Jesus: the Key to Change, Confidence, and Courage
In last month’s Priority, I addressed the need for leaders to develop courage in order to lead well. In this month’s article, I’d like for us to drill down into […]
BECOMING COURAGEOUS LEADERS
All great leaders are intentional about developing courage. Let’s examine courage from the right perspective. To THINK ABOUT COURAGE (this may seem strange, but …), I need to START WITH […]
THE MESSENGER
Why do we dream of white Christmases, when most of them leave us in the red? Did you ever drive down the expressway and see an overpass? There, spray-painted […]
DO YOU THANK GOD ON BOTH “THANKSGIVING LEVELS” THAT HE CARES ABOUT?
The one who offers thanksgiving as his sacrifice glorifies me! (Psalm 50:23) For obvious reasons, I have been thinking about thanksgiving … and what it means to give thanks to […]
WHAT I BELIEVE ABOUT WHAT WE BELIEVE
I believe that the entire Bible is absolutely true; that God (who invented words and who IS the Word) communicated to His servants so precisely what He wanted to communicate […]
United in Christ
I don’t know if you know this, but the AVERAGE church lives as long as the AVERAGE human. Yes, churches usually last about 70–100 years. So what is the secret […]
WHITE KNUCKLES AND ACHING MUSCLES
Many years ago, on an international flight, our landing gear on one side failed to lock down. The emergency detection equipment shrieked a warning in the cockpit, and the pilot […]
THE HUMAN VERSION OF THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT
Will you help me for the next few minutes to think about a strange couple of topics? Don’t click away when you hear this, but I believe that God wants […]
TRIBES
When I first visited West Africa, one of the things that surprised me was that Africans, upon meeting each other, politely asked, “How de body?” (How are you?) and then, […]
THE DANGEROUS HONOR OF BEING THE KING’S CUPBEARER
During the Bible days, the preferred method of assassination was poisoning. These were the days before snipers’ bullets or explosive devices. To kill someone, such as a king or a […]