This week, I leave for Africa to help train pastors in Tanzania to be more effective leaders and preachers of the message of the King. Today, as I was working on my preparations, it seemed appropriate to repost this article from 7 years ago (Link below). I hope to return to my loving wife. I … More This week I leave for Africa
The church needs competent leadership. Competent leadership is leadership that has skill attached to integrity and grit. And one more thing, submission. Skill, leadership, and grit must be in submission to the Lord, and his mission. Without all of those things, leadership, no matter how celebrated will ultimately fail. J. Oswald Sanders, in his classic … More Competent Leadership
I have a confession to make. I have never seen even one episode of the Walking Dead! It just didn’t seem like a good investment of my time. But today I ran across a humorous, if somewhat dated (you will understand in a moment) story about a company’s attempt to drum up some business, and … More The Walking Dead
Speaker to his audience: “I have a question for the wives. How many of you have heard your husband say, ‘I misunderstood what you said?’” Hundreds of female hands rise quickly out of the crowd and extend to the heavens. Simultaneously, women turn to other women with a mixture of laughter, bitterness, knowing winks and … More Heard a Speaker with Counsel for Husbands and Wives
Solomon’s Temple in 3D Artist Rendition Reading 1 Kings 8 today Observations: Long chapter, 66 verses, and over 4 full pages in my Bible. Solomon’s prayer at the dedication of the temple and a serious physical challenge. He knelt for the whole prayer with his hands raised to heaven (vs. 54). He spoke to … More What I am Thinking Today
Dr. Walter Bradley has gone to be with the Lord of creation. By any measure, he was a mighty man of faith, integrity, and excellence. He delighted in mentoring young scholars and scientists at Texas A&M and Baylor University. And he excelled at all he undertook for the glory of Christ. I just read a … More Battles Can be Fought without Blood
Tom Short, a campus evangelist with Campus America, has written a short but helpful book on the topic of what is happening in too many Christian homes, or rather, in the lives of children now in their 20’s and 30’s. One of the things that is most helpful is Tom’s ability to bring clarity to … More Reasons Millennials are Leaving the Church
Sunday Afternoon Musings This, from chapter 2 of J. Oswald Sanders, Spiritual Leadership: “Go up and down the streets of Jerusalem, look around and consider, search through her squares. If you can find one person who deals honestly and seeks the truth, I will forgive this city” (Jeremiah 5:1). “I looked for a man among … More Rereading a Classic on Leadership
Six principles to spend a lifetime thinking about Mention the word discipleship in the average church, and the mind will rush to thoughts of deepening—deepening believers in the grace and knowledge of Christ. Great goal. Great thought. Pretty soon, the conversation will move to questions of how to do it and what to use to … More Building Men Like Jesus
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