From: Institute of Church Leadership Development http://www.churchleadership.org Should you Judge, if so why and when and when not? http://www.churchleadership.org?articleid=46090&view=post&blogid= Tue, 13 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400 How to be a Capable Bible Student! There is no substitute to time spent in the face of our Lord! http://www.churchleadership.org?articleid=44028&view=post&blogid= Thu, 6 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Matthew 2:13-23, Jesus always invokes a response, if not in this life, then, in the life to come, from every person who has ever lived. http://www.churchleadership.org?articleid=42609&view=post&blogid= Wed, 30 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Is the true response that leads to worship. http://www.churchleadership.org?articleid=42561&view=post&blogid= Tue, 29 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Confession is the event of responding to the Gospel's message, then acknowledging our faith publicly. http://www.churchleadership.org?articleid=46089&view=post&blogid= Tue, 13 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400 How you can prepare your own insightful Bible Study Questions This lesson is designed to prepare you to form your own inductive Bible study questions-the kind of questions that stimulate discussion and excite people to learn and grow in the Word and faith. http://www.churchleadership.org?articleid=44025&view=post&blogid= Thu, 6 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Matthew 1: 18-25, Immanuel God is with Us! Thus, Christ was birthed in history; by so doing, He must also be birthed into you and evident in you! http://www.churchleadership.org?articleid=42608&view=post&blogid= Wed, 30 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Is submitting to what God requires of us. http://www.churchleadership.org?articleid=42560&view=post&blogid= Tue, 29 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Repentance is both a "summons" to seek Him first and a "summery" of the Gospel's impact and "regeneration" upon us so we make a life change in Christ. http://www.churchleadership.org?articleid=46088&view=post&blogid= Tue, 13 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400 How to incorporate an "Inductive" type of study into your home or church Bible study If you lead a Bible Study, you are called to teach the Bible, not pool ignorance!We are to lead our learners to the wonders and principles of the passage at hand. You can learn to do this and do it well! You can show the precepts, ideas, and truths of our Lord. You can be the mentor and disciple maker that our Lord has called. You are to lift up the cross, the Person of Christ, and what He has done. You are also to show others what you have learned and still be growing yourself, to show the wonder and truth of a life that affects all of our being. http://www.churchleadership.org?articleid=44024&view=post&blogid= Thu, 6 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Matthew 1:1-17, As Jesus comes in the world via His incarnation, His incarnation needs to come into us the leader. Christian leadership is all about operating in and by Christ, being His Hands and Feet with His precepts! http://www.churchleadership.org?articleid=42607&view=post&blogid= Wed, 30 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Is a heartfelt confidence that everything will come out for the best. http://www.churchleadership.org?articleid=42559&view=post&blogid= Tue, 29 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0400 This primer is intended to help you and your church to start, lead, develop, grow, and manage Bible studies. From small group Bible studies as well as larger Bible Studies to even very large Bible studies, the principals apply to both small and large groups. The difference is how you lead and structure them, while all are Bible-centered led by godly prepared teachers. http://www.churchleadership.org?articleid=44021&view=post&blogid= Thu, 6 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Keeps our minds and focus on sound judgment. http://www.churchleadership.org?articleid=42557&view=post&blogid= Tue, 29 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0400 If you are in leadership, then be a good leader! Servant Leaders are the managers and administers who do the hands-on work of the Lord! We are to do this by being the people of the Lord. Incarnational Leaders are people who are more visionary, the ones who set the tone and empower the Servant Leaders. Incarnational Leaders are the visionaries, entrepreneurs, architects, and builders of the church. http://www.churchleadership.org?articleid=41928&view=post&blogid= Tue, 15 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Understanding God's call to us with Spiritual Gifts Now that I am a Christian, I get presents? http://www.churchleadership.org?articleid=41951&view=post&blogid= Tue, 15 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Here is the Bible Reading Chart for using the Inductive Bible Study method. Here you can write down and record all of your observations, what your have learned, your questions, and even make a commitment on what you will do with the information from God's most precious Word! Feel free to make copies of this for your personal use; more are available in our book, Into Thy Word! http://www.churchleadership.org?articleid=44020&view=post&blogid= Thu, 6 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Means being well organized and competent. http://www.churchleadership.org?articleid=42556&view=post&blogid= Tue, 29 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Are you a good leader? Do you want to be? We have to ask ourselves whether we are being an agent of change or being manipulative and controlling. We have to ask ourselves if we are empowering people or scheming to get them to do what we want. Are we leading from our authentic spiritual formation or from an idea of what we think we should be? Because, to be a leader for Christ, we must put off our own personal agendas and adopt His will and ways! http://www.churchleadership.org?articleid=41927&view=post&blogid= Tue, 15 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Introduction: A Biblical Approach to Understanding and Applying that with which God has Called and Gifted You! This workshop can be used as small group lessons or a church wide training event. http://www.churchleadership.org?articleid=41950&view=post&blogid= Tue, 15 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Small Group Curriculum Model Small groups are designed to meet the deepest relational and learning needs of the congregation. Small groups can help provide the framework for people to be challenged to worship God with joy, passion, and conviction by learning who they are in Christ so they can develop the trusting faith in Jesus as Savior and LORD... http://www.churchleadership.org?articleid=45793&view=post&blogid= Tue, 6 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400 The Into Thy Word Bible Study Method is the "cheat sheet" for using the Inductive Bible Study method. Here are all of the inductive steps laid out for you to use to get the most out of your Bible studies! Keep a copy of this tucked in your Bible. Feel free to make copies of this for your personal use; more are available in our book, Into Thy Word! http://www.churchleadership.org?articleid=44019&view=post&blogid= Thu, 6 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Considers others and gives attention. http://www.churchleadership.org?articleid=42555&view=post&blogid= Tue, 29 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0400 A Profile of Servant Leadership We usually know what the world calls us to, but do you know what God calls you to? The Bible calls us to a higher level of excellence; one of vision, love, integrity, and functionality. That is what I call "Incarnational Leadership." It simply means that I will lead the way Christ led. I will not lead the way the world wants me to. Incarnational represents the view that we are to leave the ways of the world and its ways of leadership, and turn to the ways of Christ. As He was Incarnational, we can be too... http://www.churchleadership.org?articleid=41926&view=post&blogid= Tue, 15 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Insights from "Teach Me to Pray" by Dr. William E. Sangster. http://www.churchleadership.org?articleid=45791&view=post&blogid= Tue, 6 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400