Posted in Christianity, Frontline Leadership, Humility in Practice, Worldview on July 6, 2008 | No Comments »
There is resistance to the gospel that naturally arises anytime a Christian calls a non-Christian to faith and repentance in Christ. There is also a resistance when a non-Christian feels like a Christian is giving them a sales pitch, rather than being a true friend to them.
These two kinds of resistance are not the same. [...]
Posted in Christianity, Communication, Frontline Leadership, Humility in Practice, tagged Christianity, gospel, new media on July 4, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I bet that right now, there are many proven executives and marketplace leaders across the body of Christ who could gain a large new media audience in short order. Could pastors do more to encourage them to do this? I wonder if just a nudge in the right direction wouldn’t make a big difference.
From my [...]
Posted in Christianity, Communication, Frontline Leadership, Humility in Practice, Media Democratization, tagged Christianity, gospel, new media on July 2, 2008 | No Comments »
In my first and second posts on new media presence, I was responding to Jacob Vanhorn’s questions at a pretty basic level. Now I’d like to focus the idea of leadership training, which he called out specifically.
I advocate a strong emphasis on training not only pastors, but also members who are called to the marketplace. [...]
Posted in Humility in Practice on June 27, 2008 | No Comments »
Commenting on the parable of the Pharisee and the tax collector (the publican, in the old parlance) in Luke 18, Matthew Henry said the following:
The publican’s address to God was full of humility, and of repentance for sin, and desire toward God. His prayer was short, but to the purpose; God be merciful to me [...]
Posted in Christianity, Frontline Leadership, Humility in Practice, Worldview on May 13, 2008 | No Comments »
I decided to break out my thought on transparency from this post, because it deserves more careful attention. The idea of transparency has deep theological roots, starting in the very nature of God:
“This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness [...]
Posted in Christianity, Frontline Leadership, Humility in Practice, tagged America, Britain, john piper, Revival, Status, Stuff on May 9, 2008 | No Comments »
I suspect that there is rising in America a chorus of Christian voices who will effectively leverage new media to flesh out the manifold truth of the Christian message to address “the whole way we live our lives.”
This could have far reaching political implications, perhaps similar to The Conservative Revival in England. Check this, from [...]
Posted in Humility in Practice, Marriage & Family, culture on March 11, 2008 | No Comments »
The Eliot Spitzer case is a sobering reminder that political power presents tremendous temptations that imperil one’s private and primary roles. While the political backlash unfolds, and voices such as this, this, this, and this outline the public ramifications, I am mostly struck at the great tragedy this is for Spitzer as husband and [...]
Posted in Christianity, Communication, Election, Frontline Leadership, Humility in Practice, War of Ideas, Worldview on February 16, 2008 | 2 Comments »
David Limbaugh has authored this very insightful piece on the debate surrounding John McCain and conservative talk radio hosts, many of whom seem dug in against McCain for his years of seeming to stick it to the conservatives.
This raises two important considerations. First, that through the dilemma surrounding McCain’s candidacy, American conservatism is being redefined [...]
Posted in Christianity, Frontline Leadership, Humility in Practice, Marriage & Family on February 14, 2008 | 1 Comment »
If you are like me, you often wonder how many times you can make the same mistake as a husband without changing your attitude and behavior. It can be baffling and downright discouraging for me, and worse for my wife who has to deal with wondering why I don’t care enough to do whatever [...]
Posted in Communication, General, Humility in Practice, Resources, War of Ideas on December 18, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Keith Burgess-Jackson of the University of Texas at Arlington concludes a brief clinic on reasoning and argumentation this way in a recent piece on the logic of torture:
Nothing I have said implies that philosophers can’t argue. But notice what that involves. Every argument with an evaluative conclusion must, in order to be valid, [...]
