Oct 31, 2016
People in your church swing a hammer, go to executive meetings or manage children during the bulk of their working hours. They create houses, fix problems or train children. What do you do?
Your assigned task is to communicate with God and then tell people what you’ve heard.
People actually get up on their day off,...
Oct 17, 2016
One of the titles given to Christ in Isaiah chapter nine is Wonderful Counselor. What sort of counsel do you give?
Does counseling work, and is it an effective use of your time? Whether it works or not depends largely on two factors. First, the ground rules for the session. Second, the willingness of the counselee to be...
Oct 10, 2016
At first glance, it seems kind of absurd to think of accountability in a negative way, but there are pitfalls that can limit your effectiveness as a church leader.
Accountability is high on the priority list of Heaven. Jesus warned his followers that every word spoken on earth would be recorded and accountable on the...
Oct 3, 2016
It is very easy to measure ministry success by the numbers. Membership increases by 20% each year, you are successful. If they decline, you are not. Biblically these measuring sticks are completely inaccurate.
According to John’s gospel, Jesus had a congregation of 5012 which everyone deemed successful. He preached...