Over the last few years, Hillsong, IHOP, Gateway Church, and now Bethel have had significant leadership failures. Even worse, these churches often covered up the extent of the damage done, rather than warn and shepherd the victims. Recently, it was discovered that Bethel Church had allowed Shawn Bolz to prophesy at Bethel for many years, while he was involved in ...
When a job application arrives, many employers look first for the applicant’s work experience and job history. Although helpful, when it comes time to narrow your search, a more important issue to research is their character. Another good indication that character is important is God’s fixation on integrity. If you find someone with integrity and a sincere desire for the ...
Amanda Askell is a philosopher who works for Anthropic. Her job simply stated, according to the Wall Street Journal, is “to teach Claude how to be good.” As people interact with AI much like they would a friend or advisor, a legitimate concern is what moral principles are guiding its responses. AI is being developed by people like Amanda Askell ...
At the conclusion of the national championship football game, Indiana University quarterback, Fernando Mendoza, was interviewed. He proclaimed, “I want to give God all the glory and thanks to God.” Some reporters noted that moments later Mendoza surprisingly dropped the F-bomb as well. Mendoza is a vocal Catholic, so hopefully his faith is sincere and secure. But when others see ...
When a salesperson cares about what’s best for me, instead of for themselves, it can be so refreshing. Last year, I was speaking to the CEO of a software company about our software needs as a ministry. He owns a well-respected software company that serves nonprofits. After he listened to our needs, this CEO said, “We could probably make our ...
As our plane was deboarding, people were leaving row by row in an orderly fashion until it came time for us. Suddenly four young men pushed me aside and forced their way off the plane. They didn’t apologize or give a reason, they pushed through ignoring everyone else’s needs. This prompted my wife, Kathy, to ask the flight attendant, and ...
If you think about all the large companies in America, many may be led by Christians, but few customers would ever know. A few like Chick-fil-a, Hobby Lobby, or Coca-Cola Bottling are distinctly different because of their faith, but unfortunately the numbers of bold examples seem small. In Malachi, God praised those people who were written into the Book of ...
A bank I audited as a young man had a bank president named Ron. Ron had one of the most profitable and respected banks in our system. Ron cared deeply for his team members, and for his community. Ron watched over each teammate, protecting them from verbally abusive customers and loving and serving them in their times of need. He ...
In this series, we’re talking about leadership lessons I learned from banking. One bank I examined had a bank president named Ken. While reviewing a past due loan report, I was surprised to discover a large loan that was one year past due but not listed on their problem loan list. When I asked Ken about it, he said he ...
In this series, we’re talking about leadership lessons I learned from banking. Mike was a bank president who I would label as a Squeezer. He had a bank that appeared very profitable, resulting in Mike being promoted to a bigger role. When we examined the bank after Mike’s promotion, however, we discovered that he had produced short-term profits by squeezing ...
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