Leadership is an amazing position of responsibility. As a man, you are created with purpose to be a leader. You are responsible to lead your family and often to be a leader at work or in the community. Solomon, the wisest man who ever lived gives some very challenging insight into four qualities of a leader. His advise is priceless.
Human nature being what it is, we tend to rest on our laurels. When the risk is removed, our drive is often removed as well. When it comes to tenure, what started out as well meaning, has gone horribly wrong – to the point that I believe the entire tenure system needs to be yanked.
You want your kids to fulfill every bit of their unique purpose in life. As your children grow, you are able to direct their dreams for a while. Life is good. Then something happens. All of a sudden, seemingly overnight, everything changes.
She was falling. Fast. Smoking weed, drinking and hanging out with the wrong people. Cheyenne McKinney went from someone who was doing a lot at Booker T. Washington High School to someone who no one thought would graduate. Then she met Keith Reed.
If you’ve heard of the new inspirational movie “To Save a Life,” it might be due to the promotional efforts of a Tulsa firm that specializes in marketing such films.
If you’ve seen the film in a local theater, you are part of spreading a message aimed at young people who sometimes feel they [...]
For the last forty years or so, men have allowed a passivity to over take their assertive and decisive nature. We have surrendered our courage and laid down our arms. Loosening our grip of manhood is akin to dropping the sword while standing on the field of battle…
God is so interested in man’s ability to work that he delayed the agrarian process until the time for Man to be created. That’s how important you are to the cycle and system of earth! Unfortunately, Adam was unfaithful to his employer, namely God the Creator.
As a leader—whether in ministry, work, sports or any worthwhile endeavor—your goal should be to actively develop a culture of encouragement. Another way of stating this is that we want to build a “Barnabas Culture.”
