Category: Ministry and Leadership

A long time ago, John Maxwell said, “Everything rises and falls on leadership.” For years, I wanted to try to prove him wrong and find something...

When you are trying to make sense of a passage of Scripture – that is, a full scene or paragraph – you often need to decide between two competing...

The different tasks of leadership pose many challenges for a leader. It requires that the leader have a good sense of knowing the people well...

Leading people is never an easy task. It takes great skill and character to lead people effectively. It also takes time, effort, and patience to...

One of the trickiest situations within leadership has to do with how many people should be leading the church. Many people and cultures would...

8 years 70 residential students More than 100 community dinners Hundreds of one-on-one meetings And approximately 350 morning prayer meetings ...

Ecclesiastes 3 tells us there is a time for everything. There is a time or season for laughing, speaking and dancing — and we typically resonate...

“Here I am again. What does it mean to do this in Christ?” This was my thought as I rode my carbon-fiber bicycle on the streets of Torrance on...

Choosing the right leaders helps determine good leadership. This is true for every organization that requires leadership. Even the business world...

There is an odd legacy in the Christian tradition. The legacy is the way guilt, shame, fear and anxiety end up fueling life and ministry. The...

The whole mentorship movement continues to increase in popularity, especially within the church. Many young people today are seeking out mentors....

Leadership in the church is certainly not an easy task. It requires great diligence, faithfulness, time, energy, competence and spirituality. The...

I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom: preach...

Te encarezco delante de Dios y del Señor Jesucristo, que juzgará a los vivos y a los muertos en su manifestación y en su reino, que prediques la...

When I preach at a church, I often share some observations that might be helpful to others. I call this “Sunday Journeys.” Bethlehem Baptist...

Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness and patience, bearing with one another...

Vestíos, pues, como escogidos de Dios, santos y amados, de entrañable misericordia, de benignidad, de humildad, de mansedumbre, de paciencia;...

“Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah, not like the...

« He aquí que vienen días, dice Jehová, en los cuales haré nuevo pacto con la casa de Israel y con la casa de Judá. No como el pacto que hice con...

“Pastor, I know I never said anything over the last ten years that you served as our pastor, but I just wanted to let you know that I really...

A Maskil of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my teaching; incline your ears to the words of my mouth! I will open my mouth in a parable; I will...

Masquil de Asaf. Escucha, pueblo mío, mi ley; Inclinad vuestro oído a las palabras de mi boca. Abriré mi boca en proverbios; Hablaré cosas...

For you yourselves know, brothers, that our coming to you was not in vain. But though we had already suffered and been shamefully treated at...

Porque vosotros mismos sabéis, hermanos, que nuestra visita a vosotros no resultó vana; pues habiendo antes padecido y sido ultrajados en Filipos,...

One thing that’s become clear over the last decade is that discipleship has not held the central place it should in the life of the church. Many...