JOHN A. TEEVAN

Culture, Economics, and Common Grace.

JOHN A. TEEVAN

Culture, Economics, and Common Grace.

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The Differences Make a Difference

How a nonprofit board is described depends on who chose its members and why. Understanding...
  • Ministry Leadership
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Perspectives on the Three Legs of a Stool

All religions have meeting places, priests and sacrifices. Three features unique to Christianity give it...
  • Ministry Leadership
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Let Me Tell You About the Ocean

Ask several people about the ocean and you get very different answers. A lesson in...
  • Ministry Leadership
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I Was Doing This While God Was Doing That

God called Jesus to what looked like unmitigated disaster, and the disciples to broken hearts....
  • Ministry Leadership
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Don’t Let This Be a Blind Spot

We serve from God's word and our spiritual gift, but we also follow ideologies we...
  • Ministry Leadership
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Why Be Thrown Out at the Plate?

A pastor of 34 years who retired in his late 50s, then found God's hand...
  • Ministry Leadership
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Learning from Basketball and Football

In basketball the same players handle offense and defense; in football they are separate squads....
  • Ministry Leadership
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Can We Lead Our Boards Better?

From an Ohio church that felt like an island of purity to Indiana decades later,...
  • Ministry Leadership
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Top Leaders or Mild Narcissists?

A Bible study on the beatitudes raises an uncomfortable question: is the spirituality Jesus commanded...
  • Ministry Leadership
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Can a Leader Share His ‘Glory’?

Saul of Gibeah looked exactly like the king the people wanted. What his charismatic leadership...
  • Ministry Leadership
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