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The Call to Lead
Read Judges 5: 1-31 This is a song about leadership and God’s hand in the present administration in many ways. It started by acknowledging that both Barak and Deborah were leading them and recognizing the people who willingly followed them. 2 “That the leaders took the lead in Israel, that the people offered themselves willingly, bless the Lord!…
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Lead and Live with Embrace
I heard the line – Hate the sin, love the sinner. It’s a good slogan, but many don’t come to pass the line hate the sin. We hear people talking about their views and standing on something in whatever social issues we face. Many opposing camps use different Scriptures to back up their convictions among…
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In Love with the Mission or the Model?
“If there is a better way of doing discipleship, we will do it that way.” In my years as a Christian leader, I have heard this phrase, whether it was my senior pastor, during church training, or during a conversation with fellow pastors in our movement. For every mission God gives us, we have to…
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Some Unsettling Questions Church Leaders Should Ask
I am going through a required reading from my school on Andy Stanley’s Deep and Wide. In one of the chapters of his book, he listed some questions every church leader should answer. It did make me think of how I lead the church. So here are the questions: (are you ready?) Are we moving…
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Burger King Christianity
At Burger King, have it your way! That’s why I love Burger King – I can have it my way. I want fries and a burger without the drink, or I like the onion ring and the chicken nuggets – I can have it my way. My men’s group meets at Burger King every Wednesday…