The Vault VLOG

After 5 months of work and 14,250 lines of code, we just released our single biggest development effort to date as we get closer to the final push towards SermonAudio 2.0. Broadcaster accounts are now LINKED to SermonAudio User accounts allowing you to manage sermon content more conveniently. This update also refreshes your homepage appearance on the new SermonAudio with most options now accessibl...

**FEB 17-18 @ 7pm-7pm** This prayer effort is in cooperation with SermonAudio and the students at Bob Jones University and students will be encouraged to engage in 24 hours of uninterrupted prayer for the revival of religion and the advancement of Christ's kingdom on earth. **GLOBAL** This prayer effort is unique in that it will involve BOTH in-resident students at BJU that will be gathered in our...

We recently received an incredibly important piece of equipment in The Vault. It is the H100 supercomputer -- the most powerful GPU on the planet. With this, we will be taking our first serious step towards GLOBAL SERMONS where we will use AI tools to take sermons preached in English and have them "re-preached" into multiple languages. When the Lord told Joshua to go over Jordan and enter into the...

As we reflect upon 2023, there is a lot that could be said. This is the year that Artificial Intelligence took center stage. It is the year that we utilized some of these AI tools to launch the Audiobook Initiative, giving voice to Christian classics, as well as to transcribe every sermon uploaded. With your generous support, this is the year that we made some giant advances with The Vault infrast...

Dr. Clarence Sexton went home to be with the Lord on December 12, 2023. My mind went to Psalm 116 upon hearing of his death. He was a great personal encouragement to me, and I trust this compilation of sermon clips will continue to be a source of encouragement to all who hear for many years to come.

I had the immense privilege of visiting the land of Scotland. I enjoyed visiting historical sites, worshipping with the saints, and even praying with one of the last surviving eyewitnesses of the 1950 Isle of Lewis revival. But there was one aspect of the trip that caught my attention. There was something particularly edifying about how the Scottish churches sang the psalms. According to Psalm 19:...

**It's a Joint Resolution of United Prayer.** We are a dedicated and earnest group of individuals of all ages from around the world that meet for an hour each day (M-F @ 12pm ET) over Zoom to pray. It is a traditional prayer meeting that begins with a brief 10-min meditation followed by corporate prayer by all participants as time allows. This prayer meeting found its inspiration from the publicat...

As I was reading about the great King Hezekiah in 2 Chronicles 32, it occurred to me that for all of the good and great things he accomplished in his life, he was an engineer at heart. In one short verse (30) we read that Hezekiah constructed a tunnel to bring water from the Gihon Springs down to the Pool of Siloam in Jerusalem. Sounds simple -- but it was actually something of an ancient engineer...

I was thankful for the opportunity to meet with some of the BJU Board of Trustees on Oct 3, 2023 to share with them the work that we are doing, the vision we have for the future, and the importance we give to the place of prayer — to which we attribute every success. We only had a window of opportunity to meet, just a few minutes, but I was thankful anyway to communicate what matters to us the mos...

Oct 3-4, 2023 is being set aside as a **Global Day of Prayer for Revival**. Organizers of this effort include Paul Washer, Hensworth Jonas, Joel Beeke, Josh Buice, Paulo Junior, Scott Brown, Tom Ascol, Jeff Johnson, and Jorge Rodriguez. We wish to put in our own endorsement for this worthy effort and would encourage God's people everywhere to take every opportunity to pray with God's people in ext...

I had a bit of nostalgia as I went through some old family videos. As I saw my wife in those videos, it made me think of "first love" and how we all need to return to it. "Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love." Revelation 2:4. As we get busier and busier with life, it is entirely possible to leave our first love. Do you remember a time in your life when...

The Foundations Conference is coming back to New York City this coming December 12-13, 2023. Our desire is to refresh and equip church leaders with powerful preaching, united prayer, and God-honoring praise. We're serious about powerful preaching, which is why we always seek to assemble a unique blend of strong preachers from various circles. We're serious about united prayer, which is why we put...

