Category: Leadership

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Transitioning Leadership

Look all around you and you will see transition, which simply put amounts to change.  A lot of the change we are now in the middle of may seem uninvited, or even unwelcome.  If you didn't ask for something to change, and the rearranging impacts you, but is beyond your influence to stop or start, then chances are you don't consider it friendly, even though it could turn out to your greater good in the end.  Do I sound like a salesman?  I hope not.

The certainty of change, in our times, has been called the only constant.  There is some truth to that, I think. Continue reading “Transitioning Leadership”

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Significance

Our church culture says you need to be licensed, ordained, or “full time” to have a real and/or significant contribution to the spiritual lives of others…..  this is lunacy(and yet we believe it!)  Don't say you don't believe this, if you live like it is true, you do believe it.  I am licensed and ordained (who cares), but this has nothing to do with having any consequential spiritual contribution.  Do I know Jesus?  Am I actively following Him thru obedience?  Is the life of God flowing thru me to others?  Now we are getting somewhere.

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Opposition

Anyone who is called to establish something new or move things toward something new is guaranteed opposition.  But for many of us, this is what God has called us to do.  For all those who live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution, which is opposition plus.  Don’t be surprised when you are opposed by people and circumstances.  All those who came before you with the same calling were so treated.  But be of good cheer, Jesus, the one who summons you, has overcome the world, and all the opposition it could muster.  He will teach you how to do the same.

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Response to Seven Mountain Mandate

Yesterday, I received a tweet from Rick Warren that was interesting to me. I retweeted it.

Here is what it said, “Jesus taught the OPPOSITE of dominion theology! We're to SERVE ALL not “dominate” cultural mountains! Study Matt.20:25-27″.  About an hour later, he furthered his thought with this, “Genesis1:28 is about fish, birds, animals & plants, not people! Perverting it as a political mandate is flat-out heresy.”

I got a response from a good friend, saying thanks for sending this out, and asking me this:  “How do you think this plays into the 7 mountain mandate idea?” Continue reading “Response to Seven Mountain Mandate”