Future of Leadership Theory
The study of leadership really took off with the focus on trait leadership in the 1930’s. (Northouse, 2013, p. 2) This was the first attempt to look at leadership systematically…
I Believe in Santa
*** For any children, or children at heart, beware. There is a Christmas spoiler lying in the following post. So, I would advise not reading today and waiting till tomorrow’s…
Jesus Calls All to Leadership
Just like that, He was gone. A flood of emotions filled those who looked on. Their hearts were filled with remorse for the loss, again, of their leader, followed by…
Leaders Need the Bible
The modern world is advancing at a remarkable rate of speed and most people are trying to desperately keep up with it. For the most part, technology is responsible for…
Happy Thanksgiving from Pardekooper
It is amazing how much can happen in one year, and, if you are like me, it is easy to miss most of it. On this Thanksgiving holiday, as I…
How to Read the Bible
For centuries people have approached the Holy Bible with a broad spectrum of intentions. The vast majority, though approach the Bible with the intention of connecting with the God of…
Paul’s Call to Unity
In Galatians 5 Paul underlines the need to have strong ethical leadership with a set of strong principles which guide in making right decisions about moral decency (Northouse, 2013), while…
Be Identified by the Rabbi
Socio-rhetorical criticism is a interpretive tool for scripture that studies the words of a text rather than the meaning of the text specifically through various textures (Robbins, 1996, p. 1).…
Respond to Persecution With Holiness
Understanding the lives of individuals in the first century gives greater understanding to the passages of scripture to modern interpreters. Through the use of socio-rhetorical criticism, biblical interpreters are able…
Find Your Leadership Voice
From the context of raising up leaders through training and discipleship, it can be challenging to encounter a leader who has not found their own voice, while at the same…