Part 2 of the “Towel-Bearers: Redefining Leadership” Series Not everyone with a Bible and a microphone should be leading people.Yeah, there are counterfeit leaders in the Church. And they’re not always easy to spot. They sound holy. They know the lingo. They wear the “right” clothes. They inspire crowds, cast vision, and quote Scripture on…
Let’s stop pretending. Not all leaders are actually leading. Some are just collecting titles, hoarding influence, and stepping on people to build their brand. That’s not leadership. That’s ego dressed in a suit and given a fancy title. True leadership is bleeding for people, not basking in applause. It’s wiping the tears of the hurting, not…
I tend to say out loud what many people are smart enough to only think quietly:Something is deeply wrong in this country. Our country feels angry, anxious, divided, and hollow.We’ve got more outrage than ever, more opinions than ever, and yet—less peace, less unity, and less truth. We are witnessing the slow erosion of something…
Warning – unpopular topic: A lot of church is boring. Not just “I didn’t like the music” boring.Not just “the sermon went too long” boring.I’m talking soul-numbing, mind-wandering, when-is-lunch boring. And people—young and old—are done pretending otherwise.But here’s the kicker: It’s not Jesus’ fault. Jesus is anything but boring. I mean check this out. He turned water into…
Jesus isn’t safe.And the longer we keep trying to make Him safe, the further we get from who He really is. We’ve created a sanitized version of Jesus—a gentle motivational speaker who sprinkles feel-good wisdom into our week, stays politically neutral, avoids conflict, and mostly wants us to be nice people. That’s Tinker Bell. It’s NOT…
Time for some hard truth and real self assessment. The Church has gotten comfortable. For too long, we’ve relied on cultural Christianity to do the heavy lifting for us. We built impressive buildings, filled pews with people who knew how to play the church game, and assumed that because our communities had churches on every…
Somewhere along the way, the message of the Church has changed. Not the message of the gospel – the message of the church. The image the church portrays to her members and the community. At some point we exchanged the rugged faith of warriors, prophets, and apostles and it became something tame—soft, sentimental, and, frankly,…
We live in an age where busyness is worn like a badge of honor. If you’re not busy, you’re lazy. If you’re not hustling, you’re falling behind. But somewhere between the endless notifications, the back-to-back meetings, and the scroll-induced insomnia, many followers of Jesus have lost something far more important than productivity—we’ve lost depth. The Tyranny…
Let’s be honest—being a biblically faithful Christian today feels like trying to stand still on a surfboard in the ocean. Culture is shifting rapidly, and with every new wave of societal expectation, believers face a decision: adapt or fight. But the question is, how do we engage a world that’s constantly redefining truth while remaining…
“Prayer flows naturally from a heart of humility and faith—it’s the honest recognition that we can’t do it on our own and the confident trust that God is ready and willing to help.” Let’s talk about something we don’t often admit out loud in church:A lot of us struggle to pray. We say things like,…
