- 1. Is ‘Good’ Good Enough?
- Ministry calls you to be good, but God has placed something better in you The greatest threat to being all you can be is satisfaction with who you are. What you could do is always endangered by ...
- Created on 31 October 2008
- 2. Character Crisis
- Among the most visible church leaders today, there seem to be plenty of characters but few people of character. The last few years have not been good for those who have been looking to leaders to guide ...
- Created on 30 April 2007
- 3. The Wilderness Test
- When we are free from the need for power, we are qualified for the mantle of authority. To develop maturity, character, self-discipline and integrity, everyone must pass three tests that are common to ...
- Created on 31 December 2006
- 4. The Old in the New
- The core of innovation is not creating something new—it’s looking at old resources in new ways. The calamity of war in the Middle East, the ever-present threat of nuclear weapons development and international ...
- Created on 31 October 2006
- 5. Laws of [Mis]management
- Whether resources, power or position, God will only give you what you won’t waste. God has a low tolerance for mismanagement. He created everything, and He will not have it mismanaged. He will keep it ...
- Created on 31 August 2006
- 6. A Worn-Out Welcome
- We can be a greater detriment to the organization if we overstay our position than if we leave early. In the last issue of Ministry Today, I discussed the debt that leaders have before God to reproduce ...
- Created on 30 June 2006
- 7. The Debt of Leadership
- The most effective leaders make themselves increasingly unnecessary. The true success of leadership is not what you've done in your lifetime but rather if your work survives the next generation. No matter ...
- Created on 30 April 2006
- 8. The Power of Influence
- The Hidden Qualities of an Authentic Leader Why is it that those we idolize as some of the greatest leaders disappoint us in the most dramatic ways with the exposure of their fragile hidden inconsistencies? ...
- Created on 28 February 2006
