Based on the story of the Macedonian man in Acts 16, this talk deals with how God strips us of our defenses until we can respond to a vision rather than just developing a strategy. Our church planting adventure is seen through this lens. The talk was presented at The House, the young adult ministry of 1st AoG, North Little Rock, AR in June of 2008. The House is led by my friend Randy Jumper.

Paul's sermon on Mars Hill is unique. But what prepares a person to engage culture this way? Drawing from Acts 17, this talk deals with several things we need to believe about ourselves in order to cultivate the Missionary Self-Image needed to reach out to others in our context. The video that accompanies this talk can be found at: http://www.earlcreps.com/article/berkeley-video-premiere

This most recent update of our Berkeley adventure was hosted and recorded by my friend Tim Hohm in April of 2008 and included Curt Harlow (West Coast Chi Alpha), my wife Janet, and me.

"Ministry to Cultural Creatives" is my title for the first session at the NorCal-Nevada District's 2007 Lay Leadership Summit. About 40 million C-Creatives basically invent the future. They are somewhat less interested in church.

Tim Hohm (RevTim.com) interviewed me on November 3, 2007 via Skype for the second chapter of "The Berkeley Church Planting Journey," a podcast series that chronicles our journey to the East Bay for the purpose of starting a campus church near Cal.

Joel Triska describes the journey that brought he and his wife Rachel to AGTS and the results of the chance they took on seminary education.

In September of 2007, my friend Ken Horn, Managing Editor of Today's Pentecostal Evangel (the AoG national magazine) interviewed me for a podcast updating our church planting project in Berkeley.

"Walk with Me" is talk based on Luke's account of the Emmaus road. Given at The Bridge in Mustang, OK, the theme of the talk is reaching out to others by walking beside them in life.