April 14, 2025
By Christopher C. Simpson
Beginnings captivate us. Endings bring relief or celebration. But leadership? Leadership happens in the middle – the long, unglamorous stretch where the path forward is not always clear, where crises emerge uninvited, and where the weight of responsibility presses down with relentless force.
May 2, 2025
“Ask for whatever you want me to give you.”
That’s the question God posed to Solomon, a young man newly anointed as king over all of Israel.
Just imagine hearing that from God. If you’re anything like me, your mind starts racing. What would you ask for? Wealth or power? Relationships or health? Provision or protection? Kingdoms or possessions?
May 12, 2025
November 1st, 2024.
When I first started reading my Bible and trying to have a morning quiet time, I didn’t really have the tools to do it well. Frankly, no one had ever equipped me to have a quiet time. I had no tools.
Truth be told, my early quiet times were an exercise in checking the box. I’d open my Bible, read some passages, and end up with little or no idea what God was trying to tell me. In fact, by 8:00 AM, when I rolled into the office, I couldn’t recall what I had read. Nothing stuck.
October 30th, 2024.
CBMC Team,
I recently read from a Barna study stating that 49% of Christians in America don’t plan to vote in the upcoming election.
This number startled me, and it got me thinking.
As president of CBMC USA, I get the privilege of traveling around the world and seeing how people from other countries live and listening to how they view the USA.
Oct 11th, 2024.
During a recent Bible study, we spent some time looking at John 15, specifically verses 4-9, which included the word “abide.”
Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it. – Matthew 7:13-14
Have you ever been so busy you’ve overlooked something extremely obvious?
Some examples of what I am talking about:
And rising very early in the morning, while it was still dark, he departed and went out to a desolate place, and there he prayed. - Mark 1:35
And after he had dismissed the crowds, He went up on the mountain by Himself to pray. When evening came, He was there alone – Matthew 14:23