By guest author Yvonne Strachan

You may be thinking that a leader is defined as one who holds a formal authoritative position. But what if I told you that a true leader is someone who influences others?

Everyone influences others at some point. So, if everyone is destined to influence others, and therefore lead, let’s make sure we do our part and train the next generation of leaders well. 

Let’s examine these four attributes that make great leaders and contemplate how we can best train the next generation.

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By guest author Chuck Black

In 1998 BT (Before Teens) I held to the ideological view that if we as parents immersed our children in the truth of God’s Word and walked fully in a real and tangible faith, that our children would emerge at eighteen as shining knights in service to the Lord, fully equipped and able to take on the attacks of a secular world. Fast forward to 2005 and our first child launched into the fray as a solid young woman of faith. Alas the formula worked, and all seemed right with our well-oiled soldier-producing machine. Over the next few years however, I started to discover a few cracks in my shiny ideology. By the time our third child, a strong-willed, boundary-testing son reached eighteen, my godly soldier-producing machine appeared broken and lying in pieces all around me. The spirit of rebellion had gripped the heart of my son so completely that I was forced to question all of the training and discipling I had diligently implemented into his life. At the pinnacle of his rebellion with dire consequences imminent, I looked up and asked God, “What happened? We tried to be godly parents and raise him in the nurture and the admonition of the Lord. What did I do wrong?”

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