To nurture a gospel culture in a local church Ray Ortlund writes about four categories of speech church leaders should keep in mind at all times: 1. Wisdom Saying only Christ-honoring, life-giving things. Always asking oneself, “Do the words I feel like saying rise to the level of wisdom? If not, they have no place …
Brad Hambrick makes a necessary distinction that is vital if pastoral care and personal support is to be appropriate for people whose problems have different causative conditions: From the article: The concern I want to discuss is the tendency to assume that biblical principles like those found in I Corinthians 10:13 mean that all our …
Eric Geiger notes five ways leaders undermine themselves. 1. Changing directions continually 2. Not learning 3. Indecision 4. Overpromising and, lastly, 5. Not living the values The biggest way leaders undermine themselves is by not living the vision and values they champion. A leader’s lack of commitment to the values that hang on a wall …
Chuck Lawless offers ten signs leaders have stopped growing. The head points of his list: You can talk about nothing new about God and His grace. You’ve read no new books in the last six months. You are preaching and teaching “re-runs.” You haven’t recently tackled any “God-sized” challenges. You haven’t shared the gospel with …
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