Month: January 2025

“People and Process” principles are important to Jesus. In the Body or Ecclesia, what we have come to call “church,” He has provided leadership as a means of preparing and positioning people to produce, do the “work” of ministry. This leadership, when properly functioning, prepares and positions people to work out the processes that produce […]

Lynch on Leadership: New Year’s Day is mark for measurement. We tend to look at summarizations of the previous term. Reports are generated for various reasons because the turn of the year is a marker. So, leaders should embrace this opportunity to analyze the available data. Every goal must be measurable to have real meaning. […]

The Wealth of the Wicked for the Righteous This principle is Biblical and identifies God’s ways, His strategy of provision storage for covenant purpose. That is, God stores up wealth for His covenant people to fulfill the covenant’s purpose.

The king of Egypt had a dream in which seven fat cows came out of the river followed by seven starving cows that ate the fat cows but remained thin. Joseph interpreted the dream for the king as seven years of plenty followed by seven years of drought that would consume all the seven years […]

Jesus uses marriage as a window of understanding. He pictures the Bride as the covenant people and Himself as the Bridegroom. Because of the New Covenant which He inaugurates with His Blood and guarantees with His Eternal Life, the people of covenant are the people of the kingdom. Jesus defines the relationship as covenantal because […]

Leaders make decisions and solve problems. These aspects of leadership operate in tandem. At whatever level a person makes decisions, they solve problems. To what the reach of influence a person’s leadership extends, their decision-making and problem-solving also extends. Beware the leadership fumble that wishes to make decisions and hire or appoint others to solve […]

Lynch on Leadership: Leaders make decisions and solve problems. As simple as that sounds, most leadership successes and failures can be analyzed by these fundamentals. For most leaders, these foundation stones are expressed in people and processes so that things get done, goals get fulfilled, and mission gets accomplished. In this same way, these touchstones […]

“Half time adjustments” made by football and basketball coaches represent an understanding of what the other team has been doing well or taken advantage of and what your team has been failing to take advantage or of failed to defend. The adjustment isn’t a new game plan but a respond to “how we are doing […]

If you don’t know where God wants you in seven years, you may be having a difficult time knowing what to do right now. Clarity of purpose is fundamental to fulfilling calling and destiny. Clarity of purpose will produce passion for purpose and serve as a basis for cutting off distractions and eliminating substitutes. Long […]

I like to ask people who are leaders about their sense of purpose. I ask, “Where will your be in five years?” This usually stumps 98% of the people with whom I talk about ministry and leadership. Some are a bit perplexed because their sense of “living by faith” doesn’t include long range goals or […]