On a recent trip to Jordan, I stood on Mount Nebo and couldn’t help but think of the next generation. I thought about Moses and how he saw the Promised Land yet never made it. I thought about the importance of obedience. And I thought about how we should always be...
What mentality should we have when we view the world as spiritual leaders? In John 4, Jesus steps out of the cultural norm and engages the woman at the well.We see three important points in this text that can help shape our mentality as leaders: My food is to do the...
Sometimes, as leaders, we run into feelings of disappointment. How do we handle these moments?Throughout the Psalms, we see moments of disappointment that often turn into worship. In Psalm 149, the psalmist shows an expression of hope and joy in the context of praise....
I know a lot of leaders who stay in dangerous situations for the sake of the gospel, even though they can leave and go to a place that is safer and more comfortable. Why do they choose to stay?I want to look at a familiar passage of Scripture where Paul and Silas...
For forty-three years as a preacher, I have tried to embrace both the theological accuracy of my Presbyterian background and the spiritual passion of my Charismatic background—not just one or the other.Acts 18 shows both spiritual passion and theological accuracy in...
While recently reading Psalm 67, I saw something about global mission in the context of blessing that I hadn’t noticed before. Three things stood out to me that could help us as leaders better understand the missional aspect of God’s blessing. The divine blessing of...
