Silencing Antagonists
Skillful leaders understand that silencing antagonists requires compassion toward people who, perhaps due to past hurts, live angry, defensive lives.
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Resilience After Adversity: Bouncing Back From Adversity and Failure
Sometimes, we wallow in our failure or rejection in an effort to understand it. But often, it’s just a matter of timing, chemistry, or circumstance. Resilience after adversity comes from learning to bounce back.
Rise of the Nones in America: They Simply Stopped Believing
In the rise of the nones, Only 3% of Americans who grew up in a religiously unaffiliated home said they joined a religion.
Roots Before Fruit
“Our identity as daughters and sons is more important than our impact as leaders.”
After Easter, Now What?
The season after Easter is a great time to launch a new small group series or a new Bible study plan, and of course, to launch an outreach project for the church to join and make a major impact.
John Currie: Leadership Flows From Preaching
The fundamental commitment for a pastor is to be an expositor of the Word of God. Their job is not to put their own agenda into the Word.
Maximize Leadership With ‘4 Always’
Never do anything alone, and always have an apprentice. If you are leading a group, team, site, church or network, you always have an apprentice to maximize leadership.
Consequences of ‘Passing the Buck’
We no longer live by faith. That’s because faith is forward-looking – “the reality of what is hoped for” (Heb. 11:1, HCSB) – but leaders who only blame others cannot see beyond the immediate issues. Hope disappears.
Are You Concerned About the Ages of Church Members?
We older people are typically more faithful attenders, more faithful givers, and often have a bit of wisdom that comes with the ages of church members.
3 Underutilized Disciplines That Will Make Your Preaching Stronger
What’s often missing from sermons today?
