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.
Some people seem to breathe life in all they say. Wouldn’t it be a delight to live like that?
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.
What if the current institutional and systemic racialization in America suddenly fell in a day, because the church decided we would return to our native calling?
I wish every pastor in America would make a solemn vow to never speak these words again and that they would correct church members who long for a return to the status quo.
What a great opportunity we Christian leaders have in the midst of this crisis to encourage those who are struggling.
Here is a key tool for accountability, spiritual growth and community impact—even if right now you have to meet online.
In his book The Real Life MBA, Jack Welch has a great chapter called “Overcoming a Whacking.” Here are my notes after reading it.
What kind of person becomes a gifted church revitalizer?
The tumultuous life of Bubba Massengale points to a biblical truth about life for all of us.
Have you made yourself available to God in the midst of hardship?
We must return to the post-COVID-19 world with a renewed attitude about the importance of the gathered church.
This book is compelling for leadership, especially leadership in the local church.
Restarting seems to be on everyone’s mind right now. But I think it’s the wrong word.
We keep living, going, growing, serving, praying, sharing, caring, and getting closer to Jesus while we wait for the blessed hope.
What is your church doing to energize a reconciliation ministry?
I honestly cannot recommend a more refreshing book to provide necessary reorientation in moments of disorientation.
The problem with building the plane while flying it—or lack of planning—is that it puts the church in reactive mode rather than engagement mode.
People often think of the biblical Sabbath as unbearably restrictive. But the Bible records at least seven reasons for and benefits of Sabbath keeping.
From a prison yard I had dreams to evangelize the whole world.
