About This Blog

Welcome to "The Gospel Daily"!

Several times in the past I have been tempted to start a blog. After all, it seems like a cool, hip thing to do. In addition I have heard and read encouragement given to pastors by other pastors who believe blogging is more than just a "cool, hip thing to do," but that it can be another effective tool to communicate to people, well, things that are important to communicate. But there are many tools of communication available today, and one must decide which are the best to use at any given time. Lately, two things have convinced me that a blog may be just the tool I need right now. First, a blog may be just what I need to develop a discipline that is lacking in my life right now. Second, a blog may be just what I need to further communicate to others, well, something that's worth communicating. The discipline I hope to establish in my life is that of preaching "the gospel daily" to myself. And what I believe is worth communicating to others is why and how everyone should do this. So here I go... spread the news... Pastor Steve has a blog!

Let me briefly give you my vision for this blog. I desire first and foremost that every person come to a saving faith in the person and work of Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord of their life. But beyond this, God's Word tells us that the Believer is to "continue in the faith firmly established and steadfast, and not moved away from the hope of the gospel you have heard" (Colossians 1:23). If I am to not move away from the "hope of the gospel," then it should go without saying that I would consider it, ponder it, meditate on it, and plumb the depths of it; and all of this I should do often. But the sad reality is that we often go for days without giving much thought to the gospel and its implications in our lives. And I fear we often go much longer than "days" without doing the hard work of digging into the depths of the gospel, allowing its richness to effect every aspect of our daily life. So my hope is that this blog would be a resource that you can tap into for help and encouragement to preach the gospel daily to yourself. As I seek to do this in my personal life, it is my desire to pass on to you, through this blog, the resources, thoughts, writings, sermons, videos, music and more that I find helpful in this pursuit. If this sounds like it might be helpful to you, then bookmark the blog, or subscribe using the "Subscribe to" buttons in the right column (This will allow you to be notified when there is a new post.). It is my goal that this be an expanding resource that gets broader and deeper as the days go by and content is added. Please give me any helpful feedback you might have regarding this blog by replying with a comment or e-mail me through my profile page found in the right column.