Leadership
The Congregational Meeting
And after Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and debate with them, Paul and Barnabas and some of the others were appointed to go up to Jerusalem to the apostles and the elders about this question . . . The apostles and elders were gathered together to consider this matter . . . And all the assembly fell silent, and they listened to Barnabas and Paul as they related…
Leading to Peace
We ask you, brothers, to respect those who labor among you and are over you in the Lord and admonish you, and to esteem them very highly in love because of their work. Be at peace among yourselves. I Thessalonians 5:12-1 ESV In one of Paul’s earliest letters, he addresses the Thessalonian church about their life together. It appears from the sources that he had spent a…
Drinking the Cup
(This entry is based on a chapel message delivered to students at the Evangelical Theological Seminary in Croatia in the mid-1990’s. A few items have been edited or added. The reflections should have value for leaders anytime). But whoever would be great among you must be your servant, and whoever would be first among you must be your slave, even as the Son of Man came…
Placed on a Pedestal
The famous 18th century economist, Adam Smith, uses the illustration of a common woolen coat, owned by many of his contemporaries in the cities of Great Britain. In considering the hands that went into making and marketing the coat, he mustered an impressive list of contributors. Such a list would include the sheep farmer, the sheep shearers, the spinners of wool, those…