By Daniel Fusco
Don’t drink too much wine. That cheapens your life. Drink the Spirit of God, huge draughts of him. -Ephesians 5:18-20
So in the Bible, the Apostle Paul uses a street-level picture to make a pretty profound point. He’s like, “Hey, stop getting drunk on spirits—and ...
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Leading Honestly – Part Four –
By Daniel Fusco
Observe how Christ loved us. His love was not cautious but extravagant. He didn’t love in order to get something from us but to give everything of himself to us. Love like that. -Ephesians 5:1-2
One of Jesus’ disciples and friends, John, writes in 1 John ...
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Leading Honestly – Part Three –
By Daniel Fusco
Keep your eyes open. Keep each other’s spirits up so that no one falls behind or drops out. -Ephesians 6:18
When was the last time you thought of someone who had faith in Jesus, and love for others, and then you prayed a prayer of thanks for that person? I know, ...
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5LQ Episode 98: Millennials in the Workplace –
On this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast Barnabas Piper is joined by Chris Martin, a fellow Lifeway employee as well as a blogger at MillennialEvangelical.com to talk about the stereotypes, reputation, and reality of millennials in the workplace as well as how to ...
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Leading Honestly – Part Two –
By Daniel Fusco
Immense in mercy and with an incredible love, he embraced us. He took our sin-dead lives and made us alive in Christ. -Ephesians 2:6
The good news is not that Jesus makes bad people good. The good news is not that Jesus makes decent, moral people even better. The ...
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Leading Honestly – Part One –
by Daniel Fusco
Christ brought us together through his death on the cross. The Cross got us to embrace, and that was the end of the hostility. Christ came and preached peace to you outsiders and peace to us insiders. He treated us as equals, and so made us equals. Through him we ...
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5LQ Episode 97: Undermining Your Boss –
In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast Barnabas Piper and Daniel Im take full advantage to Todd Adkins being out on vacation to talk about all the ways employees undermine bosses, the effects it has, and what should be done about it. We all undermine our superiors ...
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Leadership Roundup: Articles Worth Reading –
4 Unfair and Untrue Myths About Kind Leaders - Scott Cochrane
For some reason, in the context of leadership, kindness has sometimes become equated with weakness, indecisiveness and ineffectiveness. Kindness is a core leadership value that places the well-being of others ahead of ...
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10 Phrases Every Leader Should Use More Often –
By Chris Brown
Leaders, regardless of church size, style, denomination or geographic region, all share one thing in common - the desire to love and lead people well.
As a pastor and speaker on Dave Ramsey’s team, I’ve had the chance to speak to church leaders across the ...
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How to Get the Most Out of Pipeline (or any conference) –
On October 12-14 our team at Lifeway Leadership is hosting the Pipeline Conference in Nashville. The conference will have two coaching days you can choose from (the 12th or 14th - though the 14th is already nearly full!) and a main event featuring Thom Rainer, Paul Tripp, Trip ...
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Why You Need to be a Thankful Leader –
By Art Rainer
In the fast-paced and often thought-consuming role of leadership, it is easy to become complacent in expressing your gratitude toward others. Most leaders do not purposefully avoid thanking their team members. More likely, it is just not woven into their leadership ...
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5LQ Episode 96: Matt Brown –
In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast Todd Adkins and Barnabas Piper talk with Matt Brown, an author, evangelist, and the founder and director of Think Eternity. Every year Think Eternity puts on a number of evangelistic events called Ignite and these, combined ...
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