by Richard | Nov 28, 2015 | Christian leadership, Discipleship
…make a disciple? On the face of it that might seem like a stupid question. After all we have so many resources that teach us, tell us, how to do it. I might suggest that if those books and techniques were so good the job would be producing more Christlike men...
by Richard | Nov 28, 2015 | Discipleship, Teaching Notes
This is the exam paper for the Foundations of Christian Living course taught at HTBC, semester 1, 2015-16. FOCL Exam S1 2015-16 Student FOCL Exam S1 2015-16 Student Share this:TwitterFacebookEmailTumblrPrintLinkedInPinterestLike this:Like...
by Richard | Nov 23, 2015 | Alex Ferguson, Christian leadership, listening
uMy experience of “Christian leaders” is that they are often extremely poor listeners. Listening is invaluable as a man or woman of God who is trying to understand people and help them to follow the path of God for their and others lives. It would appear...
by Richard | Nov 20, 2015 | Discipleship, Leadership
Personally I think we live in an ear of weak preaching, possibly this is caused by a lack of reality in the feedback preachers receive. My first wife was usually pretty straightforward (brutal) in her comments about my efforts in the pulpit so I had to listen and...
by Richard | Nov 18, 2015 | Leadership
I am reading Alex Ferguson’s book, Leading. In his introduction when talking about the similarities between football management and teaching, he states, The best teachers are the unsung heroes and heroines of any society… They are. If this day you are...