Reading Romans the other day it occurred to me that had the apostles penned the New Testament in the same tone in which we often preach it, it would not have survived two readings. Many a sermon is intoned in dry monotony borne of even drier scholarship. The scriptures were on the contrary penned with […]
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To read the first part of this article LEADERSHIP, THE FUTURE (CLICK HERE) Part 2 3. – Today’s leader must be able to cope with the changes that science and technology are spreading, especially communications. This is a big one for Christian leaders. We must adapt, adjust and integrate new technologies into our way of
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The perennial question of leadership never fails to engage our hearts and our minds. The Wall Street Journal reports on a leadership seminar organized by Oxford University’s Said Business School in the Cabinet War Rooms to commemorate the 70th anniversary of Winston Churchill’s first government. In leadership, secular or spiritual, the same questions arise, what
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Experience, someone said, is the teacher of those who do not listen to their mentors. One of the most difficult parts of pastoring is watching people walk into a ditch even as they turn a deaf ear to your injunctions. Indeed leadership in any form will inevitably bring you into such situations. One of the
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I love Luke. Luke starts his gospel by saying I am writing this so you may know the certainty of the things you have been taught. And that is the heart of the matter, we don’t do church because it’s convenient, we don’t do the Gospel because it makes life more bearable, we do it
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People do not fail in life because they fail at things but because they fail at learning from their failures. What do you do when you fail at something? Do you sit down, recognize you have failed and critically assess the situation to see where you went wrong and what changes need to be made
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