Leaders Need the Bible
The modern world is advancing at a remarkable rate of speed and most people are trying to desperately keep up with it. For the most part, technology is responsible for…
Happy Thanksgiving from Pardekooper
It is amazing how much can happen in one year, and, if you are like me, it is easy to miss most of it. On this Thanksgiving holiday, as I…
How to Read the Bible
For centuries people have approached the Holy Bible with a broad spectrum of intentions. The vast majority, though approach the Bible with the intention of connecting with the God of…
Paul’s Call to Unity
In Galatians 5 Paul underlines the need to have strong ethical leadership with a set of strong principles which guide in making right decisions about moral decency (Northouse, 2013), while…
Be Identified by the Rabbi
Socio-rhetorical criticism is a interpretive tool for scripture that studies the words of a text rather than the meaning of the text specifically through various textures (Robbins, 1996, p. 1).…
Respond to Persecution With Holiness
Understanding the lives of individuals in the first century gives greater understanding to the passages of scripture to modern interpreters. Through the use of socio-rhetorical criticism, biblical interpreters are able…
Find Your Leadership Voice
From the context of raising up leaders through training and discipleship, it can be challenging to encounter a leader who has not found their own voice, while at the same…
Storytelling Through Delegation
Storytelling is vital to the growth and development of any culture or community. The pace of life, and the increasing busyness of the modern organization make storytelling an almost obsolete…
Leadership in Mark 10:42
Despite being newly identified in the research field, authentic leadership and servant leadership have been practiced for thousands of years, primarily in the life and ministry of Jesus Christ (McCabe,…
God’s Sovereignty and Adversity
Adversity is a given through the course of life, and the American culture is steeped in a deep individualistic mindset that meets challenges and overcomes adversity (Bennis, 1999, p. 72)…