Posts from April 2017
Many religions tell us to love others: Neighbors, brothers and sisters, etc. Who are these people in your faith? Who are our neighbors?
This question comes right from the pages of the Bible. In the record of his interaction with a certain man, Jesus, after summarizing all of God’s law in two great commandments; love God with all your being, and love your neighbor as yourself, is asked this very question, “and who is my neighbor?” Jesus answers with a story about a man who was attacked by robbers along the road and left for dead. Three people of three different social classes…
What traits make a good leader? To what kind of person should we be looking for leadership – spiritual or otherwise?
Good leaders certainly will have the ability to lead, they will also have a clear idea of the destination to which they are leading people and of the best path by which to arrive there. In the realm of the church, for those who would be leaders of God’s people, God himself has given qualifications and qualities in the Bible which give priority to character traits. To summarize, a leader in Christ’s church must be above reproach and well thought…