In turbulent times, leaders often deliver messages that shake their colleagues’ preconceived notions. During my career, I delivered messages that changed the company’s direction, resulted in job losses or sometimes promotions, and expanded roles and responsibilities. I started several companies and had to unwind a few. Each opportunity came with unique communication challenges. Now that…
Read moreLegalism to License to Liberty
The second-century philosopher and Christian apologist Tertullian famously stated, “Just as Christ was crucified between two thieves, so this doctrine of justification is ever crucified between two opposite errors.”[i] The modern church has created its corollary and continues to crucify Christ’s liberty-giving justification between the two thieves of legalism and license. (Hebrews 6:4-6; Galatians 5:13; Romans…
Read moreSteward Leaders Be Ready
As we continue to watch the world spin out of control, hope and salvation are a short reach— a commitment away from each of us. Make that decision now. The “wars and rumors of war” that Christ spoke of are here (Matthew 24:6). A quick glance over at 1 Timothy 1: 18-32 and 2 Timothy…
Read moreJob as a Leader
Leadership theory has historically been non-Biblical territory. I want to change that. The Bible is full of excellent leaders who can be defined by today’s leadership literature and many who have written their own model of leadership. When exploring leadership types, today’s literature examines the nuances of “exceptional” or “successful” leaders. The definition of each…
Read moreLeadership in Critical Moments Part 2
Most telling, Trump openly began professing his belief in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior and that God had healed him and Melania of COVID-19. He moved the embassy to Jerusalem by God’s leading and in support of Israel. I then examined another author’s documentation of Trump as the Cyrus Candidate (Lance Wallnau; The Chaos…
Read moreLeadership in Critical Moments Part 1
I was not going to address the recent assassination attempt on President Trump, but the Holy Spirit had a different idea. Leadership in crises is a desperately needed skill. When researching leaders, I study the person and their actions with the benefit of original documentation foresight, as well as hindsight of historical results. I look…
Read moreBe Sure No One Deceives You
As leaders, we must be aware of deceptive practices. Whether we are leading a business, a classroom, a church, or a family, the spirit of deception is active and attempts to keep us from accomplishing our God-given purpose on earth. Deception is a subtle scheme that makes sin look different from its true condition. Eventually,…
Read moreLeadership and Setting Things Right
Sometimes, it becomes incumbent on a leader to correct problems. That corrective action may be painful for the leader to execute and may lead to pain and loss for others, an organization, and a culture, but ultimately, it results in improvement. The leader has to use the power of his/her position or their referential/assumed power…
Read moreUnity and The End-Time Church
This is the third and final post in this series on the end-time church. In the previous post, we reviewed the functions of the end-time church in the Kingdom of God. We are not, as leaders and Kingdom messengers, to sit idly by waiting on the rapture during the latter days. Don’t get me wrong,…
Read moreThe Picture of The End-Time Church
This is post # 2 of 3 on the prophecy and function of the end-time church. The book of Revelations gives a clear picture of the churches we can expect to see and are experiencing today as we hurdle toward the end times. The church of Ephesus can be compared to many of today’s mainline…
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