Every Scripture that promises us Jesus will be King and take dominion also promises us that His dominion will be carried out through redeemed people. From the beginning of Creation this was His strategy. Something radical to nature will change, however, once we receive glorified bodies: we won’t marry anymore because gender distinctions will disappear. […]
Dr. Don
Pioneering Leadership: “What’s Coming Next is Where We Should All be Going,” Part 2
Pioneers function with revelatory boldness, a complete sense of purpose and assignment, a confidence in the sight lines of their visions. They have courage of this convincing that removes hesitation to action or any heaviness toward details that would hamper moving forward. While discussing the details of how the discovery will be made, pioneers often […]
Pioneering Leadership: “I Want More. Continuous Improvement. This isn’t Enough,” Part 1
Pioneering leaders, especially apostles and prophets who function in foundational leadership roles, tend toward a specific set of motivations. These motivations can eclipse other vital aspects of the kingdom while serving to move the whole pile forward in essential ways. Pioneering leaders should be intentional about their weaknesses, making themselves accountable for how others receive […]
Maturing as a Leader: What Got You Here, What Will Get You into “Next,” part 2
Being a leader applies to everyone since personal leadership is universal and individual. “Being a leader” gets more specific in the roles we play: husband or wife, father or mother, employee or employer, warrior or general, ruler or king, and king or kingdom, for example. Leadership assumes definition in function, but our personal leadership continues […]
Maturing as a Leader: What Got You Here, What Will Get You into “Next,” part 1
David was king of the Jewish nation and celebrated in history by killing a giant. When Jesus Christ of Nazareth was born as king of the Jews many centuries later, He was born as “son of David” to sit upon the throne of David. God had given David a promise that his kingdom and throne […]
Salt and Light
This past week, some leaders forcefully reminded me of their viewpoint on transforming culture. They were kind enough to share their conclusions with some supporting ideas from Scripture. They were kind about it except that their conclusions were finalized with “this is the way to do it, and all other ways stink.” Their conclusion says, […]
The Next Seven Years of Plenty (with Seven Steps of Action)
Wealth of the Wicked Stored Up Isaiah pictures what is available in the atmosphere as rain in ways that help us understand how God changes the conditions to release. A desert atmosphere contains a reservoir but the conditions distribute the moisture so randomly that it seldom produces rain. Water is available but the conditions don’t […]
God’s Design for Covenant Marriage – “Leave Comes Before Cleave”
Being separated to is better than being separated from. Covenant will always involve a separation to that redefines our relationship with everything else. Our new agreement with God will alter every other existing agreement. God is holy, and what He agrees with us will make something, including us, holy. Jesus says, “From the beginning of Creation” […]
God’s Design for Covenant Marriage – Sex in the Sacred Synthesis
There is no “Sex in the City” in the kingdom. The futility of selfishness produces this sentiment, an endless search for can never be obtained in any way other than God’s design. There is sex in marriage covenant, by design. We include this in the “cleave” part of the Creation equation: “This is why a […]
Jesus on Civil Government and Kingdom Leadership
Jesus draws contrast between the patterns, principles, and politics of governments and the leadership of His kingdom that will have the greater influence upon them when the Ecclesia functions properly. The kings of the non-Jews lord it over them; and those who have authority over them are called ‘benefactors.’ The term “lord” is a dominion […]