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Leadership First: March 2008
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Monday, March 31, 2008. Links to this post. Friday, March 21, 2008. THE SURPRISING SIDE OF LEADERSHIP. Servants of Jesus are not to be motivated by the lure of control or power, or by the need to fill a personality self-worth deficit-disorder. Beware of those dark sides of leadership. Surprisingly, a true leader finds joy and fulfillment in empowering and equipping others so they can contribute in service – you can read about it in Ephesians 4:11-13. Links to this post. Thursday, March 6, 2008.
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Leadership First: July 2008
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Friday, July 18, 2008. Have you ever seen this struggle played out in your church or institution? So what can be done to prevent the implosion? I will offer some suggestions next week. Until then, observe and assess your present location on the ‘entropy spectrum’. How to keep youthful passion alive while embracing the wisdom of maturity. Links to this post. Saturday, July 12, 2008. A tendency toward superficiality. A “dark tension” among key people. No time for celebration. How to sustain, what to sustai...
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Leadership First: January 2009
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Friday, January 30, 2009. Winter 2009) reports on Yahoo! 8217;s disclosure of the “top searches of 2008”. Using the Yahoo! Search engine, here are the top ten topics people all around the world are looking up. 2 World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). 5 RuneScape (web-based multi-player role-playing game). 7 Naruto (hero of Japanese comic books, cartoons, and video games). How does the Christian Church relate to and communicate with people who have these matters as their top priorities? Links to this post.
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Leadership First: February 2009
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Saturday, February 14, 2009. Again I am indebted to Carey Nieuwhof for drawing this next point to our attention. "You can tell people they are significant, but until you give them something significant to do, they won't feel significant. Maybe the problem of burnout in churches is not that we have given people too much to do; maybe it's that we've given people too many insignificant things to do.". Links to this post. Friday, February 6, 2009. Nor should they, especially if the gifting/talent/money is no...
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SAFE @ FIRST: March 2008
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Leadership First: the hard work of preaching
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Friday, December 11, 2009. The hard work of preaching. I am not sure if this should encourage me, motivate me or what! Not sure if this is a good thing or not. I have been re-reading a book from my Seminary days (those days when all young theology students imagined themselves as "giants in the preaching world" after the order of Charles Spurgeon or Billy Graham! The book is Warren Wiersbe's. Walking with the Giants. Baker 1976. Chapter 3 is about. My cynical response to Wiersbe and Ockenga is. Jump to mo...
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Leadership First: October 2010
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Friday, October 1, 2010. 3 short studies on Christian Leadership. Learning About Christian Leadership. 1 Who has served as a spiritual role model for you? What about that person has rubbed off on you? 2 What characterized Paul's ministry? 3 What does it mean to “keep watch”? 4 How and why is their appointment as elders divine, humbling and dangerous? 1 What was one of your most memorable failures? Church, work, sports). 2 What does 'ethical' ministry look like? Links to this post. 4 steps to a better life.
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Leadership First: April 2008
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Monday, April 21, 2008. Good leaders keep the organization moving. And this requires a strong leadership team that will enthusiastically assist, support and sell the vision. All this comes with repercussions or ripples So what are the ripples? And he did calm stormy waters ( Matthew 8:23-27. But he also stirred calm waters with his often agitating teaching and actions John 7 – 10. In fact his leadership team turned the whole world upside down ( Acts 17:6. Leaders: don’t be afraid of the ripples!
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Leadership First: November 2009
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Wednesday, November 18, 2009. Trends that will impact how the church does ministry. 5 TRENDS THAT WILL IMPACT THE WAY WE DO MINISTRY. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Check out previous teaching series. What if jesus was Looking for a Church? Whatever Happened to Eden? Holding onto gladness in a grumpy world. 4 steps to a better life. View my complete profile. Trends that will impact how the church does minist. Jump to more of Doug's blogs. Video clips to support teaching.
