“Keep thy heart with all diligence,” Solomon wrote, many, many years ago. He followed that up a few verses later with a challenge to “ponder the path of thy feet!” That word ponder contains the idea of “building a road.” In order to guard our heart we have to build a road to purity. I…
Five Gifts You Should Give This Christmas This is a wonderful time of the year. For us, it is a time of being able to be home, of being able to attend services with our own church family, and of being able to buy presents! We love it all, and especially the gifts. I have…
11 Biblical Examples of the Work of the Evangelist “Evangelists are supposed to be church planters,” a well known leader of an IFB church and Bible College stated to an evangelist friend of mine. “Biblically, an evangelist isn’t a traveling preacher, but a missionary,” a teacher said to her students in a recent class. “The…
More than a few times in recent months I have been asked about this particular question. My daughter asked me about it because of a teacher she heard say it in a classroom. Several preacher boys asked about it because they desire to become evangelists and have become confused by the variety of opinions being…
“What do you guys do all day?” is a question that we get asked quite frequently. It is a good question. Here are ten things that happened today: I spent some time reading devotionally and praying. I emptied the septic tank on the RV. Today was easier than some weeks in the sense that the…
Everywhere I go these days I am meeting people who are gravely concerned about the condition of Christianity in this generation. I cannot tell you how many conversations I have had that were focussed on the idea that “something is definitely wrong” and “we need help!” It spans all ages. It spans all groups. It…
A few weeks ago a missionary did a presentation at our home church. His presentation was enjoyable and helpful and one thing in particular “stood out” to me. It was a phrase that he used twice. He said it when he told of meeting a person who had never heard the name of Jesus Christ…
A month or so ago, I blogged about how to be an Independent Baptist and still get along with each other. Today, I want to share some of the reasons why I wrote the blog. A few opening comments are likely necessary. First, I am in no way minimizing issues that others deem important nor…
A few weeks ago I posted Part 1 in the series about “How to be an Independent Baptist and Get Along with Others at the Same Time.” You can read that here if you haven’t done so yet: How to be an Independent Baptist and Get-Along With Others at the Same Time It has been a busy…
In the Fall of 1994, Bethlie and I stepped out together to enter a ministry of full-time evangelism. We have traveled thousands of miles and ministered to churches of all sizes in almost every state in the USA and in a half dozen other countries as well. Most of the churches have either been…
Pastor/Evangelist Dave Young 