Discipleship Is Friendship

Discipleship Is Friendship

When we are in the Philippines, Monday is my day off. But not today, because I was the opening speaker at our Leader Summit ’07, this morning. As soon as I stepped into the room and saw hundreds of Filipino students wholeheartedly worshiping God, my mind raced back to...
Leadership & the Fear of God

Leadership & the Fear of God

Last week our church, Victory (Fort Boni congregation), hosted a political Q & A forum to allow a church member who is running for the Philippine Senate to answer some questions about her political past, about her spiritual experience and about her vision for the...
Cheap Jeans, Expensive Cars & Church Leadership

Cheap Jeans, Expensive Cars & Church Leadership

On my way to work yesterday, (believe it or not, pastors do have “real” jobs and some actually GO TO work) I saw a what I thought was a strange sight that made me laugh. A yellow Lamborghini with a huge Dickies Jeans bumper sticker was parked on the side of the road...
Whatever Happened to Preaching the Word?

Whatever Happened to Preaching the Word?

For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart. Heb 4:12 Whether the hearer believes it or not, the word of God...
Leadership Is . . . Carrying Your Cheese

Leadership Is . . . Carrying Your Cheese

I’m writing this blog from the Every Nation Eastern European Leadership Conference in Krakow, Poland while sitting on the front row listening to my friend, Wolfi Eckleben, preach his classic “Carry Your Cheese” sermon. Here are two thoughts from Pastor Wolfi’s...
Church Leadership: What Is a Healthy Church?

Church Leadership: What Is a Healthy Church?

During a Q&A time in our Every Nation Churches & Ministries Nashville staff meeting this morning, after I listed all the new churches we are in the process of planting around the world, someone asked if we had a checklist to see if the churches we plant are...