by Tony W. Cartledge | Oct 29, 2008 | Opinion
Hallelujah, the end of our interminable two-year election season is in sight. Within a week, those surly, scary, scurrilous negative campaign ads will be consigned to the dustbin of dirty tricks, where they’ve belonged all along. For a while, at least, perhaps...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Oct 28, 2008 | Opinion
The David we find in 2 Samuel 11-20 is a man who loses focus, loses his leadership ability, and ultimately loses both his kingdom and much of his legacy. Unfortunately, as Paul Harvey would say, there’s “the rest of the story.” David remains a...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Oct 27, 2008 | Opinion
In the southeast corner of North Carolina, there is a small community named Northwest. On the outskirts of that community lives a dear lady who owns the pond of my dreams.This past weekend, while I was in the area for a speaking engagement at Goshen Baptist Church,...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Oct 27, 2008 | Opinion
Could our current presidential candidates learn anything from the biblical example of David, either before or after he became king? A recent invitation to lecture on “David and Leadership” for the Smoky Mountain Institute for Christian Leadership set the...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Oct 24, 2008 | Opinion
In my last post, I suggested seven positive leadership lessons the current presidential candidates could gain from a study of David’s rise to power in Israel (1 Samuel 16-2 Samuel 10, 21-24). While David was on his way to the top — taking Israel with him...
