April 1, 2026 A DISCIPLE IS COMMITTED TO PURSUING VITAL RELATIONSHIPS WITH A FEW OTHERS, UNDERSTANDING THE NEED TO HELP EACH OTHER KEEP THEIR PROMISES One Sunday morning in 1984, while sitting in the congregation at Church On The Rock (COTR), I had the following thoughts as Senior Pastor Dr. Larry Lea was sharing about one’s involvement in the local church. The thought that came to me was, could God use an individual with a checkered past as mine that included sex, drugs, and even divorce?...

March 5, 2026 My journey in prayer began as I discussed in my book “Come Follow Me,” one Wednesday night in 1983 shortly after I had accepted Jesus Christ as Lord and received the baptism of the Holy Spirit. I was attending Church on the Rock (COTR) in Rockwall Texas when our pastor, Dr. Larry Lea began the service with the following conversation, We will no longer be doing our traditional service on Wednesday evening. We will have a little time of worship and then I will give some...

February 4, 2026 A DISCIPLE IS COMMITTED TO REACHING BEYOND ANY CULTURAL, ECONOMIC, RACIAL, GENDER, OR DENOMINATIONAL BARRIER TO DEMONSTRATE THE POWER OF BIBLICAL UNITY . In the movie “Gone Baby Gone,” the opening dialogue articulates a widely held definition of culture.   “I have always believed it was the things you don’t choose that make you who you are, your city, your neighborhood, your family. People take pride in these things as if it were something they had accomplished, the bodies...