If You Want To Be a LeaderThis is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.— 1 Timothy 3:1When Denise and I were young in the ministry, we had a young man on our staff who was gifted in music and communication. This man had previously worked in the field of business, where he had done well until he was accused of taking funds from the cash register. A question...  Read More

Don’t Disqualify Yourself!But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.— 1 Corinthians 9:27Recent years have been painful for the worldwide Christian community as they have witnessed famous Christian leaders fall into sin time and again. Not so long ago, I sat in a hotel room and watched with a broken ...  Read More

Is It Time for You To Make An Attitude Adjustment?In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.— 2 Corinthians 11:27I remember an employee we once had in our ministry who got distressed because she was transferred to an area of the ministry that didn’t have air control to suit her taste. Those in charge tried to adjust the thermos...  Read More

A Leader Must Show Himself To Be a Team PlayerIn weariness and painfulness, in watchings often.... — 2 Corinthians 11:27The phrase we are going to look at today is absolutely amazing to me. It reveals that the apostle Paul did not have a “movie star” mentality, thinking that he was too high and mighty to do a menial task. Even though he was a great apostle and was mightily anointed, he was also a ...  Read More

A Hard Worker Who Experienced God’s Sustaining Power!In weariness and painfulness.... — 2 Corinthians 11:27It takes hard work to get anything done in this world. If you want to do something significant, you must do significant work.Those who do the minimum — who continually think of how to contribute as little as possible in any given situation — always remain minimal in their impact on the world ...  Read More

Dealing With False BrethrenIn journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren.— 2 Corinthians 11:26Throughout the years I have lived and worked in the former Soviet Union, I’ve had numerous encounters with false brethren....  Read More