Soured Ambitions
Ambition is a lot like milk. It starts out tasty but sours quickly. And, though it may appear white...
Leaders, Let’s Not Lose Leaders!
Once I heard a radio interview with a Christian college professor contrasting college students today with those of the past. Decades ago,...
The Beauty of Replacing Yourself
“Lead the way!” Those are, essentially, Moses’s final command to Joshua. At 120 years, Moses was an old man. He had led and...
Gospel Audacity Today
The word audacious hardly brings to mind serenity or comfort. Nobody ever claims to have an...
When My Rights Make Me Wrong
Allow me to introduce you to Otto. Otto was a long-time worship leader at his church who set his sights week in and week out on faithfully...
Leaders, Don’t Give Up!
One of the epic scenes depicting failure comes from the 1999 movie October Sky. The movie tells the story of Homer Hickam, a young man who...
The Emptied Self Today
Log online, watch the news, or just check out the latest Netflix blockbuster. “Self” is, quite...
Can I Be Voted Into the Hall of Faith?
Do you know what it takes to get into the Baseball Hall of Fame? Less than you probably think. Here are the rules: You need to have played...
Eight Cows and a Worthy Call
There’s a hinge screwed into Paul’s epistle to the Ephesians. You hear it creak when he turns to chapter 4 by urging believers “to...
What God Sees When He Looks At Me
In 1929, professor of theology J. Gresham Machen parted ways with Princeton Theological Seminary as...