Last night we kicked off the month of August with a bang! Exquisite weather, Gourmet burgers from the Flathead burger company, excellent music from the Skull Church band & Emery. Best of all we saw many people respond to the gospel, giving Jesus total control of their souls. A lot of things went wrong and we had to roll with crazy stuff like power surges and equipment failure on the fly, but hey, no one ever said it would be easy. The Uprising continues…

I am super excited that we are taking Skull Church on the road for the first time this fall! On September 16-17 there are going to be two explicitly evangelistic nights of outreach at the historic Wilma theater in downtown Missoula. In addition to music from the Skull Church band and gospel messages, there will be musical performances by Blindside and Family Force 5. Join me in praying that God will move and that many will come to know Christ!

The Missoula event will be webcast live (as every Skull Church event is, including the one this week in Kalispell) so you can invite people to watch online, or post a link on FB, Google+ or Twitter. You never know how God might use it.

There are sounds that I love: the soft steady hum of bicycles spinning down the road, the roar of a jet doing a fly-by, the crackle of fireworks exploding on the fourth of July. Those are a few of my favorites, but there is no sound that can compare to the voices of people praying to God, turning from their sins and putting their faith in Christ in unison. Whenever I listen to a person call on the name of the Lord, I am filled with joy and am grateful to be listening to eternity unfold.

As we did our best to lift Jesus high and amplify the gospel at Skull Church last night we saw a great number of people stream forward to make a public profession of faith in Christ and vocalize their commitment to God in prayer. One touching sight was watching a father and a son come together. A spiritual legacy in the making. I always try to visualize those who are joining in digitally as I preach as they outnumber those there in person. Last night, for instance, we had people joining in from all 50 states and from over 30 countries. And even though we couldn’t hear their voices, there were also people who prayed to receive Christ joining us online as well.

It was a joy to have music from The Almost. They are in town to perform at The O2 Experience on Friday night and partnering with Aaron Gillespie and his band is always a pleasure. His heart and perspective in ministry are in lock step with our DNA. He’s all about making Jesus famous and thinks outside the box. And I will tell you, Kev and our house band were in rare form. I have had their new song stuck in my head all day. I can’t wait for their album to drop…

Here are some snapshots to give you a glimpse of what God was up to last night.

Charles Spurgeon, the prince of preachers, was once addressing a group of young preachers and he told them, “Young gentlemen, do not allow any sentiment to keep you from warning men to prepare to die.”

That is what Skull Church is all about. We are pointing to Jesus’ death and telling people to prepare for the day when they are going to stand before God. He is our maker and one day there is going to be a manufacturers recall. (Hebrews 9:27) I will be giving a message that I have called, “The best way to die.” And as always there will be great music, including a brand new song from the Skull Church band which blew me away when I first heard it.

If you can’t make it in person, you can join us online or on the radio and I hope that you will view the webcast as an opportunity for you to partner with us in the proclamation of the gospel. Beginning at 7pm MDT at skullchurch.com the HD stream is available for you to link to on fb, tweet about and email to your friends–no matter where you live. You could even hook your laptop up to your tv and invite someone over to watch it with you. If you are on the go, check out our mobile stream, which works on iPod Touches, iPads and iPhones, by pointing your browser to the website.

And please keep the event in prayer!

I was standing in the Liberty theater last night and I was overcome, yet again, by what we are seeing the Lord do at skull church. It occurred to me that this is what an uprising looks like.

At my day job, when I’m not moonlighting as a pirate preacher, we are going through the book of Joshua and looking at what happens when a generation emerges that is willing to take a stand and change the world.

I believe that just such a generation is living on the face of the earth right now. I sense God moving and pouring out His Spirit on all flesh in a unique way. I can’t recall a time, in my life, where there has been so many young, fresh, vibrant movements awakening and surging and growing and taking shape–all over the place.

This is not a time to shrink back. There has never been a day like today. It’s our time to shine. Let’s use these fleeting moments we have on this earth to make Jesus famous. Rise up o men of God!

Here are a few snapshots of the wave of revolution we are riding.