Our study materials suggested that we find a mentor and so I asked my Father-in-Law, Mike Mathews. He and I were friends long before I even met his daughter (my beautiful bride) and he was influencing/leading me into new places spiritually from the first day …
Read MoreCan I be a Leader?
Henri Nouwen says that Christian leadership is "downward mobility ending on a cross." Whoa! I’m not so sure I’m really cut out for that. I’ve always felt that it’s the call of every Christian to be a leader in the sense that they should be …
Read MoreLily Pad Leadership
Here’s an excerpt from “Traveling Mercies” by Anne Lamott – She seems to have this idea that God’s leadership is pretty difficult to imitate. He can lead with such intricacy that we don’t even recognize that we’ve been led there. “My coming to faith did …
Read MoreWizard of Oz Leadership
In doing some homework today, I was reminded of a seminar I went to that was talking about the difference between modern and postmodern leadership. I personally think the example they gave fits more with Biblical leadership and worldly leadership. Anyway, the main idea is …
Read MoreIntro to Leadership
I went to my first “leadership” class last night. Mike Ayers is the teacher and I’ll have him for the rest of the year. My first impressions of him are really good. There were lots of things he talked about last night that were powerful, …
Read MoreThe Godbolds
I just saw this picture and thought I better write something. These are some of our best friends in the world. As a matter of fact Miranda and I have both lived in their house at one time or another. No, we weren’t living there …
Read MoreExistence of God
Although the existence of God has been debated throughout the years, there are some very good arguments which have developed. The following are the most popular. Cosmological Argument – Since the world exists and something cannot come from nothing, God must exist. Teleological Argument – …
Read MoreInspiration
The doctrine of inspiration has to do with the Bible. The question is about how much of the Scriptures can be attributed to God. The best view seems to be given to us by Jesus Himself. What did He think of the Scriptures? How much …
Read MoreChurch Symbols
There are quite a few images that Scripture uses to speak of the church. Each of them conveys a different message as to what the church should be like. Here are some of the main ones: Body Eph 1:22; Col 1:18, 1 Cor 12:13; Eph …
Read MoreOrigin of Man/Creation
Here are the basic views for how humans came into being: Atheistic Evolution – You guys know this one. It comes from Charles Darwin’s Origin of Species which says that given enough time, a combination of atoms, motion, time, and chance will produce a huge …
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