Crisis Leadership and Love

CRISIS LEADERSHIP AND LOVE. In my last two videos, I've talked about leading in faith and in hope. This video is on leading with God's love.

Crisis Leadership and Hope

CRISIS LEADERSHIP AND HOPE. In this video, I answer four questions: Who gets to have hope? What is God’s role in hope? How does one get hope? What does hope do in my...

Crisis Leadership and Faith

CRISIS LEADERSHIP AND FAITH. In this video, I talk about spiritual leadership in the midst of COVID-19. As leaders, We are to seek God, to hear from God, and to speak His word to those who look to us for leadership.

The Church and Coronavirus: Four Lessons From History (Guest Post by William Murrell)

As the news about Coronavirus has increased, my son William and I have had many conversations about how church leaders should respond in times like these. Today, he wrote a guest blog on leaders in history who have exemplified the Christian response to crisis. —Steve...

My Top 10 Books of 2019

NASHVILLE—Many years ago, when I was a young pastor, I heard someone say that if you want to think great thoughts, you must first read great thoughts. I can’t remember who said that, but I have found it to be true. I never fail to think new and great thought when I...

Dug Down Deep: Thoughts on Joshua Harris

I’ve been thinking a lot about how to address this surprising and sad development. After speaking with my son William, who grew up reading Joshua Harris’ books, I asked him to write a guest blog reflecting on Harris’ recent announcement. — STEVE I had just arrived at...

Faith Takes Risks

NASHVILLE—Two weeks ago, churches and campus ministries all over the Every Nation world joined together for a powerful week of Prayer, Fasting, & Consecration. During the fast, at one of Every Nation Nashville’s office prayer meetings, my son William shared a...

Praying for the Impossible

NASHVILLE —Today, churches and campus ministries all over the Every Nation world are beginning 2019 with a week of prayer, fasting, and consecration. The theme for this year’s fast is “Great Faith.” As I’ve been thinking and recording my prayer list for 2019 (in...

My Top Ten Books of 2018

NASHVILLE—It’s that time of the year, when I force myself to pick the Top 10 books that I've read in the past twelve months. Those of you who read a lot know the difficulty of this task. (Here’s last year’s list.) Before I present my Top 10 List, I’ll start with a few...

Singing at Christmas

NASHVILLE—Last weekend, my entire family kicked off the Christmas season with a trip to Cheekwood, an old mansion in Nashville that's been turned into a beautiful botanical garden and art museum. For my five-year-old granddaughter, Josephine, Cheekwood is one of the...

Who Are We Voting For?

MANILA—Today, millions of Americans will vote in another “high stakes” and bitterly partisan election. As always, this election will be billed as “the most important mid-term election in our lifetime,” and it will seem as if the future of life as we know it hangs in...

Three Leadership Lessons from Korean Megachurches

SEOUL—This week, I am in Seoul, Korea, for the third and final residency period of my Asbury Theological Seminary doctoral program. It’s good to be back with my cohort (and the "Asbury Eight"), and it’s good to spend some face-to-face time with our professors, some of...

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