Christian Leaders Leaving the Faith— How has leadership failed them? What can we do for the future? You can probably name a few leaders from the news over the past few years. One morning you wake up, and some strong Christian leader from your past, has left the faith. Or maybe just his wife and […]
How to Recognize a Bad Pastor Pastor Michaels cleared his throat as he started to speak… “Jim, I hear what you’re saying. I heard what happened. I just don’t have time for this.” Nothing really wrong with what the pastor said, right? I mean, no sin there, right? But is it good leadership? Is there […]
Church Leadership: What does a good leader look like? Casey was the CEO of the largest service company in the world. He had painstakingly built it from the ground up suffering huge problems and modest successes along the way. No matter where they moved or how big a building they built, he always had his […]
As they stagger around the ring at the end of the 15th and final round of the fight scene in the first Rocky movie (1976), bodies glistening in sweat, blood, and bruises, physically beyond exhausted, grasping on to each other so as not to fall, Apollo Creed blurts out as if to comfort himself, “Ain’t […]
Stop the Blame Game! Something happens. Your sermon flops. People don’t respond well to a new worship song. The server goes down. The copier quits on Sunday morning. Somebody accuses you of being harsh. If you’re a high Dominant personality, the first thing you probably do is think of who to blame—whose fault is this? […]
37% say they avoid churches because of negative past experiences… A study and subsequent article from Barna Research stated, “Based on studies of those who avoid Christian churches, one of the driving forces behind such behavior is the painful experiences endured within the local church context. In fact, one Barna study among unchurched adults shows […]
Which is more important— Speaking the truth or speaking in love? That’s an easy one, right? God is a God of truth (Isaiah 65:16, Titus 1:2, Proverbs 6:16-17). We should always speak the truth (well, except for Rahab, the Hebrew midwives, and maybe Corrie ten Boom during the Holocaust, as well as others who are […]
Greetings Beloved of the Lord! Welcome to the first Blog post for the Book and Community, Who’s Killing Your Church. Background This book has been a life-time in the making as I have grown up with a Very High Dominant father, I am a Very High Dominant myself, and three of my five children are […]
It was April 12, 1996. My day that has lived in infamy. I went to work early as usual, though, like the past several weeks, I had been up all night trying to see how to salvage the company. Because of a sudden world-wide shortage in product and a bad decision on my part, the company […]