Coldest? Coldest? Well, yeah. Coldest. With 90 plus degrees in the Carolinas and no relief in sight, how about some blog relief? Here they are: the five most heat-resistant, coldest times in my life. 5. That November snowstorm in Dallas in 1978. All I know is that...
Yesterday's message ... Began with a string of negative analogies (check it out); Explained the vast -- and liberating -- difference between "God-breathed" and "God-dictated"; In the PREACHED version, included a spontaneous shout out to Asbury Seminary's Dr. David...
Last week, I showed Team Texas at the USTA Intersectional Championship for Boys' 18-and-under from 1979. I was the youngest, shortest, and skinniest on that team. Today it's Team Texas from 1980. None of those adjectives describe me this time! The "older" guys on...
During our South Carolina vacation last week, our 30-year-old daughter asked me early one evening, "Are you going to go practice your sermon, Daddy?" On the one hand, the question is 100% understandable, as she grew up waking up to the sounds of early morning sermon...
Julie and I spent last week in Hilton Head Island, SC. We had a couple of days alone and then were joined by our children and their spouses for the bulk of the week. Here we are: From left there you'll see Talbot, Julie, Nate Underwood, Taylor Underwood,...
Yesterday's message ... Came from my friend and colleague Devin Tharp, our Family Ministries Pastor and Team Leader of the Beautiful Marriage Movement; Interrupted the "Famous Last Words" series so that Devin could share freely and personally; Was delivered...
This is "Team Texas" from the National Intersectional Championships held on the campus of TCU in Fort Worth, Texas, in July of 1979 There I am on the far left, looking younger and skinnier and shorter than all the others. Because I was. Nevertheless, after some...
Welcome Andrea Rouse We are pleased to announce that Andrea Rouse has joined the GS staff as a Student Ministry Coordinator, where she will be working with Mathew Hargett as they invite all students into a living relationship with Jesus Christ. Her first day will be...
In honor of the upcoming Fourth Of July holiday, here are my five favorite songs with an "American" theme. Rock songs are rarely "pro-American" -- we've got Toby Keith for that -- but more often convey an ambiguity about the distance between American ideals and...
Yesterday's message ... Acknowledge a bible verse I don't like very much; Included a rare "please write these three things down" moment regarding leadership; Built to a poignant video that shows what Good Shepherd At Home is like during pandemic; Led to this bottom...