Bible | Discipleship | Gospels | Leadership | NT | OT
Embracing Change in Faith
Adaptation is a crucial part of following Jesus. When the Spirit calls for change, will you embrace it?
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Bible | Books | Discipleship | Leadership
Becoming a Biblical Leader
Take a 30-day journey through Scripture and reflection that helps you grow in humility, wisdom, and faith as a follower of Christ and a leader in life.
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How to Prepare for the Millennial Take-Over
In 2029 Millennials will overtake Boomers as the largest generation in Western society. This shift has already started in the workplace. Although Gen-Xers have been working for a couple of decades, there was never enough to replace the massive number of working Boomers, most of whom were in long-term, and often supervisory positions.
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Adventure | Family | Leadership | Ministry
What Does a Sabbatical Look Like?
This Friday will be the final day of my sabbatical. In this longer-than-usual post, I will try my best to unpack what the past three months looked like and felt like. This post will be insightful for both (1) those who wondered what I was up to for 3 months, and (2) those who are considering a sabbatical in the future.
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What Every Leader Experienced Over the Past Two Years
What have you had to endure throughout the pandemic? How might you be hurting or suffering as we hit the 2-year mark? What wounds might you be carrying?
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4 COMPONENTS OF GREAT CHURCH LEADERSHIP
Take a look at Timothy’s resume! What should we be looking for when we hire that next ministry staff member? What should we be looking for when we elect that next Elder, Deacon or Board Member? Thankfully, Paul gives us some ideas what to look forward. In a very personal letter to his pastoral apprentice Timothy,…
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3 QUALITIES TO LOOK FOR IN A REPLACEMENT
Our Time Is Valuable. The life of a leader is packed with challenges. Thankfully, with challenges come opportunities! And the more the Lord blesses our leadership, the more opportunities seem to arise. As the opportunities stack up, it can be difficult to know what to accept and what to decline. Then there’s that opportunity that we…
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WHEN CHURCH LEADERS SIN
We Should Ignore Restore Them. We started the week with a discussion on sin. Specifically as it pertains to pastors and elders. We established that these men aren’t perfect. Therefore, we shouldn’t be surprised if they fall into sin at some point in their leadership. (Click HERE to read this post.) But what happens after that sin takes…
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THE CHARACTER OF A DEACON
It’s Christian Character. A couple of days ago, we started a post-series on deaconship, answering the question, “What is a deacon?” We discovered that a deacon is a servant. Now let’s unpack the passage. “8 In the same way, deacons are to be worthy of respect, sincere, not indulging in much wine, and not pursuing dishonest gain….
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LEARNING FROM A RECOVERING LEGALIST
PAUL: The Leading Choleric Paul has been referred to as the Leading Choleric. I know, I know, once again (as I’ve done throughout this series) I’m throwing out a couple of words that you may or may not immediately understand. Let’s unpack the meaning of this character profile. It’s believed that Paul, more than any of…
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PETER’S PERSPECTIVE BY SKITGUYS.COM
PETER: The Expressive Sanguine We’ve been working our way through this series on Biblical Leadership, under the title, “Leaders Are Everywhere”. We’ve been looking at a different Biblical leader each week, and this week our focus is Peter. And today, we’re going to focus in particular on Peter’s background. I want to take a look…
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CALLED BUT STRUGGLING WITH COURAGE
ABRAHAM: The Dependable Phlegmatic Like every Biblical leader, we see certain characteristics and personality traits as we explore the Scriptures. As we walk through the chapters of Genesis written about Abraham, we see a dependable, yet phlegmatic nature in his words and actions. When he’s focused on God‘s plan and purpose, we see these dependable moments….