This past week I had the opportunity to try out a GLOBAL SERMON in a very remote part of the world -- East Africa. I was able to record the reaction of the local Kenyans on video. It's priceless. The impact and significance of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is profound and is taking the world by storm. It might be fair to say that AI could be the most transformative technology since the invention of...

In this VLOG, we take the time to celebrate a very important milestone to us. After an initial failed attempt, we have finally been able to launch the biggest and most critical piece of infrastructure called THE PIPELINE into THE VAULT successfully. We thank God! It also happens to be our one-year anniversary of being on the campus of Bob Jones University. We take some time in this video to reflec...

The impact and significance of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is profound and is taking the world by storm. It might be fair to say that AI could be the most transformative technology since the invention of the Internet itself. With any revolutionary technology, there are pros and cons that could be argued as to its use. However, it is our belief that a powerful tool of this magnitude must be employ...

On April 20, 2023, Elon Musk launched the most powerful rocket ever built called the Starship. 4 minutes into the launch it experienced a "rapid unscheduled disassembly," according to SpaceX. In other words, it blew up. We had a launch of our own on April 30, 2023. We launched a major piece of infrastructure in The Vault called THE PIPELINE and observed how it was able to handle the full load of S...

For this VLOG, we put some focus on our fantastic interns from the Bob Jones University Computer Science Department! Part of our strategy with The Vault is to be in proximity to talented young developers that can benefit from the experience of working with our seasoned developers while enjoying the satisfaction of using their technical skills for the kingdom. What I didn't get to mention in the vi...

SermonAudio and Bob Jones University are cooperating in a mutually beneficial relationship to advance God's kingdom and to inspire the next generation. The BJU Computer Science Department presents the SermonAudio Technology Lecture Series, a collection of informative and educational presentations that focus on the latest advancements and trends in technology utilized by the SermonAudio architectur...

We have finally reached our goal of a PETABYTE of raw storage as we continue to build out the hardware of The Vault infrastructure. One petabyte translates into one thousand terabytes. This will be enough storage to hold the 2M+ audio and video sermons found on our site while allowing for years of future growth. For every audio sermon, we create 3 separate files (high quality, low quality, and arc...

With this VLOG, we go back to the basics. I wanted a little variety, so I shot parts of the video in various locations around the campus of Bob Jones University where The Vault & SermonAudio now find their headquarters. We answer the question of WHAT is SermonAudio. WHY SermonAudio. And HOW does one broadcast with us. We would be honored if your church would consider partnering with us. Our passio...

We begin 2023 with a mega-update VLOG to bring you up to speed on everything that has happened since The Foundations Conference 2022. Although we are still working hard to FILL THE RACKS, The Vault has now officially been opened. We're working with new interns from the BJU Computer Science Department and are grateful for their help. A major push is being made into additional native languages for o...

This was the address given at The Foundations Conference 2022 where we announced the official opening of The Vault on the campus of Bob Jones University.

This video was approved for publication by the family. I recently visited a long-time friend in the hospital who would only have a few short hours to live. He was one who showed kindness and help to me as a young man over 30 years ago. After visiting with him, my memory was flooded with scenes of how my life was during that period -- before marriage, and before SermonAudio. One of my pet projects...

It took an entire crew of staff and volunteers to carefully carry this beautiful yet beast of a 12-foot, 300-pound conference table into THE VAULT on the campus of BJU. Hats off to master craftsman, John Fulton of SUMMIT DESIGN, who designed and built this solid BLACK WALNUT masterpiece. It is a very important table to us not just because we need a place around which we can meet and talk about the...

WHAT IS THE VAULT? In a word, we want to protect our ability to propagate sound preaching all over the world. But why is preaching so ineffective in our day? As we learn from Ezekiel's vision of the valley of dry bones, we must not only prophesy to the bones, but also speak to the wind. Preaching is not enough. There must also be earnest prayer. One of the most important features we have at The Va...