Tag: Healthy Leaders

We all put off difficult decisions. It’s part of human nature. Churches and Christian organizations and leaders seem particularly prone to this failing. We want to appear loving. We want to be nice. But the consequences of delay may prove disastrous.

In the Leadership Labyrinth, Judson Edwards describes 21 paradoxes in ministry. He defines the “relationship paradox” in this way: the people who like you most will be the ones you try least to please. He writes that three kinds of people fill every church. Would you agree with his assessment?

The world’s leading executive coach shares seven questions that can elevate your leadership significantly.

If your team really hasn’t embraced an idea as their own, they aren’t prepared to put in the long hours and sacrifice it takes. You have to slow down to bring them with you, and perhaps let them shape the vision too.

Propaganda discusses why discipleship and disciple making is so important.

To know how much of the fullness of Christ in us can sometimes be hard to see or measure. What if we could see that our response in the face of hardship and injustice can give us a better glimpse at where we are in the process?

Paul Tripp shares how our sin and brokenness helps us empathize.

David Platt discusses why many Christians are deceived.

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.

Much has been written on growing healthy leaders who can in turn grow healthy churches. It seems an obvious concern but in my experience many Christian leaders do not really see it as part of their brief; church growth is something for the specialist or the traveling evangelist. Too many appear called to maintenance rather than mission.

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.

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.