“For I am not ashamed of the gospel. For it is the power of God unto salvation, to everyone who believes.”
Romans 1:16
The gospel is good news that we need everyday. Unfortunately, too many Christians only see the gospel as a message they needed once. They have believed the gospel, but now they no longer sense their need for the gospel. But nothing could be further from the truth.. Not only as sinners did we need the gospel, but even as saints we still need the gospel.
Why? Because the gospel is the power of God at work in our lives as followers of Christ. To the church at Corinth the Apostle Paul wrote, “For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.” The word of the cross (the gospel) was essential for the believers in Corinth, for Paul, and is essential for you and me today. So rather than keeping the gospel confined away to the beginning of our Christian life, we must let it out to impact every aspect of our living and experience God’s power at work.
The Loosed Lion is published to help Christians un-cage the gospel in their lives. My aim is to present readers with articles and resources that can help them bring the gospel to the forefront of their lives in order to see its power on display for the glory of God.
Wayne Meadows has pastored Poplar Springs Baptist Church in Hiram, GA since 2012. He grew up in nearby Powder Springs and is a graduate of McEachern High School and Southern Polytechnic State University. Wayne is married to Cathy, his high school crush, and God has blessed them with four wonderful children - Walker, Reese, Ivy, and Jack.
Not long after marrying, God called Wayne to serve as the bi-vocational pastor of Yorkville Baptist Church near Rockmart, GA. During this time it became clear God was leading him toward full-time ministry and in 2007 Wayne, Cathy, and Walker moved to Wake Forest, NC where Wayne would attend Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary to prepare. In 2008 Wayne graduated with his Masters of Divinity focusing on expository preaching and biblical counseling. Just before graduation, Wayne was called to pastor Elizabeth Missionary Baptist Church in Roseboro, NC.
In God's plan and timing He called them back home to serve at Poplar Springs. In 2013, Wayne graduated again from Southeastern this time with a Doctor of Ministry degree focusing on biblical theology and expositional preaching.
Wayne's desire in ministry is to faithfully lead others to make much of God by being and making disciples of Jesus Christ in the power of the Holy Spirit.