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Solomon’s Request: The Humility of Biblical Leadership
God appears to Solomon in a dream and says He will give Solomon whatever he asks for (1 Kings 3:7-9). Solomon’s request, perhaps unusual in a young man having just assumed a king’s crown, provides a snapshot of a fundamental truth of Biblical leadership: humility and human weakness seeking God’s wisdom and presence. “Now, O…
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Redemptive Leadership: Jesus as Servant, Jesus as Ransom
The ‘Jesus-as-servant’ motif of leadership undeniably takes us beyond a secular, humanistic perspective on relationships and social structure. We have to go further still. You will be hard-pressed to find a “Christian model” or view of leadership that gives serious attention to the REST of the passage about Jesus coming to serve rather than be served.…
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Obama & The Socialist States of America
If there was any doubt that authoritarian socialism was former Senator (and community organizer) Obama’s end game, his move to take over the reigns of GM should end them. Read about it here: http://apnews.excite.com/article/20090330/D978JKVO1.html or here: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/first100days/2009/03/30/obama-auto/ ———————– Postscript: Can you name one major social problem the Federal government has actually solved without requiring massive and perpetual goverenmental…
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Is leadership a “thing”?
Is it possible to have a unified or general theory of leadership? I was fascinated by that last written question on my PhD comps. Even with the pressure of taking doctoral comps, I enjoyed the challenge of wrestling with that for a while that afternoon while I wrote. Einstein’s (and others) great quest in physics, if you…
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Take that, GOP
This interesting piece from AP. To wit: Plenty of Republicans from the conservative to the liberal wings of the party agree the GOP is in shambles as the Bush presidency comes to a close, leaving the party without a titular leader when the president’s term ends in January…RNC Chairman Duncan said it would be wrong…
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Post-Election 2008: Now What?
Some off-the-cuff musings about the election yesterday… President-elect Obama has promised showers of blessings and a veritable cornucopia of well-being to an unthinking American public, and we bought it. Charisma, charm, and the perception of “appearing Presidential on TV” carried the day. 52% of Americans reacted out of fear and a sense of despair manufactured by…
