Only God Gives the Growth Dear Church Family, I’m so excited about the number of people coming on Wednesday evenings and love how our meals have created an added enthusiasm. Hope you have found a place to grow [...]

God’s Unfathomably Majestic Orchestrations Dear Church Family, I’m so glad to be back with my church family after spending some downtime away. I’m refreshed and ready to start a new semester and year of ministry. I’m also excited [...]

New Discipleship Pastor Candidate Dear Members of Lakeside, Thank you for praying for Tan Flippin as he begins developing his new role as our full-time Pastoral Care Pastor. (And thank you for praying for Tan personally.) Also, thank [...]

The Lord is On His Throne! Dear Lakeside, Many of you have been kind enough to ask how my next book, volume 2 of Theology for Every Person, is going. I have finished the writing, and the publisher [...]

Perspective on Life's Momentary Light Afflictions Dear Lakeside, A wise man recently wrote, “Suffering takes a toll on the outward man, but the inward man is being renewed and blessed every day.” Dr. Tan Flippin wrote these wise [...]

An Invisible Shield for the Mind Dear Church Family, As we start to wrap up the Summer, it’s a good time to be thinking about your next step in the Fall. We will have lots of ministries to [...]

Tolkien, God, and the Author's Fingerprints Dear Church Family, I am so grateful for a generous church family. Thank you all for praying for and giving to the relief efforts in Kerrville, as well as to our preschool [...]

Bible Translations Dear Church Family, If you didn’t get a chance to join us during our Facebook Live prayer time Sunday afternoon, please mark your calendar for the next one, which will be the first Sunday of the month [...]

A Path to Emulate   Dear Church Family, It has been my privilege to serve alongside three special people over the last several years who happen to be retiring. Linda Lemmons has been my assistant since my first [...]

A Huge Thank You to All Involved With VBS Dear Church Family, Just wanted to thank all of you who prayed, fasted, gave, led, and volunteered for Vacation Bible School this week. We had 96 first-time decisions! We [...]