By Greg Laurie
What is integrity? It’s really the same as having character.
D.L. Moody defined integrity as what you are in the dark. In other words, integrity is who we are when there is no one around to impress. It’s the real us.
Humorist Will Rogers once said, “So live that ...
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Integrity
Judgment is a Lazy Substitute for Intimacy –
by Michael Kelley
Judgment is lazy.
Consider a scenario with me. You see someone driving a nice car. It is, in fact, considerably nicer than the car you are driving. Perhaps it’s even the specific kind of car that you wish you were driving at that very moment. So what do you ...
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10 Diagnostic Questions To Help Determine At What Age Should A Pastor Retire? –
by Thom S. Rainer
There are a lot of us Baby Boomer pastors and Christian leaders around. And it’s cliché, but we aren’t getting any younger. It’s a quiet question that many are asking, but they are asking it nonetheless: What age should I retire?
Instead of responding with a ...
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Why You Should Stop Using Your Personality Test As A Crutch –
Are you an otter or a golden retriever? Are you a “D” or an “I”? Are you an “ENTJ” or “INFP”? Are you a green or a red?
The list could go on and on, for this is the vocabulary of the personality test. I’ve taken several of them myself, and I am consistently amazed at how ...
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Great Leadership Often Starts With A Broken Heart –
by Brandon Cox
Nehemiah, of the Old Testament, is considered one of the greatest models of successful leadership in history. And his story started with a question: “How’s Jerusalem?”
When the answer was “not good,” Nehemiah’s heart was broken. He records:
“When I heard this, ...
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Be A Christian Leader Who Defies Categories –
When Donald Trump won the presidency, I asked my editor to hold the presses in case I needed to make some last-minute changes to This Is Our Time.
In one of the chapters, “Never ‘at Home’ in the City of Man,” I offer counsel on how Christians can be faithful to Jesus in the ...
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