Maintaining Moral Integrity in the Ministry
Integrity is the foundation of leadership. You only lead people if they trust you. If you lose people's trust, you've lost it all. That's why the right to lead is earned, and it's earned by being trustworthy. I think the most damaging sin a leader can commit is to betray the trust of his people. […]
FIRST-PERSON: Sharing truth with an ever-emerging culture
LAKE FOREST, Calif. (BP)--In ministry, some things must never change but others must change constantly.
FIRST-PERSON: Relationships: the glue that holds your church together
LAKE FOREST, Calif. (BP)--The importance of helping members develop friendships within your church cannot be overemphasized. Relationships are the glue that holds a church together. Friendships
FIRST-PERSON: Maintaining moral integrity in the ministry
Integrity is the foundation of leadership. You only lead people if they trust you. If you lose people's trust, you've lost it all.
FIRST-PERSON: The Angel Stadium Declaration
LAKE FOREST, Calif. (BP)--On April 17, more than 30,000 members of the Saddleback family gathered in Angel Stadium to celebrate our congregation's 25th anniversary. But we did more than just rejoice in the way God fulfilled the original vision He gave me for the congregation in 1980. I also shared a new vision God has placed on my heart, one for mobilizing all God's people -- all over the world -- to tackle the giant obstacles that keep people in spiritual darkness.
FIRST-PERSON: You have the news that people want to hear
LAKE FOREST, Calif. (BP)--Clearly, every Christian is called to go out into the world and bring people into the kingdom. We’re supposed to share what we’ve been given.
FIRST-PERSON: Five biblical purposes for your marriage
LAKE FOREST, Calif. (BP)--I suppose you'd expect a man who's been married 30 years to a beautiful, intelligent woman would be able to share with you the intimate secrets to having a perfect marriage.
FIRST-PERSON: A birthday party for Jesus
LAKE FOREST, Calif. (BP)--My sister recently found a picture of me as a mop-haired 3-year-old standing next to a birthday cake for Jesus. The cake was my idea, a burst of preschooler inspiration in response to my mother's explanation that Christmas is the celebration of Jesus' birth. "Well then," I concluded with a child's logic, "we should have a party and cake and Kool-Aid and sing happy birthday to him!"
FIRST-PERSON: Giving back to God: the heart of worship
LAKE FOREST, Calif. (BP)--“Every Sunday each of you must put aside some money, in proportion to what you have earned” (1 Corinthians 16:2, TEV).
