TLDR: The slide decks for three breakouts presented at the Illinois Baptist State Association Kidmin Conference in Springfield, Illinois.
Category Archives: Speaking Engagements
“Now That’s a Good Question!” Breakout
2025 KidzMatter Conference (October 8, 2025) A catechism, scripted questions and answers about the Christian faith, is one of the earliest and most successful discipleship tools we have in our ministry tool belt. This breakout provided on October 8, 2025 at the KidzMatter Conference in Evansville, Indiana, walks through a brief history of catechisms beforeContinue reading ““Now That’s a Good Question!” Breakout”
“Helping Our Kids to Go From Loving Deeply in the Church to Living Boldly in the Community” Breakout
2025 KidzMatter Conference (October 8, 2025) Our calling is to point our kids to Jesus so they trust in Him and love Him. But that isn’t where our ministries end! We are also to help them live as disciples—to live boldly showing, and sharing the gospel with others. This breakout provided on October 8, 2025Continue reading ““Helping Our Kids to Go From Loving Deeply in the Church to Living Boldly in the Community” Breakout”
“Bible 101” Breakout
2025 KidzMatter Conference (October 7, 2025) The Bible is at the center of all we do, so it’s helpful to know as much about it as we can. This breakout provided on October 7, 2025 at the KidzMatter Conference in Evansville, Indiana, covers how the English Bible came to us and its trustworthiness, why weContinue reading ““Bible 101” Breakout”
“Is My Ministry Really a Gospel-Centered Ministry?” Breakout
2025 KidzMatter Conference (October 7, 2025) We know that Jesus must be at the center of all we do in ministry, but how do we determine if truly He is? This breakout provided on October 7, 2025 at the KidzMatter Conference in Evansville, Indiana, explores what it means to be gospel-centered and how we canContinue reading ““Is My Ministry Really a Gospel-Centered Ministry?” Breakout”
Family Discipleship that Works Breakout
For the Church National Conference Breakout (September 30, 2025) Family discipleship isn’t flourishing in the United States. The data continues to affirm this, and anyone in ministry knows this to be true from observing their families struggle in this area. The truth is that family discipleship has never flourished in America. This breakout provided onContinue reading “Family Discipleship that Works Breakout”
2024 KidzMatter Breakouts
TLDR: The slide decks for two breakouts presented at the KidzMatter conference in Evansville, Indiana September 24 and 26.
“Thriving in Babylon” Sermon
TLDR: At the Kidzmatter 2023 Conference, I shared for a few minutes about the posture we need to take with our upside-down culture. Here, Larry Osborne takes more time to say it better than I can. What a privilege it was to share with the Kidzmatter Conference attendees from the main stage and talk aboutContinue reading ““Thriving in Babylon” Sermon”
2023 Kidzmatter Conference
Here are overviews and the slide decks for the two breakouts I led (along with my wife on the second) at the 2023 Kidzmatter Conference in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. If you were able to attend, I hope you found them helpful.