Minimize Media Impact on Exegesis
Biblical exegesis and the use of such exegetical tools as intertexture are designed to be objective and approach scripture unbiased, when applied in a vacuum. Unfortunately, once the interpreter enters…
Socio-Rhetorical Criticism As Objective
“All scripture is God-breathed” (2 Timothy 3:16), but understanding the message of God in scripture is not always easy. Unfortunately, there is too large a gap between the original writing…
Socio-Rhetorical Criticism for Leadership
Socio-rhetorical criticism offers a wealth of understanding to the area of biblical leadership and how Christians are called to lead. The approach of socio-rhetorical criticism focuses on “values, convictions, and…
Humility in Succession Planning
One of the greatest obstacles of succession planning in the church seems to be the lack of genuine humility among those who lead church organizations. This deficit in humility becomes…
Succession Planning
The strength of any organization lies in its ability to be sustainable, and nothing insures an organization’s sustainability more than the stability of its executive leadership. This is why leadership…
Can a Leader Be Too Focused?
Can a leader be too focused? This question on its surface seems to almost be rhetorical because the response is clearly ‘no’. However, the current state of leaders today suggests…
Value of Socio-Rhetorical Criticism
Biblical interpretation can be challenging for any interpreter for a variety of reasons, but one of the most compelling reasons is that the scriptures read today were written for an…
Historical Intertexture Analysis
Historical intertexture offers the opportunity to gain greater insight into given passages of scripture. As a part of the intertexture analysis family, historical intertexture focuses on events that have occurred,…
Balance in Leadership Is Not the Key
In “Leadership: Theory and Practice”, Northouse (2013) presents the research done by the University of Michigan where it was concluded there are ”two types of leadership behaviors: employee orientation and…
Build Your Bench Strength
Ray Blunt made the statement in 2000 that growing the next generation of leaders may be the “single most critical responsibility of senior…leaders today.” (p.4) Wright (2012) referred to the…