Discipleship Resources

Many things can (and will) be said about last night's historic election. Regardless if you felt it was an exciting victory or a crushing defeat, there is one thing we should all be able to agree on: our country has entered a multi-ethnic era. The election of our first African American president (who's biracial background embodies multi-ethnicity) is a powerful sign of how rapidly our society has changed and will change in the decades to come. The question on my mind..."Is the church ready?"

My girlfriend Karen Davis and I co-manage a Facebook group called “Joshua Generation”. It was conceived from sermon that we heard at the AME General Conference given by Rt. Rev. Bishop Phillip R Cousin. I re-read God’s charge to Joshua in Joshua 1. John Maxwell’s commentary comparing the leadership styles of Moses vs. Joshua is illuminating. Mr. Maxwell illustrated how the different conditions that the each man faced called for their distinct leadership style. Not that one style was better than the other was, but each approach was necessary for their time and circumstances. Moses’ role was to get the Israelites to the Promised Land this took as Maxwell wrote “diplomacy. Joshua task was to get them into Promised Land.