The Legend and Myth of Saint Patrick

Saint Patrick's Day is tomorrow and I thought it would be good to learn more about who Patrick was and his unique place in church history.  The best person to learn all of this from is T. M. Moore.  T.M. is the dean of the Centurions program and content editor for Breakpoint and the The Chuck Colson Center.  To learn more about T.M. check out his website.

Our conversation started by learning about the history of Patrick and what the Irish culture was like at that time.  We also talked about some of the myths that surround Patrick that we currently believe today.  This is a great conversation so to listen click here

Aaron Shust - This is What We Believe

Recently I had the chance to talk with Aaron Shust, recording artist, Dove Award winner and alum of Toccoa Falls College.  We talked about his new project, This Is What We Believe, and his time at TFC.  There's a couple of ways you can listen to the interview: you can "watch" the interview or click here.

Aaron Shust Interview


Risen Today lyric video


My Hope Is In You

At the Throne of Grace

Dr. John MacArthur is host of the daily radio program, Grace to You, and has been the senior pastor of Grace Community Church in Southern California for nearly 50 years.  At the Throne of Grace is a collection of 54 prayers that have preceded some of his 3,000 plus sermons.

MacArthur's goal, rather than encourage repetitive prayer and religious formalism, is to motivate believers to become more prayerful, more expressive and more thoughtful in their prayer as they come to the Lord before his throne of grace.

Dr. MacArthur has found his own prayer life blessed by Puritan prayers and resources from Charles Spurgeon and other godly men of earlier generations who convyed truth and passion in vivid, heartfelt language.

"We need to pray more; we need to give more careful thoughts to the content of our prayers; and we need to spend more time preparing our hearts and our tongues for prayer," says MacArthur. "Remember that Jesus warned against vain repetition and showy, grandiose prayers (Matthew 6:5-8)."

To listen to my conversation with John MacArthur, click here or scroll down.

Prayer Circles

Mark Batterson is lead pastor at National Community Church in Washington, D.C., a multi-site church plant that is targeting emerging generations. He is author of several books, and his latest is, The Circle Maker: Praying Circles Around Your Biggest Dreams and Greatest Fears.

The idea for this book, Mark says, came from a story from the Talmud.  It is a true legend of how Honi, a man of God, prayed a bold prayer for rain during an intense drought.  What he did was he drew a circle and said to God that he would not leave that circle until He blessed the area with rain.  Mark shows in his book that miracles will happen once Christians pray bold prayers.

In his unique story-telling way, Mark Batterson encourages his readers to take that step of faith, like the children of Israel, Moses, Noah and many others in Scripture, and watch what God does when you pray "circles" around your biggest dreams and greatest fears.

To listen to my interview click here or scroll down.

A New Year and A New You!

Each year we all make resolutions to improve ourselves, and the top promise made is to lose weight. However, as the month rolls on we tend to get away from that particular goal and then before we know it we are off all together.

I thought I would ask my friend Pastor Steve Reynolds, author of the book Bod4God, to give me a few pointers about losing weight and how to stay focused on the goal.  To listen to our conversation click here or scroll down.


Pastor Steve has a great web site that is full of information and ways to start a weight loss challenge in your community or church.  Check out the Bod4God site to learn more.