Complaints Requested

Jun 23, 2011 | SOAP Journal

SCRIPTURE: 2 Kings 10; 2 Chronicles 22-23; 1 Timothy 5 1 Timothy 5:19 19Don’t listen to a complaint against a leader that isn’t backed up by two or three responsible witnesses. OBSERVATIONS: At times, I’ve used this defensively to turn away the...

The Job

Jun 22, 2011 | SOAP Journal

SCRIPTURE: 2 Kings 8-9; 2 Chronicles 21; 1 Timothy 4 1 Timothy 4:12-14 Teach believers with your life: by word, by demeanor, by love, by faith, by integrity. Stay at your post reading Scripture, giving counsel, teaching. And that special gift of ministry you were...

Raise Your Standards

Jun 21, 2011 | Leading the Church, Pop Culture

Trinity has been about core values for a long time now. During my time here, we’ve outlined and refined our values by focusing in on the mission, vision, and purpose for our community of Christ-followers. One of the things to which we have pledged unwavering...

Traits of the Leader

Jun 21, 2011 | SOAP Journal

SCRIPTURE: 2 Kings 6-7; 2 Chr. 20; 1 Tim. 3 1 Timothy 3:1-7 If anyone wants to provide leadership in the church, good! But there are preconditions: A leader must be well-thought-of, committed to his wife, cool and collected, accessible, and hospitable. He must know...

Making Disciples

Jun 17, 2011 | General, Leading the Church, Methodism

For some of you, this is about the fourth time in two weeks that  you’ve heard me talking about making disciples. I mentioned in Sunday’s sermon that I wasn’t doing my job if you weren’t sick of hearing me talking about the subject of...