Nine out of Ten 20 somethings say that Christians are Judgemental What did Jesus mean when he said, “Judge not, and you will not be judged.” It’s one of the most commonly quoted verses from […]
Category: Church
It’s Church On Sunday – here are 5 helpful posts
10 Facts About First-Time Visitors to Your Church Charismatic Movement Thrives as Church of England Splutters 6 Habits Of Growing Churches Working With Volunteers – Observe the John Cusack Rule A Front Row Culture and […]
Encouragement – why and how you should give it.
There’s plenty of books, websites, and leadership resources that talk about the importance of encouragement. As Goethe said in 1768, “Instruction does much, but encouragement everything.” The following example comes from Phil Cooke who is […]
Martin Luther King on Flourishing
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Is a person whose memory is often presented in a kind of secularised version. It would be no exaggeration to say that Dr. King is presented as one of the heroic crusaders […]
5 Reasons We Reject Our Own
I think in our churches today it is imperative that we have a culture of raising and releasing our own and not rejecting our own.
4 Ways To Lead Well – With or Without the Title
In recent years much has been said about not needing the title “leader” to be a leader. You don’t have to be the “Director” or “Manager” or whatever that title is at your organisation to […]
The 3 Main Ingredients for Happiness
According to studies cited in Timothy D Wilsons book ReDirect-Changing the stories we live by, there are three ingredients that contribute more than anything else to human happiness. I have commented on all three below […]
Prominent Biblical Scholars On Women in Leadership
This article first appeared at http://newlife.id.au/prominent-biblical-scholars-on-women-in-ministry/ Some Christians think that only people who have a “loose approach to scripture” can believe that women should be leaders and teachers in the church. I strongly doubt that any […]
7 Reasons Churches Get ‘Stuck’
When you are a person of vision and wanting to see things move forward it can be the most frustrating thing in the world to feel stuck. This is true in every field of work […]
How To Preach and it Actually mean Something
“It happens way too often: You’re sitting there in the audience, listening to someone talk, and you know that there is a better and great talk in that person, it’s just not the talk he’s […]
Paul Benger 