What you are seeing is a house that has stood in my neighborhood for decades being taken down by a large backhoe. I became alarmed as I took the picture as to how quickly the house was destroyed. What stood for decades was destroyed in mere minutes. As I watched the house come down so […]
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The One Thing Every Pastor And Church Leader Needs To Go To A Higher Level
“My lord, O king, according to thy saying, I am thine and all that I have.” – I Kings 20:4 As a leader it is always important not to project your personal experience onto others. Their journey is not your journey. What God is showing you may or may not be what He wants to […]
15 Truths About Brokenness Christian Leaders Must Experience
“To the level that God will use you is the level at which He must break you.” – Ike Reighard Many leadership blogs give the impression that the writer never makes mistakes, never fails, never comes up short, and basically has all the answers. If that is the type of blog you are looking for, […]
4 Truths About Godly Male Leadership
Earlier today, James MacDonald, Senior Pastor of the Harvest Bible Chapel and author of the new book Vertical Church, came to Fellowship Bible Church and taught a group of over 300 men what Godly male leadership looks like. James pastors a church of over 14,000 in weekly attendance and is one of America’s great communicators. Vertical leadership is about […]
10 Behaviors That Will Burn Leaders
The following story is personally embarrassing but it taught me a major leadership lesson. My family was on vacation last week in Jekyll Island and it was time for us to go to the beach. My wife and I took an afternoon to sit under an umbrella, relax, get out of the sun, and do some reading. I had my right leg […]
20 Things Anyone Can Do This Christmas To Promote Civility And Kindness
We are angry as a society. Maybe it’s that we are impatient and have no margin. Maybe we are just selfish. Maybe we are seeing the results of the breakdown of the family. Maybe at our core we are scared and insecure. Maybe we know that to most people and businesses we are simply commodities that if […]
6 Leadership Qutoes And Principles From New Denver Broncos Starting QB Tim Tebow
On Tuesday, Denver Broncos head coach John Fox named Tim Tebow the team’s starting quarterback.  This is a great decision for the following reasons: Tim Tebow is a winner. He brings positive energy to the team. He makes good things happen on the football field. His teammates believe in him. Wouldn’t you like to have someone like […]