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Leadership Motivations
Read Judges 12:8-14 8 After him, Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel. 9 He had thirty sons, thirty daughters he gave in marriage outside his clan, and thirty daughters he brought in from outside for his sons. And he judged Israel for seven years. 10 Then, Ibzan died and was buried at Bethlehem. 11 After him, Elon the Zebulunite judged Israel, and…
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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…