Families, companies, churches, community organizations, and government entities are all teams. They all function with the same 5 fundamental principles, and succeed or fail for the same reasons.

Jesus came to his own, and his own received him not (he was sent to be rejected, God knowing he would be rejected because His people, Israel, were still blind and not ready). So to as many as received him, to them he gave the authority to become sons of

Many churches and pastors have made a God out of growth. Like most evangelicals I would like to reach the largest number of people possible, but the current focus on growth has really become a case of the tail wagging the dog. Success in a church context should not be

The same principles we use to achieve success in our athletic lives are transferable and relevant to our spiritual lives. And applying spiritual principles to secular living is the answer to the chaos and disorder of life. Christ (the anointing of the spirit) is the answer. Everyone wants to know

Asking God to enlarge our territory will eventuate in God enlarging our thinking. As a man thinks in his heart so is he (Pr 23:7). We can’t have large territory without large thinking. I’ve limited myself so much by exclusive focus. Focus doesn’t have to be exclusive. We can learn

Defining success isn’t easy. Achieving it is even harder. Richard St. John spent seven years interviewing 500 people who have achieved enough success to be invited to speak at TED, or to be able to afford the whopping $4,000 a pop entry fee. The 8 secrets he distills from those