This is the simple challenge that the Lord burdened me to bring at the start of our 2026 24-hour prayer meeting. As soon as you wake up in the morning, get on your knees and begin praying for your family, your friends, your finances (work)—all before looking at your phone. It can wait. The remarkable backstory to this challenge is that before the prayer time began, I was sitting in the room with one BJU student. We were just chatting small talk for a few minutes until he told me how much his own prayer life had been affected of late. "Oh really? Tell me more," I said. "Well," he continued, "about a year ago, someone challenged me to pray as soon as I woke up. So, I told my girlfriend that we should try it for a week and see what we thought. As soon as I got up the next day, I got on my knees and started praying. I've been doing that for the past year and it has transformed my prayer life." I was stunned, because that was the very challenge I was burdened to give—except I wasn't sure I should give it. The Lord sent the one student to tell me that one story to confirm the burden. Remarkable. You see, I believe we are addicted. Addicted to this little block of glass and metal we hold in our hands. I believe this addiction needs to be broken and we have to begin somewhere, even if it's a baby step. After taking that baby step, take the next. Read your paper Bible and spend time with the Lord. All without your phone. See if it changes your life. It. Can. Wait. All 24-Hour Messages: https://www.sermonaudio.com/series/214110

Either Jesus is 100% true, or 100% false. There can be no in-between. The resurrection is the key that authenticates His veracity. From our open letter to Elon Musk: https://www.sermonaudio.com/sermons/103125178203715

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You are living in a generation that is addicted to the screen. Now, we all are. So it's not just you, but this generation is addicted to the screen. Just go to any restaurant and you'll see this proven out, right? Table after table, they're all sitting there, even families, and they're on the screens. That's a problem. This is the distracted generation. The average young person is unable to stay away from the screen for more than five minutes at a time, according to a study. Another study revealed that the average teen receives over 200 notifications every day. 200. You are inundated. You are being submerged with data. Waterlogged. So I ask you again, what is the answer to a waterlogged life? I will say it again. It's revival. The answer is you need. You need God's fire. You need God's power. You need God Himself. Listen to the entire sermon: https://www.sermonaudio.com/sermons/1210251730254309

This sermon clip centers on the necessity and nature of faith as the foundation of a relationship with God, emphasizing that faith is not mere intellectual assent but a profound trust in God's character and promises despite the absence of visible evidence. It argues that the hidden, unseen nature of spiritual realities is intentional, preserving God's sovereignty and preventing humanity from elevating self to the throne of truth. Without faith, this clip contends, individuals inevitably place themselves as the ultimate authority, rejecting God's word and thus rendering themselves unable to please Him. True faith, therefore, is a daily surrender of human reason and sensory perception to the divine authority of Scripture, requiring continual dependence on God rather than on personal understanding. This living faith is not a one-time event but a sustained posture of trust that resists the flesh's tendency to usurp God's place. Based on this sermon: https://www.sermonaudio.com/sermons/1121251647282712

You think, well, you mean God's going to send me to hell if I just don't believe? Yes. You know why? Because you are putting yourself in the place of God. No, I'm not. Yes, you are. Because you're saying, I don't believe what God says. Wait a second. Based on what? Based on me. I don't believe it. In other words, I am now the final authority. I am the one sitting in the judge's chair. I am taking the place of God. God is subject to me and my reasoning. Listen to the entire sermon: https://www.sermonaudio.com/sermons/1121251647282712

I had the privilege of finally visiting the grave of my former pastor and mentor Dr. Alan Cairns in Northern Ireland. Due to COVID, very few were permitted to attend his funeral when he passed away. So, for me, this was my final way of honoring his memory. SermonAudio's First Preacher: https://www.sermonaudio.com/news/alan-cairns-tribute