Five Stages Of Decline Hubris born of success Undisciplined pursuit of more Denial of risk and peril Grasping for salvation Capitulation to irrelevance or death Bad decisions taken with good intentions are still bad decisions Great leaders have two things in common, they know it is not about them, and they never give up. Undisciplined […]
Read More →“Fluff, Don’t Stuff” A few years back I was visiting a McDonalds in the south suburbs of Chicago where I lived. I placed my order, and immediately was drawn to a sign on the french fry warmer that said “Fluff, Don’t Stuff” in large capital letters. The first thought I had was, “Why is this […]
Read More →Today’s quote comes from Mark Beeson in a message he preached a couple of weeks back. As he was talking about tradition, he said: “We should honor tradition, but we should not let it enslave us.” Over the 20 years that I have been in ministry, it has been kind of fun (and sad) to […]
Read More →As I read thought the Gospels, I am amazed at the number of times that Jesus would rebuke the Pharisees for the life they were living. Most people looked at the Pharisees and thought they were the very creme of the crop, and were the example that everyone needed to follow. Their commitment to religious […]
Read More →This weeks quote comes from Andy Stanley and his leadership podcast that I have been listening to. You can listen to his podcast by going to iTunes and subscribing to it. Great stuff! Ok, here is this weeks quote: “The local church rarely gets serious about change until they run out of money… We’re preoccupied […]
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