Bestselling authors, Jeffrey A. Johnson Sr. (Dialogue With My Daughters -- Nonfiction) and Patricia Haley (Broken -- Fiction) lead the bestsellers list of Black Christian authors on the November 2011 edition of the Black Christian News/Black Christian Book Company National Bestsellers List. BCNN1.com has also released the 18th edition of the BCNN1/Amazon.com Kindle E-book Bestsellers List. This list ranks African-American Christian e-books based upon their sales rankings in the Amazon Kindle e-book store. Also, BCNN1 is releasing the 12th edition of the BCNN1/Barnes & Noble Nook E-book Bestsellers List. This list ranks African-American Christian e-books based upon their sales rankings in the B&N Nook e-book store.
November 2011 Archives
My articles for Building Church Leaders are all about caring for your soul, nurturing your relationship with God. I'm convinced that most of us just soldier on, and don't really think about caring for ourselves. We're busy caring for our families, earning a living, leading at church. We care for the people or children we lead, our families, friends, but we back burner our own needs.
Missional is not an event we tack onto our already busy lives. It is our life. Mission should be the way we live, not something we add onto life: "As you go, make disciples...."; "Walk wisely towards outsiders"; "Let your speech always be seasoned with salt"; "be prepared to give a defense for your hope." We can be missional in everyday ways without overloading our schedules. Here are a few suggestions:
(Romans 8:32, Psalm 12)
When a head coach on an NFL team perceives that the referee has made a wrong call, awarding a key play to the opposition, he throws out a red flag. This red flag signals that the referee needs to review the play again. Obviously the coach believes that the referee has made a mistake.
Today's Truth
Since the creation of the world, God's invisible qualities-his eternal power and divine nature-have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse (Romans 1:20 TNIV).
This will probably get me in trouble, but ... I think it's possible that children shouldn't be allowed in church, at least not until they've been trained. I don't mean that typical genteel parental kind of training. I'm talking more like kid-to-kid warning and wisdom. Call it "How-to-Survive-the-Next-Hour-Without-Getting-Spanked-101."
While you've probably read books about sex and maybe even taken a few quizzes, have you ever correlated sex with your leadership skills? Although having a healthy sex life may not turn you into a superhuman leader, here are five ways a healthy sex life can improve your leadership skills:
Ruling provides precedent for future civil lawsuits.
