Leadership isn't making all the decisions. It is making sure the right decisions are made.

Your leadership development strategy is perfectly designed to produce the caliber of leader you currently have.

Which of these statements creates more anxiety in you: 'There is no God' or 'There is no money'?

Be who you are. But be the very best communicator you can possibly be. To do that you must be willing to sacrifice what's comfortable-what has become part of your style-for the sake of what is effective.

The issue is: how do you engage the audience? And one of the things I talk to our communicators about is: The outline is great; the stories are great. But how do you engage them? How do you make it feel like we are on a journey, not you are just up there giving me information.

A fool is a person who knows the difference between right and wrong, and chooses to do wrong.

As you give to fund God's needs, are you forced to trust Him to provide for yours? That's what a growing faith is about. And over the long haul, it's not enough just to commit to a percentage. Growth means reviewing your giving goals and occasionally increasing the percentage you give.