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Busy Leaders
Colin Powell once said, “Leadership is solving problems. The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them. They have either lost confidence that you can help or concluded you do not care. Either … Continue reading
Posted in Elders and Deacons, leadership
Tagged 1 Corinthians 6:5, answering questions, book my american jouney, busy leaders, chloe, colin powell, daughters of zelophehad, David, deacons, elders, eleazar, esther, ezra, helping others, helping soldiers, intermarriage problem, James 5:20, Jesus, leadership, leadership quote, maternity dispute, miracle on the way to a miracle, mordecai, moses, nehemiah, paul, pick up sticks on sabbath, resolving disputes, settling disputes, Solomon, solving problems, usury, woman of tekoa
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Choosing to be a Leader
“Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them” (William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night Acts 2 Scene 5). The meaning? (1) Some men are born great. They do not have to work for it. The inherit … Continue reading
Posted in Elders and Deacons, leadership
Tagged 1 Peter 5:2, 1 Timothy 3:1, 2 Corinthians 12:15, 2 Corinthians 5:14, book shepherds wake up, choosing to be a leader, compulson, deacons, desire to lead, ego, elders, hard work, Jesus was a servant, jj turner, leadership, love, money, Philippians 1:15-16, prayer warriors, preachers, shakespeare, some have greatness thrust upon them, some men acheive greatness, some men are born great, song leaders, teachers, twelfth night
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Where Are You Leading? (Part 1)
What is a leader? Here are a couple of definitions. (1) “Leadership is a process of social influence, which maximizes the efforts of others, toward the achievement of a goal” (Kevin Kruse, Forbes Magazine, April 09, 2013). There is in … Continue reading
Posted in Example, leadership, Parenting, youth
Tagged 1 Corinthians 11:1, 1 Timothy 4:12, 2 Timothy 1:5, 2 Timothy 3:15, abraham, examples of positive leadership, forbes magazine, Genesis 18:19, imitate Christ, imitate me, john quincy adams, joshua, Joshua 24:15, kevin kruse, lois and eunice, Matthew 15:14, paul, rearing children, teach children, Truth for Today, william w. grasham, youth
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Great Leadership
What are some qualities of great leadership? Here are some things that the Bible says. 1. Serve. Great leaders serve. Jesus said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those who are great exercise … Continue reading
Posted in Elders and Deacons, Example, leadership, Priorities
Tagged 1 Corinthians 10:24, 1 Corinthians 12, 1 Corinthians 6:20, 1 Peter 4:10, 1 Thessalonians 2:4, 1 Thessalonians 5:11, 1 thessalonians 5:14, 2 Corinthians 5:9, 2 Timothy 2:15, 2 Timothy 2:2, 2 Timothy 2:4, Acts 6, apostles needed help, book 20 years of the problem page, book principles amd perils of leadership, church is a body, clear priorities, deacons, delegate, Deuteronomy 1:38, Deuteronomy 3:28, dwight d eisenhower, Ephesians 4, example, Exodus 18, Ezekiel 34, franklin camp, Galatians 1:10, Galatians 4:6, Gatians 6:1-2, James 5:20, job for all members, joshua, leadership, Matthew 20:25-28, Moses needed help, Numbers 27:18-20, pleasing God, prepare for future, priorities, Romans 12, Roy Lanier sr, serve, train
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Muhammad in the Bible?
Is Muhammad mentioned in the Bible? The Quran indicates that he is. Consider: (1) “I will show mercy… to those who follow the Apostle – the unlettered Prophet – whom they shall find described in the Torah and the Gospel” … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Prophecy, World Religions
Tagged 2 Nephi 27_ff, a prophet like moses, altogether lovely, among, among your brethren, ariel, book of mormon, Bukhari, coastlands, codex siniaticus, Deuteronomy 18:15, Deuteronomy 18:18, distinction between the prophet and the Christ, distinction between the prophet and the Messiah, edomites, elijah, gabriel, hadith, is muhammad mentioned in Bible, Isaiah 29:11-12, Isaiah 42:1, Islam, islands, John 14:26, John 15:26, John 16:7, John 1:19-21, joseph smith, Joseph Smith History, kedar, machamaddim, muhammad, muhammad did no miracles, muhammad illiterate, paraclete, pearl of great price, periclytos, quran, Quran 17:90-91, Quran 19:29-ff, Quran 48:29, Quran 5:114, Quran 61:1-8, Quran 61:6, Quran 7:156-157, sahih muslim, sela, Song of Solomon 5:16, textual varient, the comforter, the helper, the holy spirit, wayne jackson, your midst
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Black People in the Bible
The Bible does not usually specify skin color. Instead, it speaks of people’s relationship to God. Of Noah, we are told, “Noah was a just man, perfect in his generations. Noah walked with God” (Genesis 6:9). Of Job, we are … Continue reading
Posted in envy, evangelism, Race
Tagged 1 Kings 10, Acts 8, cush, cushite, ebed-melech, envy, ethiopia, ethiopian eunuch, great commission, jeremiah, Jeremiah 13:23, Jeremiah 38, job blameless and upright, josephus, libya, lucius of cyrene, miriam and aaron, moses, Moses' wife, noah walked with God, Numbers 12, partiality, passover, paul, prejudism, proselytes, queen of sheba, racism, rufus, simon of cyrene, skin pigmentation, Solomon, sudan, wayne jackson, zipporah
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Be Objective
Sometimes people are not close enough to a situation to make an informed decision. A crowd in Jerusalem was stirred up by the false testimony of certain Jews from Asia against Paul (Acts 21:27-ff). Paul was accused of bringing gentiles … Continue reading
Posted in History, Judgment
Tagged 1 Thessalonians 5:21, 1937, 1938, Acts 17:11, Acts 21:27-ff, adolf hitler, book taking to stranders, britain, canada, deceiving charm, discernment, double handshake, duff cooper, FDR, franklin roosevelt, germany, getting to know der fuhrer, he a good ol boy, hermann goring, history, joan of arc, joseph goebbels, joseph stalin, Jude 16, judging, judgment, lord halifax, malcolm gladwell, nevile henderson, neville chamberlain, objective, Proverbs 18:17, sudetenland, that is how it has always been done, that just how she is, too close, too far away, usa, war, william lyon mackenzie king, winston churchill, ww2
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Kitchens and Eating in the Building
In the 1960’s and 1970’s , it became common for new church buildings to include a kitchen and “multi-purpose room” or “fellowship hall” (note – I am not enthusiastic about this last designation because it tends to reduce the idea … Continue reading
Posted in Bible authority, Fellowship, Textual study
Tagged 1 Corinthians 11:22, 1 Corinthians 11:34, 1960s, 1970s, 2 Peter 2:13, agape feasts, anti-ism, benevolence, book early christians speak, church controversy, church issues, clement of alexander, Corinthians 11, do you not have houses to eat in?, eating in building, edification, evangelism, everett ferguson, fellowship, fellowship halls, issues in the church, Jude 12, kitchens, let him eat at home, liberalism, love feasts, multipurpose rooms, Romans 14:17, Romans 14:19, sarcasm, scruples, the work of the church, unity
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