL STORY OF REDEMPTION IS FILMED IN ISRAEL! - BETHLEHEM AND JESUS' BIRTH - One of the places that we will go, of course, in Israel, to film the Story of Redemption is Bethlehem, which was a small village a few miles outside of Jerusalem where Jesus was born.

The Story of Redemption primarily follows…

20 DAYS UNTIL STORY OF REDEMPTION IS FILMED IN ISRAEL! - BETHLEHEM AND JESUS' BIRTH - One of the places that we will go, of course, in Israel, to film the Story of Redemption is Bethlehem, which was a small village a few miles outside of Jerusalem where Jesus was born.

The Story of Redemption primarily follows…

21 Days Until Story of Redemption Films in Israel! - MASADA! - When the wise men from the East came to Jerusalem looking for the one who had been born "King of the Jews," Matthew's gospel says that King Herod and "all Israel" was disturbed. It makes sense that the paranoid Herod, who was an Idumena / Edmonite, and not a Jew,…

22 DAYS UNTIL STORY OF REDEMPTION IS FILMED IN ISRAEL!  - One of the places that I am excited about going to and filming is the "Jesus Trail," which is the 40 mile trail that Jesus would have walked many, many times from his home town of Nazareth to Capernaum, where he began his ministry.

We will film this as part of Story of Redemption Lesson 5, which is on discipleship…

24/23 Days Until Story of Redemption is Filmed in Israel! - When we read the New Testament, we often fail to understand the incredible political situation into which Jesus was born. Jerusalem had been ruled over by different empires for hundreds of years--most recently by the Romans--and was ruled over more immediately by King Herod the Great.

It was a volatile region, and the Jews of course hated being ruled over by the Romans. But most of them hated being…

The city of Hebron, which is not far outside of Jerusalem, is one of the most ancient cities of the world (Num. 13:22). The city is linked most especially to three people: Abraham, David, and King Herod the Great. The Cave of Machpelah / Cave of the Patriarchs…

It is 26 days until the Story of Redemption is filmed in Isarel! Well, actually, it is 25 days, as it is well past 12 am. Just shows how packed the days are as we are preparing for the trip to Israel. There is so much to do!

One of the places that we will go and film is at Caesarea Maritima, Caesarea by the sea. This beautiful city on the beach was built…

Yesterday I was filled with joy as one of our good friends, Kelly Weatherford, posted that her husband, Charlie Weatherford, was just hired…

28 DAYS UNTIL ISRAEL FILMING! - "HOUSE OF DAVID" ARCHAEOLOGY FINDING DEMONSTRATES KING DAVID DID EXIST! - The Story of Redemption is designed to tell the overall biblical story and build faith seekers and hopefully strengthen this faith in long time believers. While this series primarily draws upon the power of the biblical story well told to build faith, many…

To find out more about the Story of Redemption, go to www.StoryofRedemption.com!

#29 - JERUSALEM, the TEMPLE, and THE DOME OF THE ROCK - There are 29 days until the Story of Redemption (SOR) begins filming in Israel, and I want to highlight a…

On March 1, I leave for three weeks to go to Israel to film…

On March 1, I leave for three weeks to go to Israel to film the Story of Redemption, and I am just thrilled. I began writing the Story of Redemption as an evangelistic Bible study series…

In 1955, James Dean portrayed a rebellious teenager in the iconic film, "Rebel without a Cause." It came to symbolize rebelling against society when really, there was nothing that had been done to warrant this rebellion. Boomers grew up in an affluent time with intact homes, and yet, many rebelled against the conformist culture of that…

With the announcement that Mark and Sherrylee Woodward are stepping down from the executive director role at Let's Start Talking, I wanted to republish this article I wrote a few years back about how LST was a pioneering, missional ministry before we even had missional language. I also wanted to say thank you to Mark and Sherrylee for their tireless work in this…

Beginning something new is not always easy. Changing something old is not easy either! For one year I worked on revision for the Relationship Conference. God's word does not change, but the world was changing. 

Illustrations were old, and required updating, and additions were required. It was wonderful to travel to Africa and meet new friends in relationships. We partnered well together.

Everything we teach and lead is about 3 relationships. Our relationship with Christ, with…

Our three year old daughter Kaylee said something not nice this morning and my wife, Becki, corrected her. Then Kaylee said, "I made God sad. Jesus doesn't want me to talk like…

Wow. One data analyst indicates that the VAST majority of women accounts on the cheating website Ashley Madison were fake. Only about 12,000 accounts out of millions could be positively identified as being actual accounts, though likely that is a low number.

It appears that most men were not cheating with a person, but with a mere fantasy. I'm not sure…

Below are the first two points in the article "Trash Your Marriage in Eight Easy Steps."

The divorce rate is at an all-time high, and marriages are falling apart everywhere you look. Marriages of church-going people are crashing and burning especially…

What would happen if all of the longtime Christians, church leaders, elders, etc., in a church left, leaving the church made up of new converts, younger generations (Millennials, Gen Xers), and seekers? 



New converts, younger generations, and seekers often have different value systems, points of emphasis, and…