The Scripture reading of Mary’s Song as recorded in Luke 1:46–55 that accompanies the sermon this week comes with a great God story.
The audio and video crew was with me in Nazareth at the only known well in town, the place where, it is believed, Jesus and Mary often would have drawn water. Today, a [...]

Sunday, October 11 is my thirty-ninth birthday, the twentieth anniversary of my salvation (the exact date is known only by God), and the thirteenth anniversary of Mars Hill Church. So, on that day we will air at all campuses a special one-hour sermon from Acts 17 that I preached live this summer while standing on [...]

At 11:30pm tonight I’ll be featured for the third time on ABC’s Nightline. A month ago, Terry Moran and a great crew from ABC came to Mars Hill to talk with me about the second commandment. Terry had seen something I had posted on Twitter around the time of Michael Jackson’s funeral and wanted to [...]

This summer I had the great joy of leading a trip to Israel. For me, the highlight of the entire trip was baptizing my son Calvin Martin, a.k.a. “Buddy Calvin,” in the Jordan River. He is the third of our five children and the most pastoral among us. God has given him a tender heart [...]

In conjunction with the series Luke’s Gospel: Investigating the Man Who is God we’ve got some special sermons lined up. Some weeks all of the services I will be preaching will be exclusively on video including at the Ballard campus where I normally preach in person. This is because these special sermons were filmed live [...]

My family and I recently spent three weeks touring Greece, Turkey, and Israel. Much to our surprise, perhaps the place we enjoyed most was the archaeological dig in Ephesus, where roughly 15 percent of the great marble city has been excavated. We learned a lot about the early church there, and we learned what was [...]

I love preaching and teaching the Bible. And I often praise God that I do so in the age of the Internet at a church with fellow elders who embrace technology for the sake of getting the gospel of Jesus Christ out to the world. When I began pursuing my undergraduate degree in communications before [...]

I recently had the great honor of being involved in an important event for our region. The City Church is one of the biggest and most influential churches in our state. Their pastor, Wendell Smith, has been battling some very serious health issues over the past few years. During this time, he and his son [...]

Series Details
I wanted to give you some details about the upcoming Luke sermon series so that you will know what to expect. Most noticeably, it will take about three years or so to get through the book. On the weeks I am out of the pulpit, other Mars Hill elders will be preaching through the [...]

We have an official air date for the first of two messages I gave down at Crystal Cathedral on the Hour of Power recently and it will be August 23. There’s still no date on when the second one will run yet, but when we know we’ll post it here. Thanks to our [...]