Last week I wrote about why unity is important. I looked at several scriptures in first Corinthians that described the price of division. I explained how division stunts our growth, ruins our witness, and causes God to resist us. Basically,...

Given that Campus Renewal Ministries works to unite campus ministries in prayer and mission, we’re often asked to explain why we believe ministries should work together and what we mean by “unity.” For the next few weeks I will share...

I am being a bit facetious with my title, of course. I really love the Great Commission. It’s the aim of Campus Renewal Ministries to equip students to be missionaries in the marketplace, in the neighborhoods, and especially overseas among...

Perhaps some of you read my recent blog entitled Am I Spiritually Sick. There I spoke about the recent need I have been feeling to care for my soul. I am so busy “doing” that I forget about “being.”  As...

Last weekend I was invited to Jefferson City, Missouri to speak to campus minsters and student leaders from the Baptist Student Ministries across their state. I was asked to speak to about the missional community movement at UT and what...

If you’ve studied the history of revivals for any length of time, at some point you should arrive at an interesting fact: many of them were birthed through students on college campuses! I suppose that fact shouldn’t be too surprising...

I wrote last week about the newly reformed partnership of six campus ministries at UT called “Renovate UT.”  Our vision is stated this way: “Renovate UT is a partnership of campus ministries seeking the redemption and restoration of God’s kingdom...

Often I get asked to teach on the topic of prayer.  I find it to be one of the most difficult topics to teach about.  It’s not that the Bible has little to say on prayer.  It’s that everyone already...

The last few weeks I have been writing about some of the challenges facing the campus-reaching movement at the University of Texas as we have grown. I wrote about the difficulties of leadership turnover and the changes in how Campus...

I mentioned last week that I have recently been more aware of some challenges facing the campus-reaching movement at the University of Texas. Last week I shared specifically about the challenges that come with the constant turnover and addition of...