Is the Church (God’s People) Thriving and the Programs Falling Short?
God, in everything, carries out the plan of His will. Can we trust Him as leaders?
Deborah Chupp
Perspectives
Articles in this category are written on various topics from the perspective of the writer.
Deborah Chupp
Dear Worship Leader
As you pour so much of who you are into worship, make sure you frequently pause and remember its purpose.
Aly Halbakken
Compare and Despair
How do we not constantly compare our circumstances to others’ when everywhere we look, every form of media we engage and virtually everything in our consumer society is designed to make us discontent?
Skye Jethani
The One Thing The Church Cannot Do Without
Knowing the thoughts and trends of potential churchgoers is not bad in itself. Yet how much attention and how quickly churches are apt to change their approaches to living out the gospel in light of such knowledge is tragic.
Brent Hoover
You Are Not Defined by Desires
We do not live by bread alone. We are more than our desires, and the purpose of life is more than satisfying our natural longings however legitimate they may be.
Skye Jethani
Partnership With God Through Work
It is so easy to look at your work as an ordinary task. I am only crunching numbers you may say, or just walking the baby to the park, reviewing and analysing reports, or even monitoring progress markers for project implementation. However, work is more than a task.
Angelina Twinomujuni
Reaching Out to the Lonely
The phone rang once, twice - then someone picked it up. “You've got the wrong number!” a husky male voice snapped before the line went dead.
Alan Smith
Pastors Who Make $25 a Month: What I Learned About Leadership from Them
During a trip to Cuba, I was able to spend time with local leaders. All together, we served about 150 pastors that represented conservatively over 8,000 people in their churches. Here’s what I learned.
Charles Stone
The Perfect Father – Part 2
In Part 2 of this series, we examine the final three attributes of The Perfect Father revealed in His statements to His Son.
Gary Russell
The Perfect Father – Part 1
An examination of God the Father’s words to His Son. What can we learn from their relationship that will impact our own relationships with our parents and children?
Gary Russell
Seasons Change, But God Remains the Same
From before time as we know it through all of eternity, God’s attributes remain unchanged. He never gets “better” or “worse.” His plans and promises do not change, ever! His promises were true for Abraham, Moses, and David and they are true for you and me.
Lisa Nagle
Transformational Thinking
"Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength." (Mark 12:30)
Malcolm Webber
A God of Abundance
“At twilight you shall eat meat, and in the morning you shall be filled with bread. Then you shall know that I am the Lord your God.” (Exodus 16:12)
Skye Jethani
8 Ways for Expats Who Stay to Stay Well
At one point, I was a comer. One day in the future, I will be a leaver. But for the past twelve years, I have been a stayer. And I’ve passed through all the feelings: joy at new friends, sorrow at goodbyes, anger at goodbyes, self-righteous judgment of newbies, carelessness about my current circumstances, delight in my situation. It [...]
Rachel Pieh Jones
Five Kinds of Power
Leadership “power” is a capacity to influence others. There are five primary methods of doing this – but only one motivates authentic trust.
Malcolm Webber
The Interruptions Are Your Work
What if we saw interruptions as the real purpose of our lives? What if we saw them as a gift – an opportunity to be open to what God would have us do in that moment?
Rick James
Lessons Learned through Listening in China
Foreigners often have access to hearts that are afraid to open up to friends, family, and even church members. May God help us all to be “quick to hear” and “slow to speak,” (James 1:19), that we may better express the love of God, who invites us to “pour out [our] heart before Him” (Psalm 62:8).
DR. G. Wright Doyle
8 Mistakes We Make On Short-Term Mission Trips
We have an incredible opportunity to “go” in wisdom and with excellence because our King deserves our best.
Shane Pruitt
How to Say No to a Wonderful Opportunity
Saying “no,” even when you really want to do this, is going to require everything in you. Saying “no” when your ego and ambition and “sense of self” are all clamoring to seize this invitation is going to say worlds about your self-discipline and focus. Here are four thoughts on the subject.
Joe McKeever