3 effective methods for leading someone to Christ
An important key toward helping others navigate the bridge back to a restored friendship with God is to lead churchgoers to be able to explain God’s biblical bridge.
These 5 beliefs could be stunting your leadership
One of the best ways to ensure a leader's growth is to strip away any outdated and outmoded leadership beliefs. Here are five.
What are you striving for?
And I heard another voice from heaven saying, "Come out of [Babylon], my people, lest you share in her sins, and lest you receive of her plagues." Revelation 18:4 What is this Babylon of the Revelation? Some see it as a real city, the capital of the Antichrist's new world order at the end of the age (the early church thought it was Rome). Others see Babylon as a symbol of sinful humanity and its capacity for self-delusion, pride, and depravity. This would include the systems of this world – government, education, entertainment, etc. – which war against the kingdom [...]
Disciple-making: Bringing evangelism and discipleship together
When we think of the Great Commission in Matthew 28:19-20, we often assume the focus is on evangelism. But Jesus commissions us to "make disciples." Is that the same thing? Disciple-making Evangelism, discipleship, and disciple-making are all important terms for us to understand both in their meaning and in their relationship with one another. If I could redo our vocabulary in 2020 and beyond, I might encourage a more biblically direct term, disciple-making, which is a little different than the way we commonly use the words evangelism and discipleship. Disciple-making means the totality of the process from making initial contact [...]
3 questions for chaotic days
God is using this season of chaos to prepare His children for a season of opportunity that is likely beyond our imagination.
3 reflections on chaotic times
Our carnal mind attempts to inhibit God’s work by distracting us and/or dissuading us of the notion that God is up to something.
8 characteristics of leaders who rebuild
Nehemiah gives us a great example of leadership as we enter into a time of rebuilding. What made him such a great leader? I believe it boils down to eight characteristics.
The power of fierce love in leadership
It has been said that it takes a crisis to show one's true character. So what does that say about the things we are seeing today? We’ve all witnessed the toilet paper hoarder or the person with thirty gallons of milk in their shopping carts. And yet in our same community there are those making a second trip to the store for the elderly or organizing sandwiches to be delivered to hungry families. How can such disparate characteristics exist around us simultaneously? In his leadership fable The Motive, Patrick Lencioni outlines this beautifully when he describes two leadership motives: reward-centered [...]
Sacrifice in chaos – A Christian distinctive
Don't miss this providential opportunity to develop and express the Christian distinctive of sacrifice in chaos. You were created for it!
5 essentials necessary to build church and team unity
Unity is a powerful force in God’s Kingdom, in our lives, in our families, in a business, and in the local church when it includes five essentials, seen in the great leader Nehemiah.
5 insights into church growth you may have never heard before
While church growth has its share of critics, I’ve rarely met a church leader who didn’t want his or her church to grow.
If I were 20 again
From a prison yard I had dreams to evangelize the whole world.
Listen and take note
Use the silence in your life to your advantage.
Leading Jesus’ way
Whatever your situation, you are leading in uncharted waters.
Steel your mind for chaos
Chaos tests the set of our mind.
Discovering a God who is bigger than you think
When leaders embrace the power of God in the most challenging times, here they find comfort and peace.
Building bridges between leaders
Sometimes there is a gap between spiritually-minded leaders, needing to be crossed.
How to alleviate leadership loneliness
The higher your position of leadership, the lonelier and stressed you may feel.
Lord, we need You!
Consider our situation from a spiritual perspective.
Avenues of influence
Excellent leaders and followers alike are to be people of influence.
