By now, you likely have read more articles and heard more debate about the NFL kneeling debacle than you care to handle! Are they right? Are they wrong? Should we boycott? Should we just ignore the whole mess? And so forth! While there are many issues surrounding this matter, one of them is certainly a…
I love Christian Camps, and have spoken in camps every year since God allowed me to enter the ministry as an evangelist! I spent thirteen of those years working closely with my friend and mentor Evangelist Bill Rice III at the Bill Rice Ranch in Murfreesboro, TN. During those 13 summers of ministry I spoke…
FIVE THINGS THAT BOTHER THE DAYLIGHTS OUT OF ME! by Evangelist Dave Young Have you noticed how easily we can become bothered? People can frustrate us. Events can frustrate us. The weather can frustrate us. Politics can frustrate us. Frustration possibilities abound don’t they? Are you ever bothered? I am. And here are five things…
Manila North Cemetery/BEST Ministry Several years ago while traveling in the Philippines, Micah Self and I had the privilege of preaching the gospel in the North Manila Cemetery, home to hundreds of homeless families. Our friend, Tim Avila became burdened for those people and has started a school in the cemetery that is helping to…
I preach for a lot of pastors these days who are millennials. I also travel full-time with Evangelist Micah Self and he is one too. I have to say, I love these young millennials and the ministries they have. Here are four reasons why: They love and are loyal to Bible preaching, the kind where…
The Potential of Standards Last week I wrote a blog post entitled The Problem(s) with Standards. You can read that here if you wish to do so. It was well received by many and not so well received by others. Of course, I was not surprised because the issue of standards always has the potential…
I have had standards all of my life. I suppose most people have. My parents had them and as a result we kids had them too. My dad didn’t wear facial hair and to this day believes I shouldn’t either. My mom did not wear slacks and neither did my sister. I could take my…
We are in a mess, aren’t we? Murder is so often in the news it sounds almost normal. Adultery is glamorized and glorified in commercial after commercial and in one television program after another. Homosexuality is applauded along with transgenderism and every other kind of morally questionable “ism” as well. Divorce is so common-place that…
EFFECTIVE INVITATIONS Have you ever wondered how you could improve the effectiveness of your preaching? Improving the invitation may be one of the keys. An invitation is simply a speaker persuading and convincing an audience to respond to, obey, and receive the Word of God, and to seek God as a result. Biblical illustrations abound. …
Dear Pastors, Friends, and Prayer Partners: 2017 is well under way. We have been able to be home a bit more than normal this month. This has been partially by design (my college kids have been home and I am enjoying as much time with them as possible) and it has been partially due to…
Evangelist Dave Young 