Leaders

Despite the team’s initial desire to keep the positive momentum, avoid further anxiety and move on, the dissenting voice forced us to slow down. It turned out to be a gift as we got to grips with heartfelt issues.

There’s a lie floating around out there that goes something like this: getting older will automatically make you closer to Jesus. Just the mere passing of days doesn’t do that. I sure wish it were that easy.

Paul Tripp discusses how to fit mission into your schedule without causing it to become one more thing on the to-do list.

Water can do a lot of damage to rocks and roads as this view of Bourke’s Luck Pot Holes in South Africa reveals. Everyone knows what happens when you slam into a pothole. It could be the same when you encounter a pitfall in a new leadership position at a church. When a pastor moves to shepherd a new church, some unhealthy patterns may emerge, and some members may have unrealistic expectations of their new pastor. Charles suggests some ways to avoid the pitfalls and some questions to ask the church leaders to better shepherd the congregation.

We must not deny or ignore the fact that if we are followers of Jesus Christ living in this world, we are engaged daily in a great spiritual battle.

David Platt shares what it means to follow Christ and the dangers of being safe.

God is more concerned with who we are, and who we are becoming in Him, than the work we produce each day.

How you measure success in this life will dictate the way you live and the legacy you will leave.

Don’t grow weary in doing good. Remember, the seeds we sow are powerful. Something good really is happening even if we suffer initially. Our seeds will bear fruit in God’s timing. We will reap a harvest in God’s perfect timing, in his “due season.”

David Platt shares with us how a Word-saturated ministry propagates and sustains a radical lifestyle for the Gospel.

Have you become so busy trying to change the world for Christ that you have no time for Christ to change you?

We are called to be one kingdom people, which means cultivating a holy, reverent fear of God.