A Friend will tell you what you WANT to hear. A Mentor will tell you what you NEED to hear. A Friend will do anything to guarantee your AFFECTION. A Mentor will do anything to guarantee your SUCCESS. A Friend will OVERLOOK your faults. A Mentor will help you OVERCOME your faults. A Friend is...
THE HUMILITY PROTOCOL
Let us kneel before the LORD our maker. Psalm 95:6 God is the humblest person in the universe. From His high and lofty position, He condescends to associate with fallen men. Jesus humbled Himself and died on the cross to pay our ransom (see Phil. 2:8). Majesty bore our misery that He might redeem us from...
HOPE FOR DISCOURAGED SHEPHERDS
“Our church is traditional, and we are not going to grow.” A pastor spoke those words recently. By giving in to what seemed inevitable—he had given up on his future. Words like that become self-fulfilling prophecies. Shepherds who make such statements have resigned their leadership. Content to ride the ship down until it sinks, these...
THE EXTRAORDINARY FATHER PURSUES EXCELLENCE
“Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might…” (Ecclesiastes 9:10). By definition, virtue is not innate. Virtue comes from behavior, and excellence in behavior is a beneficial and necessary virtue for all fathers who desire to see their posterity follow God. Excellence is a choice. It is a mindset, a process. It...
THE POWER OF REVIVAL
“Divine omnipotence is the doctrine of a revival.” —Charles Spurgeon “The church still has a theology of the Holy Ghost, but it has no living consciousness of His presence and power. Theology without experience is like faith without works; it is dead. The signs of death abound. Prayer meetings have died out because men did not...
A HOUSE DIVIDED
We have reached a point of division where reconciliation is neither desired by many, or perhaps possible. The societal tremors in recent years signal the coming earthquake. The culture war is largely lost, and the winner will take all. Life and liberty are being replaced with restrictions and control. The transformation of America is taking...