Leadership – Rodney Knous

Moving From Good Intentions to Lasting Change: A Biblical Perspective

rodney — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 21:54:22 +0000

Most people desire change in their lives, but good intentions alone aren’t enough to create lasting transformation. While we often start with enthusiasm, especially around New Year’s resolutions, we frequently find ourselves falling back into old patterns. Why Do Our Good Intentions Fail? The problem isn’t that we lack desire or don’t set good goals. …

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How Your Friendships Shape Your Future: The Power of Relational Influence

rodney — Tue, 07 Oct 2025 01:09:47 +0000

In every relationship, you are either being influenced or you are the influencer. There’s no middle ground. The people closest to you shape how you think, speak, spend, and respond to life’s challenges. They determine whether you pursue or drift from God’s calling. This simple truth carries profound implications: you are becoming like the people …

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Two Questions for Churches

rodney — Wed, 08 Jan 2020 15:09:03 +0000

There’s a movie from 1999 called “Blast from the Past” starring Brendan Fraser and Alicia Silverstone that is a good illustration of this question. Fraser plays a man named Adam Webber who was born and raised in a bomb shelter. His mad-scientist of a father locked them in because he thought there was a nuclear …

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Can Churches Have Quality and Quantity?

rodney — Fri, 25 Oct 2019 19:33:42 +0000

In our current context, the small churches outnumber the large churches in a ratio of about 60 to 1. You can imagine how heated the discussions get in the community when a larger church’s motives are questioned in regards to their latest event, the style of worship, or the content of the sermon. The smaller …

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