Six Reasons Why Senior Executive Leaders are Targets
I. Senior executive leaders see the whole picture; Secondary leaders and staff see the picture in fragments Often people don’t understand why executive leaders make certain decisions, because they are...
View ArticleBiblical Standards for Leadership in an Age of Scandal
In an age of evangelicalism that is fraught with scandals we must continually remind and ground ourselves in the biblical criteria for leadership. Otherwise, we will lose all of our credibility within...
View ArticleContrasting the Discipleship Methods of Jesus and Jewish Rabbis
In order to understand the New Testament, it is vital for us to understand the cultural and religious background of Jesus and His disciples. With this in mind, it is helpful for us to understand the...
View Article15 Leadership Lessons Learned from this Presidential Campaign
This has been an election season that many would like to forget. With all the vitriol, aggressive politicking along with high profile ideological warfare, the average American is overloaded and...
View ArticleSeven Hazardous Habits of Executive Level Leaders
Introduction Though many may be associates of either senior pastors or business owners, it is virtually impossible to understand the pressures, sacrifices, and weight of responsibility that rests upon...
View ArticleSeventeen Signs You Are Building Your Own Empire But Not God’s Kingdom
Introduction Ever since the Western and Eastern branches of Christianity divided in the 11th century, some of the greatest fears of the once united Christendom have been realized: fragmentation and...
View ArticleTen Signs of Leadership Burnout
My wife and I have been in full-time ministry for over 30 years. In our day, we have seen many leaders lose their zeal for God and leave the ministry. Often this occurs because they did not take...
View ArticleThe Power of Failure to Empower Success
As we entered 2016 we should have all reflected on the successes and failures of the past year, using both as a trajectory toward a more productive experience this year. By “success” I am referring to...
View Article10 Reasons for Pollution in The Pulpit Today
I was recently with a friend of mine (whom I will leave nameless for obvious reasons) who said that the reason his city is in such a mess is because “the pulpits are polluted”! When he said this, I...
View Article10 Reasons for Pollution in The Pulpit Today
I was recently with a friend of mine (whom I will leave nameless for obvious reasons) who said that the reason his city is in such a mess is because “the pulpits are polluted”! When he said this, I...
View ArticleThirty+ Years, Thirty+ Leadership Lessons
Originally published in July 2011 Over thirty years ago my wife Joyce and I traveled to the Soviet Union for six weeks on a three-city missionary tour. This began a three month process culminating in...
View ArticleNine Contrasts Between People Pleasing and Principle-Centered Leaders
The general axiom regarding leadership is: If your greatest goal is to please people, become an entertainer; if you want to be a great leader, expect to have continual opposition. Nine Traits of Crowd...
View Article17 Contrasts Between Kingdom Age and Religious Systems
Jesus and the apostles did not inaugurate another religious system, but the age of the Kingdom of God; As we examine the gospels and the book of Acts, the main theme of the preaching was the Kingdom of...
View Article7 Power Principles of John The Baptist
John the Baptist has always been one of the most intriguing men in all of human history. He was an outlier, living outside of conventional norms and was cited by Jesus as the greatest man ever born...
View Article7 Contrasts Between Titular And Functional Leadership
Through the years, I have observed various types of leadership styles as well as how people operate within the flow of leadership titles; In this article, I use the word titular, to refer to a person...
View ArticleTen Contrasts between Entertainers and Leaders
There is a great tendency in human nature to crave the affirmation of other human beings. With some people, their need for affirmation is so great it hinders their ability to discern between the will...
View ArticleThe Blessings of Walking in Honor in your Life
As I was fasting and praying while doing a conference in Argentina, the Lord began to drop this teaching in my spirit on honor. Several years ago, I was in a conference and I heard a pastor say that...
View Article15 PRINCIPLES FOR POWERFUL BIBLICAL PREACHING
Part I As somebody who has been preaching and teaching the gospel since 1978, I have seen the “good, the bad and the ugly” when it comes to presenting the Gospel of Christ. (Both in others and myself)....
View Article15 PRINCIPLES FOR POWERFUL BIBLICAL PREACHING PART II
PART II This is a continuation of an article that came out last week; to refer to this article click on this link… 9- Gain the victory in private before you present it in public I learned from several...
View Article7 Principles Jesus Walked in to fulfill His Purpose
The Lord Jesus Christ was the greatest motivator and example of living a purposeful life that the world has ever seen! He lived by the scriptures since He is the living Word of God (John 1:1), this is...
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