The classic line in leadership is to ‘lead by example.’ I’ve been told that line numerous times. I think I’m coming to see that this is misleading advice that doesn’t really get to the heart of the issue of leadership …
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Archive for the ‘Authority Series’ Category
Leading Is Not A Spiritual Gift
The basic formula for leadership in the church (especially church planting) is this:
1. See a need to start something
2. Find a solid, well liked, person who people follow or be that kind of person yourself
3. Invest in …
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Church Is Just Leaders and Followers
It seems that the church has created only two kinds of people. Leaders and followers. Leaders are people that produce content and then followers are those that consume that content. Leaders are usually on staff, lead bible studies, play on …
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The Art of A Good Leader
The best leaders are the ones who have convinced their congregations that by just doing the simple act of going to church on Sunday to hear them preach, that they are doing everything that they need to do for fulfillment. …
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Should We Choose Our Leaders By Lot?
“Then they cast lots, and the lot fell to Matthias; so he was added to the eleven apostles.” – Acts 1:26
Right now at theStory we are in Acts, we’ll probably be there for another two years. I must not …
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The Balance Between Being Held Accountable and Holding Accountable
One of the main struggles I find in relationships, especially one’s that I am in, is striking up a healthy balance of accountability. I find this especially tough in being a leader of a church community. I think it to …
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When Leaders Fail At Leading, What Next?
I’ve been changing lately, or at least I like to think I am. I don’t like changing, or having realizations about myself, because it usually means that someone else was right and I was wrong. So I ponder it and …
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Relationships From The Bottom Up
I’ve wrestled with the idea of authority all my life. I’ll attribute it to my so called rebellious nature, but mostly it’s because I can’t stand not thinking for myself and being told what to think. I have learned to …
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Submission as Subversion – A Sermon on Colossians 3:18-4:1
We have now spent a month and a half inside of Colossians and we’ve pretty much been going in the same direction all along. Paul was writing to a church in Colossi and helping them see the lies of the …
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Servant Leadership Doesn’t Work
Been reading a few links and been in some conversation from/with Jonathan Brink, James Kingsley and Darryl Silvestri lately which has got me thinking a bit about leadership.
I’m going to go out on a limb here. This whole …
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