Video: Transformational Theology Course
Letâs explore how we can bring theology back to life!

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Letâs explore how we can bring theology back to life!
After years of working with young developing leaders, I have come to the conclusion that if a leader focuses on two basic truths, he will be successful.
Seminar #3 in the Resilience! series for building strength into Christian leaders. All leadership moments are emotional! Just ask those you lead. Emotions affect our lives as Christian leaders and followers each day â but how often do we recognize them? How should we live with those raw feelings of loneliness, anger, fear or sorrow [...]
How do we strategically identify the best leaders to build?
What exactly is change, and how do we go about implementing it?
Donât be discouraged if you wrestle with yourself in leadership ⌠itâs normal, and it can help others truly know you.
The author of âUnleaderâ discusses the common traits she has found in effective leaders during her 15 years as president and CEO of Development Associates International.
Leadership can be fun and frustrating all at the same time. If you and your team are struggling with the uncertainties of leadership, the principles and questions in this post will help you reset your perspective.
I find myself talking a lot about discipleship these days. It is my passion. A lot of my time revolves around growing in the direction of Jesus and watching others grow.
To be a good leader, choose compassion over cruelty, clarity over chaos, and humility over self-consumption.
In this article, Nick Franks gives his perspective on two specific aspects of Christian living that literally hold potential to change your life forever, to protect you from ineffective discipleship and from being picked off by the enemy. Looking briefly from the Bible at the Apostle Paul's attitude to his short life on Earth, we're [...]
Change must be directed and pursued with intentionality and within reason lest it becomes simply spinning circles.
Transformation of a caterpillar into a gorgeous butterfly is biologically amazing. Transforming fishermen, shepherds, and tax collectors into mighty men of faith and leadership was the intentional act of Jesus. The results were obvious, turning the world upside down. Such should be the results of our own discipleship. God freely gives [...]
The church ought to see itself as a leadership factory that stirs up the gifts of God in people, not an auditorium that gathers people behind a leader. Jesus did not build His Church by recruiting the 12 brightest from the rabbiâs list of âup and coming starsâ and platforming them in large stadiums around the world. His disciples were [...]
I have learned once again that our âwork âis truly Godâs work. And we are used by him to accomplish his purposes in his way and his time.
Unaddressed poor performers are holding back your team and your company. If you donât deal directly with sub-par performance you will not maximize the value that your organization provides. And you are not developing your people by letting this type of performance slide.
This generation has become more like a bump in the road. Maybe even a valley. And many organizations are recognizing it is time, even though the job seems undone, to prepare to hand the reins of leadership over to the emerging generation of Millennials. If Baby-Boomer leaders hold the baton of leadership too tightly or too long, the [...]
"If only my people would just do what I ask!" I've heard too many leaders utter those words and then, in their frustration, implement solutions that don't seem to make things better. Maybe leaders can sharpen their approach with a simple shift in the question they ask themselves.
Perhaps what might help us over our hurdles is not to hide how costly disciple-making is, but to be utterly honest and explicit about the costs, and hold them out in the light for us to see, and then find whether something in us might just rise to the peculiar glory of it all.
There is sometimes loneliness in leadership which cannot be avoided.