Here are your links for your Tuesday.

Five Marks of a Servant Leader

What traits do we look for in a leader that suggest his fundamental orientation is Christlike servanthood? 

I Hate All Criticism And I Shouldn’t — Here’s Why

So much truth here: “Criticism that is constructive—whether directly from Scripture or from a person—is one of the ways God answers our prayer, “Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.”

5 Ways to Get the Most Out of a Book

It’s sad, but true. I had already graduated with a Ph.D. before I really learned to get the most out of a book. It’s not that I hadn’t read many books or hadn’t read them with serious intent. I had been a serial reader since I was a small child. I had studied books in order to prepare for exams, evaluate them for critical reviews, or interact with them in research papers or journal articles.

Our Definition Of Ministry Is Too Limited

I am deeply persuaded – and deeply concerned – that our definition of ministry is too limited.

5 Christian Clichés that Need to Die

But one-liners aren’t always helpful. Sometimes, in our desire to simplify truth, we can trivialize and even obscure it. And to obscure the truth is to tell a lie.

Here are five popular Christian clichés that are not biblical, and therefore need a memorial service.