Category: General

When Alexander the Great conquered the world, he wept because there remained nothing more to conquer, and he set about to put a mark of Greek culture on every conquered land. To bring cultural influence into those nation states, he called an “apostolos” to his court and authorized him with an assignment. The apostle would […]

“God has given you leaders responsible to guide you by convincing you to obey. Submit yourselves to that leadership role. The Bible says that we should obey people positioned in God-designed leadership roles. We should obey because they convince us to follow, not because they dictate or demand. Of course, that pretty much means that […]

Even our best prophets tend to lean into the wind with an overt individualism. Allow me to quote myself, “The greatest test of a prophet may not be about the depth, detail, or development of his or her prophetic communication. The greatest test of a prophet may be his or her capacity to function in […]

Jesus says, “Lazarus, come out!” And, the dead man got up and came out of the tomb. The only Person present to release the resuscitation is the Intercessor who submits to the process of pregnancy and gives birth to a purpose. The boldness to call a dead man to life when no one else has even […]

I’ve been writing about kingdom culture and the need for it enough that people are asking what kingdom culture is. Jesus says the kingdom of God and His righteousness are to be sought after. What would you suppose “His righteousness” is? After you finish with “right standing” as your definition, consider that “righteousness” is right […]

The battle of culture is the battle of the kingdom conquest. Kingdom come. Kingdom culture. Kingdom conquest. We advance kingdom through leadership. Leadership is influence we can measure by impact. Kingdom leadership is kingdom influence. Kingdom is spiritual, so we know kingdom leadership is spiritual leadership and kingdom influence is spiritual influence. Nothing can be […]

Worship is created by God, received and released by authentic worshipers by spiritual experience. Worship is first spiritual reality then natural reality, and the conduit for that worship is worshipers worshipping in spiritual reality. If we narrow the field to that definition, we find ourselves talking about worship in a Biblical way, and we put […]

Move Toward Greater Definition of Your Highest Work hard! Invest passion into purpose, and allow purpose to prioritize your work ethic. Some people call this “narrow your focus.” I refer to the pattern of leadership maturity that moves leaders into greater specificity as they step into the deeper reaches of “life’s work.” The principle of […]

I started reading an article on victims of church abuse. I was hoping for better but soon realized things were going to get even worse. The writer was appealing to all the poor souls abused in church by leaders or toxic environments created by leaders, and I knew the writer was a one of those […]

Character and Glory “God passed by and declared His Name.” The many names for God all reveal facets of His character and can be manifested as aspects of His Glory. Glory is a manifestation of some aspect of His character. Obviously, Glory does not manifest all His Glory; Glory manifests on purpose, and whatever aspect […]