Derwin Gray: Choose Growth
Growing as a leader is not optional—it’s your responsibility. It’s your yes to the call God placed on your life.
Growing as a leader is not optional—it’s your responsibility. It’s your yes to the call God placed on your life.
If people lose courage in the face of pressure to compromise the Bible, it’s our job to help them stand firm.
The area’s unique demographics—theme park employees, young professionals, retirees and tourism workers—have led to a congregation with an eclectic mix of people.
Don’t just find joy in what God does through you. Find joy in what He’s done for you. Results may rise and fall. Attendance fluctuates. Seasons change.
Some things that happen in ministry are so absurd that if we can’t laugh, the weight will crush our soul.
When my friend Jim and I get together, we discuss everything from my personal finances to how to harness our driven personalities, and how to make a greater impact for the kingdom.
Without love, all our accomplishments, efforts and breakthroughs are just noise.
We need to learn, and teach other people, not just to read the Bible but also how to interpret it, so they don’t end up being Bible-believing heretics or Jesus-followers who follow a Jesus different than the real Jesus of the Bible and history.
When people born between 1997 and 2007 go to church, they attend, on average, about 23 services per year.
The benefits of having faith stretch far beyond a spiritual checkbox. They seep into how I handle stress, find hope, and relate to others.