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How to Lead After a Great Leader

Mike Holmes | March 10, 2010 | Comments Comments

To lead after a great leader is one of the worst things that can happen to a leader.
It’d be one thing if the person before you was crappy–cause all you could do is go up! But a great leader? How do you fill such shoes?
That’s what Joshua had to deal with. He [...]

Why Pastors Should Use Twitter

Mike Holmes | March 5, 2010 | Comments Comments

“That’s absolutely ridiculous!! If that’s what people want to do outside of church that’s fine, but that has no business in the House of God!!!”
That’s what a minister told me when I tried (emphasis on “tried”) to show him how effective social media, especially Twitter, would be for ministry. And you guessed it: after that [...]

The Jesus Christ Guide to Master Marketing

Mike Holmes | March 3, 2010 | Comments Comments

This is the age of amplification–where news, opinions, and reviews go further and faster than ever before. This is both good and bad for the Christian Entrepreneur.
It’s good because if what you’re selling is great, with just a little bit of communication, you can get it in to the hands of people quicker. But, if [...]

Worship: A Secret Leadership Strategy

Mike Holmes | February 27, 2010 | Comments Comments

Last week I told you I was at a church convention and I used the time to engulf myself in worshiping God. I mean I went all out and focused on Him and Him alone. Now during the service (or services) there was a speaker. And for some reason I was unsettled around him. I [...]

What King Hezekiah Taught me about Spiritual Leadership

Mike Holmes | February 25, 2010 | Comments Comments

Hezekiah was a bad man!
Taking the throne at age 25 he instituted reforms that made a person’s head spin! He was awesome.
But what made him stand out in my mind apart from the other “good” kings like Asa, Jehosophat, Amaziah, Uzziah, Jehoash, Jothan, and Jehu is that he went further than them in instituting [...]