In my latest book, How to Ruin Your Life, I share how isolation typically leads to destruction. Leaders are not the only ones who face the temptation to abandon community, but the temptation for isolation is strong for leaders because they can use the guise of “it is lonely at the top.” Since writing the…
Restoration
3 Views of Restoring a Fallen Pastor
In twenty years of serving and leading in the Church, one of the most painful and disappointing realities has been watching leaders I respect removed from ministry positions for patterns of sin in their own lives. At the first ministry conference I attended when I was 22 years old, a speaker recounted how he wrote…
Ruin or Restoration
We resemble the God/god we revere, and this will either be for our ruin or our restoration. If the people we serve are not deeply impressed with Christ, the gods they serve will leave them ruined. They will live lifeless, worthless lives lacking the transformation only God can bring. Augustine recounted a chilling story about…