LFF Blog
While leadership guru John Maxwell is known for saying, “Everything rises and falls on leadership,” after spending time in the Book it’s obvious where this profound statement came from – the living words of God. Nearly every page in the Bible underscores the significance of leadership. This post seeks to underscore a few key things that God is looking for in a leader.
In this article Pastor Shelby responds to this last weeks events in Charlottesville with a call to Christian sanity. More specifically he wrote this essay that we might recognize wickedness disguised as the “defense of values”. Most importantly this article is a call for Christians to abandon the divisive work of political banter and remember their first love, advancing the mission of God
C&YA pastor Brandon Briscoe, recently preached a series of messages on discipleship. In the midst of these studies he has also been studying 1 & 2 Samuel, leading him to question what it means to surround oneself with leaders who prioritize faith over achievement. The contrast in the character between David's friend Jonathan and David's comrade Joab led him to write the following blog post.
I am passionate about one-on-one discipleship because it pointed me to follow Jesus and not my pastor. I am passionate about discipleship because I had some deep-rooted beliefs that were challenged and corrected through the word of God. I am passionate about discipleship because it directed me to see the freedom in submitting to the authority of scripture… not just believing what the bible said, but also submitting to its truths. I am passionate about discipleship because I have seen many lives changed because of it.
Over the years the Lord has been gracious to mature me to a place where I can recognize the things I struggled to understand as a young man. Wisdom isn't limited by age but by your willingness to obey God's Word and be sensitive to the work of his Spirit. I pray all of the young people in our church learn to recognize their own spiritual blind spots and weaknesses and pray God lead them to mortify those things in light of his leading.
“For the love of money is the root of all evil” is crucial insight for understanding that money itself is not evil but our love for it. We shouldn’t love money. We shouldn’t fear money. We shouldn’t fear the lack of money. But I have something to confess, over the years whenever I read or hear this verse I have had questions about what it really means.
