Issue Brief for Ministry Leaders
In ministry, there are always challenges. What ministry leaders need to worry about is not the rising issues, but the temptation to respond to the issues with yesterday’s logic (Ashley…
Influence Culture for Societal Change
When Jesus ascended to Heaven in front of His disciples, he provided them with the mandate to go and make disciples throughout the world (Mt. 28:18-20). In essence, he was…
Choices Determine Influence
In Genesis 1, the Bible gives an account of the creation of mankind, as Yahweh made Adam as a reflection of Himself. Yahweh set Adam apart from all the other…
Revolution is in the Eyes of the Beholder
As the old saying goes, love is in the eye of the beholder. Well, so is revolution. Through the course of history, revolution has been shaped in the perspective of…
Stabilize Change For Continuity
Society is made up of a series of social changes over time that shape and guides the way people interact with one another on every possible level. Historically, change creates…
Mankind is Made for Conflict
Conflict theory argues that social behavior can best be understood in terms of the tension and conflict that arises between individuals and groups in pursuit of their individual ideologies and…
Capitalism or Marxism?
At the heart of the Cold War sat core philosophies that were seemingly reconcilable, and though the headlines and bluster focused on the weapons, politics, and posturing of the United…
A Leadership Theory for the Social Order of Today
The Industrial Age shifted the world in so many ways and created a new social era for mankind. From a Progress Theory perspective, the assumption is that the Industrial Age…
Is Change Really Progressive? Who Knows?
In the West, most would fall into a category of people who believe social change comes progressively on a continuum that is always improving (Bishop & Hines, 2012). The general…
Change for God’s Sake
In his 1978 song Everything Must Change, Benard Ighnar takes a look at change with a longing sadness as “the young become old and mysteries do unfold”. For those of…