This is the 4th in a short series focusing what Israel's earliest leaders, the judges, have to teach us. Today's leadership lesson comes from a little-known judge of Israel, Ibzen of Bethlehem . . . "After him, Ibzan of Bethlehem led Israel. He had thirty sons and...
This is the 5th in a short series focusing what Israel's earliest leaders, the judges, have to teach us. Today's leadership lesson comes from two little-known judges of Israel, Tola the son of Puah and Elon the Zebulonite . . . "After the time of Abimelech a man of...
This is the 6th in a short series focusing what Israel's earliest leaders, the judges, have to teach us. Today's leadership lesson comes from a little-known judge of Israel, Shamgar son of Anath . . . "After Ehud came Shamgar son of Anath, who struck down six hundred...
This is the 7th in a short series focusing what Israel's earliest leaders, the judges, have to teach us. Today's leadership lesson comes from one of Israel's more well-known judges, Samson . . . "The Spirit of the LORD came upon him in power so that he tore the lion...
This is the 8th and final lesson from the short series focusing on what Israel's earliest leaders, the judges, have to teach us. Today's leadership lesson is the second from one of Israel's more well-known judges, Samson . . .If anything could be said of Samson's...
Last week, in The Nehemiah Solutions, Part 1, we saw that risk taking is not so risky when we're taking risks for God Work! And so Nehemiah returned to Jerusalem, but what he found there was more than a ruined city without a protective wall. He found that the people,...
The book of Joshua is rich in lessons for our day and age, and the upcoming 18 lessons, appearing in the Nugget on Saturday evenings, will be focusing on practical tips from this book that can help us in our walk with the Lord. This first lesson looks specifically at...
It was the aftermath of the miraculous victory over Jericho. The people and their leaders were feeling pretty good about themselves. In fact, the last verse in Joshua 6, the chapter that speaks of the fall of Jericho, states this: "So the LORD was with Joshua, and his...
The quickest way to become a leader is to put everyone else ahead of yourself. "And masters, treat your slaves in the same way. Do not threaten them, since you know that he who is both their Master and yours is in heaven, and there is no favoritism with him."...
My family and I were busy preparing for our annual vacation. We would be gone for nearly a month this year, and though we weren’t leaving for another 2½ weeks, we were already packing the trailer, stocking the food, preparing the maps, and a host of other things that...