The Root of Clarity

They that cannot speak clearly, seldom clearly understand what to speak.

Portrait of a Shriveled Saint

Willi Ossa was an artist who worked as a janitor at night in a church on New York's West Side to support his wife and infant daughter. During the day ...

Ministers Tell People What to Do

Returning home from church, our five-year-old Emily announced she wanted to be like the man who stood in front.

"You want to be a minister?" asked my wife.

Principles of Preaching

It is not necessary for a preacher to express all his thoughts in one sermon. A preacher should have three principles: first, to make a good beginning, ...

Respecting Delegated Authority

Let's say you came to my house for a party and the cars were lined up along the street and you pulled in the empty driveway. A little girl came out ...

The Basis of Christian Leadership

Promises, not concrete successes, are the basis of Christian leadership.

Vision Should Belong to Everyone

If vision is going to be owned by the people, it has to be more than something we talk them into.

The Roles of Leaders and Visions

Leaders do not have to be the greatest visionaries themselves. The vision may come from anyone. The leaders do have to state the vision, however. Leaders ...

The Power of the Preaching of Christ

The preaching of Christ is the whip that flogs the devil. The preaching of Christ is the thunderbolt, the sound of which makes all hell shake.

Spitting in the Face of a Saint

One of the great nineteenth-century preachers was a Scottish Presbyterian, Alexander Whyte, a wonderful man with a powerful sense of the evil that resided ...