The Seduction of Public Leadership: Principles of Morality for Christian Leaders, by Stephen M. KingEditor's note: Much has happened since Professor King wrote this article in March 2000. The principles he outlines, however, are as applicable today as when it was first published on the Pneuma Foundation website.
Public leadership has greatly diminished in societal value, primarily because it is based less upon moral and religious foundations of civil society, and more upon political ...
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When a Cloud Isn't a Crowd, by Daniel BrownPastor Daniel Brown talks about being led by God in contrast to the persistent nagging to follow the crowd.
Where God leads isn't the same for everyone.
On a recent trip to Norway, I heard of a newly married couple who spent their honeymoon with in-laws building a small chapel in eastern Europe—using materials they had purchased with ...
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Three Commitments, by John WimberIf you want to know what kind of Christian you are, get your checkbook out, and look at your calendar.
We need to make three commitments. One to Christ. You can't get in without that commitment. But it's "Christ, Savior" as well as "Christ, Lord.' So many people don't understand the issue of lordship. But if you do, there's ...
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Compliments: Stumbling Blocks or Treasures of the Heart? by Rick KamrathFrom Pneuma Review Winter 2002
From the Worship Leader Series
Here's a quiz: The service is ended. People are milling around and you are putting your equipment away. Suddenly a face appears in front of you with a look of total elation.
"Worship was a-a-a-w-e-s-o-m-e!" they exclaim.
Your answer?
a) "Yes, I knew that the worship ...
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J. Keir Howard's Medicine, Miracle and Myth in the New Testament, reviewed by David Seal
J. Keir Howard, Medicine, Miracle and Myth in the New Testament (Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2010), 121 pages, ISBN 9781608992447.
In his book Medicine, Miracle and Myth in the New Testament, J. Keir Howard has a simple aim, "to apply modern medical knowledge" to the study of miracles ...
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Anti-Semitism in the Church, by Kevin WilliamsAs we begin this topic on anti-Semitism in the church, the body of Christ, please understand that at times I may sound harsh. I am not harsh. I ask many questions for the purpose of making people think introspectively, to review their own actions and attitudes, and this can be a difficult task. I pray that the Holy Spirit, even ...
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Robert Muthiah's The Priesthood of All Believers in the Twenty-First Century, reviewed by John MillerRobert A. Muthiah, The Priesthood of All Believers in the Twenty-First Century: Living Faithfully as the Whole People of God in a Postmodern Context (Eugene, OR: Pickwick, 2009), 185 pages.
Robert Muthiah, professor of Practical Theology at Azusa Pacific University, differentiates independence from interdependence, ...
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Matthew Gordley's Teaching through Song in Antiquity, reviewed by David SealMatthew E. Gordley, Teaching through Song in Antiquity: Didactic Hymnody among Greeks, Romans, Jews, and Christians (WUNT II 302; Tuebingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2011), 445 pages, ISBN 9783161507229.
Matthew E. Gordley, in his monograph Teaching through Song in Antiquity: Didactic Hymnody among Greeks, Romans, Jews and Christians, explores the variety of ...
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