by Ircel Harrison | May 15, 2014 | Opinion
Effective leaders must not only be agile in navigating a changing context, but they must be anticipatory as well, perceiving what’s ahead before it is clearly manifested. Business strategist Daniel Burrus makes this point in a recent blog post and suggests that...
by Doug Dortch | May 15, 2014 | Opinion
The future of the church is in serious jeopardy. At least that’s the opinion of researchers who have been tracking the decline of participation in church activities over the last 10 to 20 years. While the causes for this decline are myriad and complicated, the...
by Colin Harris | May 14, 2014 | Opinion
While my Greek and Latin skills are now rusty from a lack of daily use, I remain fascinated with how root meanings of words, as well as prefixes and suffixes, reflect subtleties of meaning that add richness to our thought and precision to our reflections. For example,...
by Zach Dawes Jr | May 14, 2014 | Opinion
The local church is critiqued consistently. Whether arising from within or voiced from without, some of it is deserved. Nevertheless, the positive impact of the local church is overlooked or buried under a mountain of criticism far too often. This is regrettable but...
by Claude Mariottini | May 13, 2014 | Opinion
Most scholars believe that Deuteronomy was the book of the law found during the reparations of the temple at the time Josiah was king of Judah (2 Kings 22). When the prophetess, Huldah, confirmed the book’s authenticity, Josiah enacted reforms to address the...
by Joe LaGuardia | May 12, 2014 | Opinion
A friend of mine lives right down the street from her mother. They have a good relationship, and they’ve become closer since the woman’s father passed away a few years ago. Without him around anymore, though, the mother is demanding more of her time. My...
