Sublime

Andy Stanley, Johnny Carson, Howard Hendricks, Ronald Reagan, Billy Graham,

How can I die to self? The death to self is not your work, it is God's work. In Christ you are dead to sin, the life there is in you has gone through the process of death and resurrection; you may be sure you are indeed dead to sin. But the full manifestation of the power of this death in your disposition and conduct depends upon the measure in whi

If male headship in the family provided the model for male headship in the church, then we discover profound implications here for Christian leadership. Far from aspiring to become the strong, dynamic, visionary leader to whom God uniquely speaks and then expecting the “flock” to follow relatively passively, the overseer-elder must ask what it mean

In Peter’s words to his fellow elders he reminded them that they were to shepherd the flock, “nor yet as lording it over those allotted to your charge, but proving to be examples to the flock” (1 Peter 5:3).

The best use of your life is to serve God out of your shape.

Withdraw yourself from all needless distraction, close your ears to the voices of the world, and be as a docile learner, ever listening for the heavenly wisdom the Master has to teach. Surrender all your own wisdom; seek a deep conviction of the utter blindness of the natural understanding in the things of God; and both as to what you have to belie

Jesus told his disciples, “As the Father has sent me, I am sending you” (John 20:21). The classic Christian writer Andrew Murray wrote, “The Lord Jesus gave Himself entirely and undividedly over to accomplish His work; He lived for it alone . . . As with Jesus, so with us. Christ’s mission is the only reason for our being on earth . . . When I beli

The steward leader, however, seeks only to be obedient to Christ, which always puts him or her in a kingdom mindset. When we look at the world with a kingdom mindset, priorities shift dramatically, as does the definition of success.