Into All The World | Travis & Teri Snode

I recently read this post on Thom Rainer’s blog and wanted to repost it here.  I really thought it was very insightful.  I don’t want to look back and have the same regrets in the future. I recently interviewed more than twenty pastors who had been in ministry for at least 25 years. All of [...]

I thought this post by David Murray on his HeadHeartHand Blog was excellent.  I agree with everything he says, and I am very convicted about this area of my life. There’s one characteristic that separates the successful from the unsuccessful in every walk of life: teachability. Those who are teachable, and remain so, usually succeed. The [...]

source Every person that considers church planting asks the question, Am I a Church Planter? It is the question I asked myself before planting a church. It is the question assessors ask every candidate who submits himself to an assessment process to be a lead planter in a network or denomination. Churches that have a desire to [...]

source‎ 3 Characteristics of a Servant Leader: Serving Is the Highest Profession by Paul Chappell The highest model of leadership is cloaked in the lowest forms of humility. Specifically, servant leadership was set and demonstrated by Christ Himself when He left Heaven’s glory and “took upon him the form of a servant” (Philippians 2:7). What does “the [...]

In Psalm 42-43, we find this verse repeated three times: “Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance.” (Psalm 42:5).  Psalm 42:11 and 43:5 rephrases the end of the verse like this, [...]

Recently, I was emailed by a young man asking me to give him some advice on how to find the will of God for his life.  Below are a few thoughts that I wrote down and emailed to him: Read the revealed will of God in the Word of God every day and seek to [...]

1 Kings 12:7 “And they spake unto him, saying, If thou wilt be a servant unto this people this day, and wilt serve them, and answer them, and speak good words to them, then they will be thy servants for ever.” Young Rehoboam was faced with a crucial decisions.  The people were tired of Solomon’s [...]

Gideon was an ordinary guy chosen by God to do an extraordinary job.  God was ready to deliver them from the crushing hand of the Midianites, and Gideon was the chosen leader. The only problem was Gideon’s insecurity and fear.  He was full of doubt and fear (much like we are). God commanded him to [...]

Numbers 16:1-3 “Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, and Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took men: And they rose up before Moses, with certain of the children of Israel, two hundred and fifty princes of the assembly, [...]

  1 Peter 1:3 “Neither as being lords over God’s heritage, but being ensamples to the flock.” Peter is exhorting the elders/pastors in the church.  He challenges them to do several things: Feed the flock of God with God’s Word. Take the oversight of the flock not by constraint (force) but willingly, not for filthy [...]