For the Christian, personality tests like this can be useful for helping us understand and embrace God’s unique activity alive and well in each one of us. They can help us understand how He specifically knit us together to the end that we might discover how to make the most of our personality and gifts for the sake of the gospel and the local church. It’s through tools like this that we can embrace the fact that we are “have been remarkably and wondrously made” (Ps. 119:14).
Unfortunately, though, personality tests can go very wrong in one simple way:
These People Just Received the Bible in Their Own Language
What does it look like when people receive the Bible in their heart language for the very first time?
I’m helping JAARS tell the story of what they do for their annual Campaign for Possible.
[Podcast] 3 Tips for Addressing Low Commitment in Small Groups
Tired of the same people texting at the last minute they can’t come to group? You’re not alone. Many of your fellow group leaders deal with this. In this week’s episode I cover a few of the reasons why those people might have low commitment to your group, and then give you 3 tips for addressing it.
Episode length: 15 mins
This is part of a podcast I do for group leaders at my church. Browse the archives for more.
[Podcast] What do you do when your group feels stagnant?
I started a podcast for the group leaders at my church. The first episode covers 2 ways to revitalize your group when it’s feeling stagnant.
A Better Way to Find Leaders
With the fall of celebrity pastors becoming a normal part of life, many of us are wondering what’s happening. Why is it that these men can build something so significant for the kingdom of God, yet fall into adultery, alcoholism, or narcissism? Their falls come at no small cost. As Jamin Goggin and Kyle Strobel have written,
“We live in the era of celebrity pastors whose platforms of influence stretch far beyond the walls of their local congregation, and who shake the earth when they fall off their pedestals.”
In the wake of these collapses, we sound the alarm for more accountability and stronger community, and rightly so. None of these efforts appear to be working, though, as we see pastors and church leaders making the same mistakes time and time again. These events should drive us to reflect deeply on what is happening, and about how we find leaders in the church.
What if we’re missing what’s really going on? What if we’re asking the wrong questions? And what if the fall of our pastors has at least as much to do with us as it does with them?
Grayson Pope 