by Rick McKinney | May 4, 2026 | Engaging Culture, Witnessing
How should Christians respond to today’s culture…one we couldn’t have even imagined 15 years ago? Who could have imagined a culture where children are taught that gender is fluid and endlessly customizable? Where identity is detached from biology,...
by Rick McKinney | Mar 26, 2026 | Decision Making, Engaging Culture, Pressing On, Uncategorized
Feeling Tired? You’re Not Alone I’m tired. I say it a lot more these days—and I mean it. Back in the day, “tired” barely existed in my vocabulary. I could drive cross-country without blinking. When we owned our business, 70+ hour workweeks felt normal. Energy showed...
by Rick McKinney | Jan 31, 2026 | Decision Making, Engaging Culture, Hardship, Hope
The Threat of Y2K In 1999, I was genuinely excited—and deeply concerned—about the possibility of a worldwide collapse of the “world as we knew it.” I had completely bought into the Y2K theory that computers would fail because they were programmed using only two digits...
by Rick McKinney | May 15, 2025 | Uncategorized
I’m Tired of All the Labels In the realm of Christianity, we love using descriptive words to define ourselves. I observed this early in life when I assumed all Baptists were alike. My father was quick to correct me and explain that there were Southern, American,...
by Rick McKinney | Feb 20, 2025 | Engaging Culture, Revival, Uncategorized, Witnessing
Faultfinders: A Real Problem in the Church Making it Loud Doesn’t Make it Right In my daily routine of researching to improve my teaching at the university level and exploring the latest developments in the Church and Christian ministry, I’ve come across a...
