The American Church must examine herself and consider her ways, lest she be disgraced.

True leaders do not make choices with reference to the opinion of the majority. They make choices based on the opinion of the truth and the truth can come from either the majority or the minority!

Repentance offers a path out of a dystopian future!

God shows no mercy to His non-repentant, adulterous children ....

"Mankind, He has told each of you what is good and what the Lord requires of you: To act justly, To love faithfulness, And to walk humbly with your God" (Micah 6:8).

How do we know when our actions no longer serve our values? Here are five indicators for checkingthe connection.

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and...

Great leadership, like great coffees, is built through substance, intentionality, and carefulness. To try otherwise is to create a "tale told by an idiot" (Macbeth).

Having laid the ethical foundation of Himself as the final arbiter, God then lays down the basic laws which recognize that big crimes against humanity stem from the committing of little crimes and normalized deviance. Following these basic laws, then, forestalls the human "take" reflex so damaging to human culture and society.

At the end of one's leadership journey, this question remains: Did you leave behind an apocalyptic landscape littered with piles of broken people, or did you create a garden filled with elegant, redeemed human beings?

Adulation and adoration are THE great temptations for every leader (and follower). We begin to believe our own press and perseverate on our strengths and talents. This tunnel vision induces self-aggrandizement, causing leaders to lose focus on their values, their morals, and their ethics and, lemming-like, to follow that path off the cliff of self . . . .

Five tools to avoid emotional flooding and manipulation

Men are so simple and so much inclined to obey immediate needs that a deceiver will never lack victims for his deceptions--Niccolo Machiavelli

So do the shadows of our own desires stand between us and our better angels, and thus their brightness is eclipsed (Charles Dickens,...

Leaders who don't listen will eventually be surrounded by people who have nothing to say (Andy Stanley). THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOTHES Most...

Leadership focused on the sensual and instinctual encourages self-centeredness, not God-centeredness.

"Why do you do what you do?" Understanding the leader's motivation is key!

These days, a sling of truth can still make Goliath fall (Tom Althouse) Bone of Contention? What is a "bone of contention"? Sounds...

The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living (Cicero). I was fifteen years old. My parents had allowed me to leave the...

The key to successful leadership is influence, not authority (Ken Blanchard). As I prepare to leave one position for another in just a...