church leadership To Appeal or Command? May 20, 2020 ...though I am bold enough in Christ to command you to do what is required, yet for love's sake I prefer to appeal to you... Philemon 8-9 On either side of the equation,
leadership How to disagree with your spiritual leaders June 05, 2019 A couple weeks ago a man in our congregation disagreed with a decision by our elders. (Thus far, nothing new.) He made his disagreement known. (Again, unsurprising.) But in the process of hearing
ministry Handling Sinners the Gospel Way - Part I May 05, 2018 When Christians stray or lapse the response of fellow-believers may vary from merciless gossip to public humiliation. The press and the world will come down on them like a ton of bricks. False
elders Thinking Wrongly About Leadership May 02, 2018 When we think wrongly about leadership in the church, the church suffers. Sometimes we make the wrong people leaders. Other times we distort the relationship between the church and her leaders. What follows