Ten Books Every Christian Needs in Their Library—Devin Maddox It seems silly, maybe even snooty, in this day and age, to talk about a home “library,” but even the least enthusiastic readers have one. I notice them in every home I visit. Sometimes the home library is a set of built-in shelves framed around the…
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4 Types of Managers (and the Most Effective at Developing a Team)
Peter Drucker once stated that leaders are responsible for future leadership. In other words, one of the essential roles of a leader is to develop other leaders. Of course, not all leaders place a high value on investing in others, and even among those leaders who are committed to developing others, different approaches are utilized….
3 Principles for Leading Family Devotions
As parents, God has called us to teach our children this Bible, one that we are often still struggling to understand ourselves. We are to plunge into its waters and explore its inexhaustible depths with our children, which can feel overwhelming in itself. But God has called us to even more than that. We aren’t just to help our kids understand God’s Word; we are to help them love God’s Word and, more precisely, to love its Author.
3 Cruel Christian Clichés for Graduates
It’s graduation season and your mailbox is likely filled with graduation invitations and pictures. Your church has likely asked graduates to stand and be recognized or marched them across the stage as proud family members took photos and celebrated/mourned the ending of an important season in their lives. It is an exciting time for graduates….
3 Essentials in Christian Leadership Development
When I was a freshman in college, I served a local church as a youth pastor. I was growing in my faith and eager to pour into teenagers. The church was Southside Baptist Church and the pastor was Jerry Key. It was a small church with about 100 people and a handful of kids in…
Links for Leaders 5/18/18
Good and Bad Reasons Not to Tackle Problems—Brian Dodridge The people around you will catch on that you’re problem-avoiding. It’ll be like Maverick in the movie Top Gun when he wouldn’t re-engage in the dog fight (I always look for opportunities to point people to Top Gun) and people around him are screaming, “Engage, Maverick!” But even before…
New Research: 5 Types of Givers in Your Church
“Tithe” means ten percent. And lots of people still believe in the tithe, in giving ten percent of their income. In fact, according to LifeWay Research, more churchgoers believe tithing is for today than pastors believe it. Some believe tithing was an Old Testament command and in the New Testament we are simply told to…
3 Ways Pastors Can Provide Better Counseling
Divorce. Depression. Death. Addiction. Just four of the many heartbreaking challenges of life in a fallen and broken world. While every pastor knows you’ll be confronted with these difficulties, that’s not the same as being prepared to help people through them when they happen. As a ministry leader, people will come to you with a myriad of issues and struggles. Here are a few ways you can provide counsel and direction to the people you encounter.
Why Are We Already Bored with the Internet?
“Sometimes I feel like I’ve seen everything there is to see on the Internet.” “Over time you get used to the feeling of scrolling and viewing people’s pics and posts and stories, and that makes you feel bored after a while.” “I was just refreshing my personal Instagram account over and over like, I’m so…
2 Views on Hiring from Inside/Outside
A role is open on your team. Is your first inclination to hire from outside your organization or to hire from within? Most leaders have a default position on this issue, where their mind initially goes. They either tend to think first about hiring someone from within or they think first about what type of…