Category Archives: Leadership

True Leadership

John Piper on what the aim of true leadership is—and is not. The aim of leadership is not to demonstrate the superiority of the leader, but to bring out all the strengths of people that will move them forward to the desired goal.–Recovering Biblical Manhood and Womanhood, 39.

Staying the Course: Humility and Christian Leadership (5)

Staying the Course: Humility and Christian Leadership (1) Staying the Course: Humility and Christian Leadership (2) Staying the Course: Humility and Christian Leadership (3) Staying the Course: Humility and Christian Leadership (4) Knowing the Signs of Growing Pride Another vital element in enabling one to stay the course of humble leadership is recognizing the symptoms [...]

Staying the Course: Humility and Christian Leadership (4)

Staying the Course: Humility and Christian Leadership (1) Staying the Course: Humility and Christian Leadership (2) Staying the Course: Humility and Christian Leadership (3) But how are Christian leaders to maintain this attitude of humility?  How can Christian leaders avoid the destruction that inevitably follows pride and threatens to devastate their lives, their churches, and [...]

Staying the Course: Humility and Christian Leadership (3)

Staying the Course: Humility and Christian Leadership (1) Staying the Course: Humility and Christian Leadership (2) The Necessity of Humility in Christian Leadership Thus, in light of Scripture’s teaching on the deadening effects of pride and Collins’ example of the wreckage caused by executive arrogance, it should be clear that Christian leaders must make the [...]

Staying the Course: Humility and Christian Leadership (2)

Staying the Course: Humility and Christian Leadership (1) The Perils of Pride and the Fruit of Humility: A Contemporary Example When it comes to leadership, much of the world rejects the idea that humility is essential for the task—yet it appears they do so at their own peril.  In his book, Good to Great: Why [...]

Staying the Course: Humility and Christian Leadership (1)

Rarely is humility exalted as a fundamental element of true leadership.  Yet, despite what some popular leadership proponents may allege, an honest and discriminating look into contemporary business culture confirms what the Scripture proclaims: God is opposed to the proud, but he gives grace to the humble.  Christian leaders, then, must make every effort to [...]

Jay Adams on Exercising Powerful, Biblical Leadership

How do we lead our churches well?  How should we be evaluating our ministries?  What shape should these evaluations take?  What should we consider when making evaluations.  Jay Adams, in Shepherding God’s Flock, observes, If they care about exercising powerful leadership, shepherds must be willing to support every plan, every program, and every administrative act [...]

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