The Vault VLOG

These were some of the first sermons uploaded to SermonAudio on Monday, May 1, 2000. At that time, the magnetic cassette tape was the dominant medium for distributing recorded sermons. Over the years, the methods of recording, distributing and listening have gone though many changes but the message still remains the same. SermonAudio has embarked on an ambitious project to protect and preserve sou...

This video helps explain everything about The Vault project. Please share it with your church and consider supporting us in this effort. We must work together to fill these racks. We have laid the foundation and are now ready to fill these racks to the hilt with all the servers, switches, and storage arrays necessary to operate SA independently from Big Tech. I want you to understand just how mira...

This past week was pretty historic for us. We finally reached a point in our journey where we were able to setup our first rack in The Vault. We have been given the all-clear to move in and we've not wasted a single minute. We're putting together tables, chairs, and things to fill the wall. But we've also been busy setting up our first batch of servers and storage arrays. It's finally coming along...

I had a chance to visit the Ark Encounter and enjoyed an extended meeting with Ken Ham as we discussed the incredible work of Answers in Genesis over the years. Witnessing the magnitude of the life-sized Noah's Ark in-person is truly a sight to behold. I also had the opportunity to share our burden of THE VAULT to protect ourselves against cancel-culture. The thing that impressed me the most about...

On July 8, 1741, Jonathan Edwards preached his now-famous sermon, Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God, preached to his own congregation in Northampton, Massachusetts. The preaching of this sermon was the catalyst for the First Great Awakening. Like Edwards' other works, it combines vivid imagery of Hell with observations of the world and citations of Biblical scripture. It is Edwards' most famous...

Something amazing happened on June 24, 2022. Roe vs Wade was reversed by the Supreme Court, after almost 50 years and over 60 million lost lives through abortion. Ezekiel 10:1-10 reveals to us the imagery of the Valley of Dry Bones. The prophet was instructed to preach to the bones but that only went so far. The bones came together and formed bodies, but there was still no life in them. He was the...

While visiting Scotland in 2022, I had the privilege of praying with a 95-year-old man, named William MacLeod, one of the last remaining eyewitnesses of the Isle of Lewis revival during the early 1950s. We prayed in the sanctuary of the same church building in the village of Barvas where the revival began. It was one of the most blessed experiences of my life. Everything we do here at SermonAudio...

On May 27, 2022, we conducted a Zoom call inviting any of our broadcasters to take a look into the construction progress of the Vault on the campus of Bob Jones University and to ask any questions that may be on their minds. This is a highly edited version of that call and I trust it will be both enjoyable and informative for you. Please continue to pray for us and consider supporting us in our ef...

ZOOM Q&A VAULT: Still needing funds for the server equipment? ANSWER: Yes. Please prayerfully consider helping us shoulder the load.

ZOOM Q&A VAULT: Thank you from a broadcaster! And please remember to pray for us.

ZOOM Q&A VAULT: How does sermon discoverability work?

ZOOM Q&A VAULT: Why we are setting up the Vault inside Bob Jones University?

ZOOM Q&A VAULT: Is the goal of the Vault to totally disconnect from the cloud?

Monuments serve an important purpose to remind us of God's mighty acts in a bygone era. It is our desire to tell the story of answered prayer in the construction of The Vault. There is no human explanation of how God brought all the pieces together. This space will be a display -- a monument -- to God's goodness and glory. We have seen the Lord clear a path to this point. But we still have a great...

In this brief video, I stress the importance of securing our own infrastructure to protect our ability to broadcast the offensive message of the Gospel without risk of cancellation by cloud providers. We are making progress on the construction of The Vault which will, in part, be used to house the fleet of servers and storage arrays necessary to gain greater independence from these cloud platforms...

We sustained a cyberattack this week that took down one of our servers hard. As a result, we had to shutter some of the more legacy features of the site. It's been a very trying week, but we are finally climbing out of the hole. Amidst all the destruction, we didn't lose a single sermon. I'm thankful for God's mercies.

We continue to monitor the construction progress of The Vault on the campus of Bob Jones University. This is Spring Break week at BJU so many of the buildings are locked down, including the Mack Building. The mission of The Vault can be summed up in three words: 1. Infrastructure 2. Inspiration 3. Innovation In this VLOG, I offer some more insight into the second point of our mission, INSPIRATION....

In this clip from a prior VLOG, I briefly explain why we are pursuing the creation of THE VAULT. In a word, infrastructure. We need to create our own infrastructure for the preservation of sermons. Infrastructure is critical for independence and resilience against threat. You see this truth on a larger scale with nations. But how much more vital is it when it comes to the dissemination of the Gosp...

This past week, construction officially began on The Vault in the Mack Building of Bob Jones University. This project represents our effort to safely preserve the 2M+ sermons found on SermonAudio from the threat of cancellation in the world of Big Tech. It should be of great concern to every church that the level of hostility toward Christianity is escalating. The logical culmination of this hosti...

We've been working really hard for many months on a total rewrite of our main SermonAudio app for both iOS and Android. We're finally able to release a Beta version of SERMONS 2.0. Some new features include: + Free user accounts. + Follow broadcasters, speakers, series. + Favorite sermons. + Download audio + video. + Improved fuzzy search. + Play history with percentage. + Powerful live webcast se...

It's been a while since posting a VLOG update. This is a mega update which includes post-conference reflections, comments about THE VAULT project at BJU, Read With Me, and United Prayer. This VLOG is a bit longer than normal, so please be patient! CONFERENCE MESSAGES: https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/misc/sermons/series/156423 THE VAULT: https://www.sermonaudio.com/vault READ WITH ME: https://www....

We're just a few days away from The Foundations Conference. We're praying not for a perfectly executed conference, or for perfectly prepared sermons, but for the FIRE of God's Spirit to fill every heart. Pray with us and come prepared. THE FOUNDATIONS CONFERENCE Dec 16-17, 2021 // Greenville, SC // BJU www.thefoundationsconference.com

The Foundations Conference is fast-approaching. Here are some last-minute conference tips. We hope to see you soon! 1. Make sure you REGISTER. 2. Make sure you COME EARLY. 3. Make sure you COME PREPARED. It's pretty important that you come EARLY so that you give yourself enough time to find parking, locate the Welcome Center, check-in, and not feel rushed. Take a look at the SCHEDULE for both days...

As Christians, we need to be in the business of encouraging one another in the Lord. Here I recount some ways that I received encouragement and how we need to give the same. Registration for the Foundations Conference closes Nov 18.

September 23, 1857 was a very important day in church history. It was the first day of the Fulton Street Prayer Meeting. One of the striking features of those prayer meetings was Christian unity and love. We had a taste of such joyful unity this day as some in our own United Prayer group got to meet in-person.