Many years ago, a leader said to me, “When we preach we add, but when we teach, we multiply.” I never forgot this important lesson. Sooner or later, if we are planning to speak beyond the grave, we must move from addition to multiplication. The lesson of multiplication. On another occasion, when I was preparing for another long airline trip, a close pastor friend said, “You can either spend the money or spend the man. But, when the man is spent, it is over.” He was not trying to teach me regarding the stewardship of money, but the management of a healthy self. The lesson of management. Nearly forty years…

If I could tell you a secret which would explain how you could be everything you ought to be and everything you want to be, would you be interested? The Apostle Paul is writing here about the Christian life and how it works in our lives. He is writing about the sufficiency of the Lord Jesus Christ and the ministry that God had given to him. Right in the middle this exposition on the sufficiency of Christ, Paul says, “I have a mystery for you. I have a secret for you.” In Colossians 1:26-27, he uses the word, “mystery” twice. Usually, when we think about mystery, we think in terms…

The book of Colossians has as its purpose to set forth the absolute sufficiency of the Lord Jesus Christ. In the first chapter, Paul has set before us the sufficiency of Christ. In the second chapter, he takes all other substitutes for the Lord Jesus Christ and compares them to what we have in Him.  Some years ago, there was a farmer in Madison, Wisconsin, who had built a maze on 400 acres of his cornfield. It was rather sophisticated affair. They used satellites in order to help design the maze and a variety of other technological innovations. They had towers so that when people go through the maze and…

I always enjoy Mother’s Day because it becomes another opportunity to express appreciation and gratitude to our wonderful, precious mothers. I guess my favorite Mother’s Day joke of all time is about the wealthy man who couldn’t see his mother on Mother’s Day and he decided to do something very special for her. He heard about this talking bird that could whistle “Amazing Grace” and quote the 23rd Psalm. Even though it cost $30,000, he bought it and sent it to his mother. Several days later he called and asked, “Mother, how did you like that bird I sent you?” She said, “Oh, it was delicious, son.” When you read…

Life doesn’t really work until Christ comes into our life. But when Jesus comes into our life, then we have the essential ingredient to make every area of our life work the way it ought to work. We are looking at this portion of Colossians which shows us how the Christian faith relates to every area of our life. In this chapter, we are carefully studying how the Christian faith relates to your job and how your job is to work in relation to the Christian faith. What are you going to do tomorrow? If you are in the workforce, you will likely begin your day early in the morning. If…

I am sure you know someone who has had cancer. It will be good news indeed when the medical world finds the solution to this tremendous problem and is able to devise means to deal with the disease of cancer. I wonder if it could be possible for a scientist who has found the cure for cancer and yet took that information and buried it, refusing to share the cure with the world. It would be a crime, wouldn’t it? A person like that would probably be prosecuted. It would be criminal to have good news about a cure for a disease like cancer and not share the cure with…

We are going to learn that it takes many people, just average ordinary people, like you and me to get the work of the Lord done. The Bible says that we are laborers together with God. It’s wonderful to know that God will use average people to do unordinary, out-of-the-average kinds of things for the Lord. Paul is one of the most famous personages in history. What we may not know is that there were a number of people who were associated with Paul in his work, who were vital and indispensable to the work of the Lord which God did through him. Paul had a way of showing his…

I believe leadership is more than influence. Leadership must have impact. Imagine if you had spent the afternoon fishing in a lake or even an ocean. When you returned, someone asked you, “How did your afternoon go? Yet, your answer to the person is, “I influenced a lot of fish.” That is not the answer the person wants to hear. He or she wants to know wether or not you caught any fish. Influence that does not ultimately lead to impact is simply information without inspiration. In this article,  I will briefly share about two Korean leaders who have move beyond influence to impact. When I reflect over the life…

The Global Church Network continues to experience compounding quadruple growth worldwide. We synergized efforts together with Dr. Byoungho Zoh, Founder of Tongdok Bible App and Tongdok Bible Studies worldwide, for the launch of the Global Seoul Hub in Korea. More than 1,200 pastors and leaders attended, from throughout Korea. During the Seoul Hub, we heard life-changing presentations from Dr. Leonard Sweet, Dr. David Sobrepena, Rev. Ejaz Nabie, Dr. Calvin Tibbs, Dr. James Hudson Taylor IV, Dr. Hyoungbae Kim, Dr. Sunghoan Chun, Dr. Youngho Park and Dr. Euisig Kim. We had powerful times of praise and worship, along with intercessory prayer. From the first song, there was a “divine touch” upon the…

I remember, in 2006, sitting in the actual place where Christopher Columbus set sail for the New World, and praying, “Lord, please double the size of the Church in my generation and make it harder for anyone to live on this earth and not hear the glorious Gospel.” In 2021, the number of believers among the Hassaniya Moors of Mali doubled. It is hard to describe the joy the team working among them felt, as well as friends, supporters, prayer partners, and mission leaders living far away. With the angels in heaven (Luke 15:10), we should rejoice. What is now the total number of believers among the Hassaniya? Two. I…