Pastors

God Is in Control: If That’s True, Then What About These Pressing Questions?

I'd like to suggest that there's a world of difference between "Everything happens for a reason" and "God brings reason out of everything that happens." This is how I see the phrase, God is in control.

The Danger of Leaders Constantly Changing Their Minds

Here’s the bottom line: Your decisions matter because they provide the foundation for how your team performs. If your word can’t be counted on, chaos happens because your team has lost its compass.

Being Bereans With Ourselves

It seems to me that when we talk about being a good Berean we’re usually thinking about assessing the claims of others that are brought before us. And we do need to be Bereans when it comes to the truth claims of others.

6 Things You Need To Start a Family Devotion

I haven’t always been a family devotion guy. It’s not because I didn’t want or aspire to be; I did. But we went a long time as a family before pulling the trigger and trying to integrate this practice into the regular rhythm of our family life.

Does Your Team Lack Trust? You CAN Rebuild It!

Organizations and teams that lack trust are unable to engage in unfiltered and passionate disagreement around the mission of the organization.

8 Healthy Ways To Deal With It When Leadership Is Lonely

Leadership is lonely in some ways. With every step in leadership we make comes the inevitable increase in loneliness. The higher we climb in leadership, the more responsibilities we get, the lonelier we become.

What Does it Mean to Build on the Rock?

Jesus offers his followers the kind of life that results in rest and peace. Yet Christians are thrown from crisis to crisis as if...

Enjoying the Presence of Jesus

Do you make a practice of enjoying the presence of Jesus? Just as 2,000 years ago, Jesus welcomed sinners, he still welcomes sinners like us into his presence by his Spirit.