by Richard | Jun 1, 2016 | Christian leadership, Discipleship
I was listening to Ray Ortlund (pictured right) speak on “How to build a Gospel culture in your church,” it’s available from TGC, and the full notes can be read here. In it Ortlund quotes the call to worship they use at his church in Nashville. This...
by Richard | Mar 14, 2016 | Christian leadership, Discipleship
Whilst at the gym I was listening to a podcast of David Platt (he of Radical fame) speaking. He quoted C. T. Studd (below), I stopped, and a shudder ran down my spine. Too long have we been waiting for one another to begin! The time of waiting is past! The hour of God...
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 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...