Jun 9, 2026
The Hidden Life: Disciplines, Mixed Motives, and Endurance in Obscurity
Not a Program, but a Life Over seven articles, this series has traced a single argument from multiple angles: motive is the deepest layer of…
The Pastor’s Heart
Motive First Leadership Series
Jun 2, 2026
The Fallout: What Corrupt Motive Does to the People Being Led
The People We Have Not Yet Talked About For six articles, this series has focused on the leader. We have traced the God who weighs…
May 26, 2026
The Platform and The Corner Office: How the Modern Age Multiplies the Motive Trap
The Same Soul, Amplified Everything we have traced in this series so far—the God who weighs motives, the Son whose motive was pure, the six…
May 12, 2026
Six Shadows and Five Steady Flames: Biblical Portraits of Failed and Faithful Motive
The Same Story, Told Eleven Times The previous articles in this series have established two things. First, God weighs the motives of leaders—He always…
May 5, 2026
The Motive of the Son: Jesus as the Archetype of Perfectly Motivated Leadership
The Only Motive That Ever Registered as Pure In the last article, we traced the biblical claim that God weighs the motives of leaders—from Hagar’s…
Apr 28, 2026
The God Who Weighs the Spirits: A Biblical Theology of Divine Motive-Examination
The Woman No One Was Looking For She was not a leader. She held no title, occupied no office, sat on no council. She was…
Apr 24, 2026
Before Character, Motive: Why the Leadership Conversation Needs a Deeper Starting Point
The Sleepless Question I work for a company called ProVia, and ProVia invests heavily in leadership training—from the top down, deliberately, and with…