Famine in a Full Field
Paul planted, Apollos watered, and God gave the increase — yet Corinth still came up thin. Ten harvest killers that quietly destroy what God is trying to grow in a church, and how to pull them up.
Paul planted, Apollos watered, and God gave the increase — yet Corinth still came up thin. Ten harvest killers that quietly destroy what God is trying to grow in a church, and how to pull them up.
Langley had the grant, the engineers, and the headlines. The Wright brothers had a notebook. One machine went into the Potomac; the other flew at Kitty Hawk. The difference was consistency — why faithful leaders outlast flashy ones, from Daniel to the parable of the talents.
Why taking trusted advice against your better judgment can leave you holding the bag — alone.
Aaron and Hur did not take the rod from Moses. They held up his arms until the battle was won. A word for everyone who serves a pastor — and the loyalty, discretion, and hidden prayer life that ministry requires.
Twenty-five questions, drawn from the article "So You Want to Serve in Ministry," designed to help you locate yourself honestly within the seven dimensions the article walks through.
Thirty-five questions, drawn from the article "So Now You're a Leader in the Church," designed to help you locate yourself honestly within the nine corrosions the article walks through.
Getting into leadership is one thing. Staying worthy of it is another. Ten corrosions that hollow out church leaders after the appointment — and the path back.
Whether you're eyeing a pulpit, a worship team, a Sunday school class, or a youth ministry — here's the biblical bar for serving in the local church, and why the bar is a mercy.