Yesterday I spent most of the day in Wake Forest, North Carolina at the Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. This seminary is connected with us, serving as one of our six seminaries that trains up men and women for ministry and missions. Dr. Danny Aiken leads that institution with 2,400 students, and his leadership is superb. The worship service at Chapel was truly worshipful and very meaningful to all persons present. At the conclusion we gave away around 1,200 copies of 10 Things Every Minister Needs To Know, which is just now being sent to Christian bookstores across the nation. Four members of our Staff Team accompanied me and led classes and put their lives into the next generation of leaders. I was so very, very impressed when I came away with what God is doing through Dr. Aiken and his team in the lives of these seminary students. Praise the God of Heaven!

My night was blessed upon my return with Peyton, our grandson, spending about four hours with us last night while Josh and Kate had an opportunity to eat dinner together during the rush of the season. This young lad is walking and keeping us running! Oh my, I say it again: Stay at home Moms with preschoolers have the hardest job in the world! Bless all of you! Peyton is 1 year old tomorrow, September 22. Can you even believe it? Just think: he gets to spend his birthday night at a football game … God is so good!

Our Business Persons’ Summit, which is attended by 400-525 persons a week, equips people for making the climb in the Business world. It is not a Bible Study, but a time of equipping leaders and motivating them to make this climb with the right convictions and ethics. My good friend, Dr. Rex Horne, the new President of the Oauchita University in Arkadelphia, Arkansas, will be our guest speaker today. Dr. Horne left his work in Little Rock in the late spring of the year, taking on this new assignment as President of this prestigious and highly recognized institution in our state. I am very confident he will do a wonderful job serving there. Tickets are still available and I want to encourage you to come. You should arrive at 11:45 for lunch and will walk away at 12:50.

Have a great day.