A Call For Commitment

Many Christians do not want to admit or acknowledge this but a serious issue of commitment exists in the Church. Not too long ago, I attempted to revamp a local church’s membership process and within the Membership Packet was a “Covenant of Members”. Guess what? it was almost unanimously rejected because of the “Covenant of […]

The current state of the American church and the need for pastors and leaders to adopt Kingdom Business strategies for effectiveness.

Do not say that I didn’t tell you, because I did, just now. The American church (USA) is in a bad situation. In business, gap analysis is a process that compares a company’s current performance to its desired performance. It helps identify the gap between where a business is currently and where it wants to […]

Confusion and its detrimental effects

Have you observed the increased FUD: fear, uncertainty, and doubt in our culture? I find it rather alarming that pastors are not teaching/offering practical advice or suggestions on how to strengthen belief and overcome doubts. These are real and spreading issues among professing believers; this leads to confusion. Nehemiah 4:8 “And all of them conspired […]

BELIEVE

I wanted to provide a personal application of 1 John to someone who may need it. Prominent in 1 John is the positive note of Christian certainty. Let me type that again: CHRISTIAN CERTAINTY. Thirty-nine times the verb “know” occurs. You know whether you indeed are a child of God. You know, with absolute certainty, […]