Accelerate change or lose: A futurist’s guide to Biblical leadership

Guest Spotlight 

Today's episode features more of the conversation between Crosspoint host Josh Jackson and Lt Gen Clint Hinote, USAF (Ret.). Within his 35-year career as a fighter pilot, military strategist, and senior leader, Clint also served as a futurist for the Air Force prior to retiring in 2023. He is now a professor of policy analysis at the RAND School of Public Policy. 

Clint breaks down how to think strategically about the future without getting paralyzed by uncertainty, how to read the signals of change, and how to communicate vision. Whether you're leading in military, ministry, or marketplace settings, this conversation offers actionable wisdom for navigating uncertainty and leading with conviction. 

 

Mentioned in this episode: 

• White Sulphur Springs' Summer R&R #2, during which Clint will serve as the guest speaker 
• "Good leadership lifts others": Practical truths for Biblical leadership, Part 1 / October 2025 
• "No perfect leaders, no perfect lives": Five common qualities of Biblical leaders / November 2025  
• Clint's Nehemiah Bible study, developed during a prior deployment and used at WSS   

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Points to Ponder 

As you listen to this conversation with Clint, here are a few questions to ponder in your personal time, with a small group, or with a mentor: 

1. Having heard Clint's explanation of a futurist, how would you define the term? 
2. How do you handle change when it comes? Why might you embrace or avoid it, as the case may be? 
3. Why is the "why" of making changes in an organization so vital? 
4. What can you learn from Biblical examples of future-oriented leaders? 

 

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