Earlier in April, our theme for Boot Camp 2019 was "Gospel Story." We often encourage our church's students to live the Gospel or to share the Gospel - but we wanted to slow down to make sure that they understand what the Gospel is. A few years ago, J.D. Greear (the current president of the Southern Baptist Convention) wrote a really helpful book for explaining the Gospel clearly. It is called Gospel: Recovering the Power that Made Christianity Revolutionary. The original boo

On Sunday evening, March 17, seventeen of our boys and girls competed in this years Bible Drill program in front of our Sunday night congregation. At the close of the program, I called each one of them leaders. There were many reasons why I identified them as leaders. Perhaps, one of the main reasons that I addressed them as such may surprise you. You see, these seventeen children chose to be vulnerable. They risked standing in front of a group of people and being wrong. T