Behind the Build
Stories, anecdotes and lessons-learned while giving birth to Appostolic.com
Seek the Welfare of the City
How a Character Study on Mordecai Convicted Me About the Town I’ve Been Wanting to Leave
I was testing the platform for bugs when a Mordecai character study surfaced Jeremiah 29:7 — "seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you." My honest posture had been: to heck with this town.
You Don’t Want to Go to Hell, Do You?
What the New Testament Actually Shows Us About How People Came to Jesus — and Why Scaring Them Into It Might Be the Laziest Gospel We’ve Ever Preached
A VBS leader asked little girls, “You don’t want to go to hell, do you?” So I researched how people actually came to Jesus in the New Testament. Not one instance was fear-based.
The Last Command of Jesus
The Most Under-Preached Words Jesus Ever Spoke — and Why Philippians 2:12 Means Something Different Than You’ve Been Told
Jesus's last command — "love one another as I have loved you" — is the most under-preached instruction in Christianity. And Philippians 2:12? Every word is plural. It was never about you alone.
Deeper Than We Expected
Two Things I Discovered While Building Appostolic That Changed How I Think About What It Can Do
The same architecture that generates a Sunday school lesson can guide seminary-level formation. And when you invite someone into the research, the collaboration itself becomes the discipleship.
Three Sundays Without a Net
What Happens When the Pastor Is Away and Three Different People Fill the Pulpit
The pastor was away for three Sundays. Three men filled in. Three different problems. Theological misalignment, scattered prep, and a Google search sermon. All were predictable and preventable.
Why Should the Devil Have All the Good Software?
The Church Has Software for Everything Except the Thing It Actually Exists to Do
The church has software for giving, scheduling, streaming, and accounting. But the thing it actually exists to do — teach and proclaim the Kingdom — has almost no technological support. Until now.
Seeds Planted Thirty Years Ago
How a Reengineering Exercise in 1995 Became the Foundation for What I’m Building Today
In 1995, my team designed hologram teachers and executives laughed. Thirty years later, I'm building the principle underneath it. God plants seeds in one season and fulfills them in another.