Dear Visionary Leader: In Hebrews 11:4, we read: “By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaks.” Abel being dead still speaks today. He preached his own funeral. What we see in Abel is a shadow of the crucifixion of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. As we continue walking in the hall of fame of faith, we come to Abel, who represents the dedication of faith. The Old Testament is a book of shadows that point to New Testament truths. For example, in Colossians 2:17,…

Dear Visionary Leader: Last Week in Orlando, FL, the Global Church Network was incredibly grateful to have leaders travel from throughout the United States to attend our amazing Ambassador Leadership Intensive! Our speaker, Dr. Doug Wead, brought two powerful messages from inside the White House during his position as Advisor to two United States Presidents and interviews with six Presidents, First Ladies, and families.  Dr. Wead is one of the most sought after speakers today. He is featured on the major US News Channels. The Global Church Network also officially launched SYNERGIZE 2022 Pastors & Leaders Conference.  Even though Synergize 2022 is eighteen months away, the conference is more than 60% sold out!  If you…

Dear Visionary Leader: I heard it said many years ago: Christmas is Christ with us, Easter is Christ for us, and Pentecost is Christ in us. I trust that you and your ministry is on the pathway to personal Pentecost this coming weekend. Two weeks ago, the Global Church Network was fortunate to host The Normal 21st Century Church Livestream. Twenty-six Christian leaders brought powerful presentations, challenging us NOT to go back to normal, but to move forward to the Christ-given normal of victory!  As Dr. Kenneth Ulmer stated, “The worst place to be is where God was, instead of where God is now.”  We are humbled to report that more than 37,000 pastors and leaders joined us from every world region for…

Dear Visionary Leader: Faith is not contrary to logic; faith just goes beyond logic. If I see a ditch that I am walking toward step by step, there will come a point that I must leap over it. The step by step are logical steps in the right direction. Then, I come to a place where logic ends. I need to get over to the other side of the ditch. I need to take a leap of faith. I will cross this ditch by taking a leap of faith. Faith us rooted in logic. Yet, faith goes beyond logic. Faith becomes its own best logic. When Jesus was with the people…

Dear Visionary Leader: We live in an age where we have a lot of people who are called music stars and movie stars. We have a lot of people who are called idols: Sports idols and music idols. In my humble opinion, we have too many stars and idols and not enough heroes. During this series Walking In The Hall of Fame Of Faith, I have chosen to write about many of the greatest Bible heroes. In the eleventh chapter of the Book of Hebrews, we will walk and talk with the visionary giants of faith who touched God and transformed their world. Hebrews chapter eleven is set up by Hebrews chapter…

Dear Visionary Leader: There is a dark, diabolical, deadly, dirty war that is being fought in throughout the world. It is a form of guerilla warfare-sabotage, subversion, innuendo, sniping. It is a deadly war. It is a war between light and darkness, good and evil, heaven and hell, Christ and Satan. And whether you realize it or not, we are a part of this war. You cannot afford to be ignorant and you cannot possibly be neutral. If you try to be neutral, you’re will find yourself in the crossfire and in the most dangerous place of all. In Ephesians 6:10-18 we read: “Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and…

Dear Visionary Leader: Why has God intended the church go out, scattered and permeate the community in the work place? It is one of the most extraordinary opportunities that we have to share the gospel of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. I don’t have a better example of that than the man named Daniel. If you don’t mind, I’d like for you to turn to the book of Daniel for a moment.  Daniel was a man, just like you. He loved God and God took Daniel against his will. Daniel was carried captive into Babylon, and there in Babylon, Daniel was given a secular job. Daniel didn’t go to Babylon as…

Dear Visionary Leader: I write today about How To Turn The Rat Race Into A Spiritual Pilgrimage. There are three insights that I want to provide about what we call “the daily grind.” In Ephesians 6:5, we read, “Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ.” The closest thing that we would have to that is, be obedient to our boss or superintendent. To your masters, according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ. You’re to obey your boss as if he were Jesus. You say, “I…

Dear Visionary Leader: I want you to imagine a man who buys an automobile. He’s never owned an automobile before and he doesn’t truly understand an automobile. He saves enough money to buy a brand new automobile. He shows the car off to his friends. He shows them the beautiful paint job. He shows them the soft upholstery. He has them sit in there and listen to the stereo and to Sirius Xm. He shows them all the amenities of this automobile. Yet, there’s one thing he doesn’t understand about it: He doesn’t understand that it has an engine in it. So, everywhere he goes, he has to push the car. Now,…