- This is the first of a series on the theme of commitment. – A chicken and a pig were walking down the road together. They passed a sign for a local diner advertising its breakfast special: “Ham and Eggs – $2.95!” The chicken said, “That’s our whole contribution to society: breakfast food!” The pig [...]
16Mar11
The Cost of Commitment
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15Mar11
The Sympathetic Leader
- This is the conclusion of a series on the theme of servant leadership. – In his exalted heavenly position, as in his humble earthly role, Jesus leads by serving. He sits at the Father’s right hand, exalted above all other beings. Yet his concern and passion is for the good of his followers. He [...]
10Mar11
Leadership by Serving
- This is part of a series on the theme of servant leadership. – The pages of human history are stained with the disastrous consequences experienced by people who have misused their privileges of power, wealth, exceptional intelligence, strength or honor. From Samson to Solomon, our fallen race has been unable to use these gifts [...]
- This is part of a series on the theme of servant leadership. – The scene in Revelation 5 opened with John grieving deeply because it appeared that no one would be able to deal with God’s wrath against the sin of humanity, to break the seals, unveiling the mystery of the consummation of all [...]
Lord of history, Your name is to be blessed and exalted forever. Your dominion is everlasting and Your kingdom endures from generation to generation. Wisdom and power belong to You and You rule over all the times and the epochs of human history. It is You who removes kings and establishes kings, and no one [...]
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2Mar11
The Influential Leader
- This is part of a series on the theme of servant leadership. – As we have seen, while the concept of servant leadership has recently become very popular it is by no means new. Jesus required it as a foundational character trait of any who would follow him. Dr. Frank Davey has written: Jesus [...]
1Mar11
The Counter-Cultural Leader
- This is part of a series on the theme of servant leadership. – At some point in the future, every knee will bow at the name of Jesus. In a true sense, then, the question is not “Will you acknowledge Jesus as Lord?” but rather “When will you acknowledge Jesus as Lord?” Yet Jesus [...]
25Feb11
The Supreme Model of Servanthood
- This is part of a series on the theme of servant leadership. – We are healed because Jesus was wounded. This beautiful passage in Isaiah 53 includes a reminder of the desperate human condition that required Jesus to undergo such suffering: We are like sheep, lost and in rebellion against God. Verse 6 both [...]
21Feb11
The Suffering Leader in Isaiah
- This is part of a series on the theme of servant leadership. – The heart of the prophecy is in the third section, which describes the Servant’s “passion” or suffering. Isaiah told us (using the past tense) that the Suffering Servant “took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows” (v. 4). The Hebrew word [...]
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17Feb11
The Suffering Leader: Part 2
- This is part of a series on the theme of servant leadership. – Here we see clearly an image of rejection. Jesus was the root, planted by God, who grew up in the dry soil of Israel’s rejection and isolationism and religious legalism. Far from being a receptive audience, Jesus came to his own [...]
