Friday, July 29, 2005
Nuggets of Truth From the Trenches of Church Leadership
As soon as it is feasible start attacking tradition.
If you’ve read number one and decided it’s not yet feasible; it’s feasible.
Everybody hates change; change anyway.
If someone’s been in a position over 5 years, change the person in that position at the next available time.
Tell people what the general vision is. Lead them in the general direction and flesh out the details along the way.
The Good shepherd went back for the sheep that got lost along the way, but not until he got the other 99 safely in the pen.
Not everyone is coming along.
The more you wait for people to come along the longer they will wait to do so.
Jesus NEVER appeased
Jesus NEVER appeased
If people quit following Jesus, they’ll probably leave your church as well.
Given a choice between moving slowly and cautiously, and fast; (almost) always choose fast.
The kingdom of God suffers violence and the violent take it by force.
Until you’ve called some religious person a “son of their father the devil”, you have not done greater works than Christ.
You can’t leap a wide chasm in two short jumps.
When people say, “it’s not about the money”, it’s about the money.
Unless you’ve been transformed into the image of Christ, resisting change is sin.
Legalism restricts the move of the Spirit.
Jesus said, “Come and follow me”, not “Come and follow my rules”.
Things don’t have to make sense, they just need to make God happy.
There is no substitute for vision.
Vision only comes from God
Seek God; Find Vision; Seek Vision, Find a program
In the seven letters to the seven churches in Revelation, Jesus never told any of the churches to follow the instructions he had given to another church.
Jesus NEVER appeased
There is no substitute for blood, sweat and tears; as long as they come from Christ and not you.
Be careful who is whispering in your ear.
The Biblical model for growing a church quickly is to make people think you’re drunk and quote from a minor prophet. Don’t try anybody else’s plan until this one has failed.
There is no substitute for love when dealing with the unsaved.
There is no substitute for indignation when dealing with religious nay-sayers.
Jesus NEVER appeased
Find one positive reference in the Bible for compromising. Go ahead, find it.
No matter what happens, God is not likely to say, “Gee I didn’t see that coming!”
Vision never looks good in an accounting ledger.
Vision is not birthed from the accounting ledger.
Jesus NEVER appeased ¶ 7:06 PM
As soon as it is feasible start attacking tradition.
If you’ve read number one and decided it’s not yet feasible; it’s feasible.
Everybody hates change; change anyway.
If someone’s been in a position over 5 years, change the person in that position at the next available time.
Tell people what the general vision is. Lead them in the general direction and flesh out the details along the way.
The Good shepherd went back for the sheep that got lost along the way, but not until he got the other 99 safely in the pen.
Not everyone is coming along.
The more you wait for people to come along the longer they will wait to do so.
Jesus NEVER appeased
Jesus NEVER appeased
If people quit following Jesus, they’ll probably leave your church as well.
Given a choice between moving slowly and cautiously, and fast; (almost) always choose fast.
The kingdom of God suffers violence and the violent take it by force.
Until you’ve called some religious person a “son of their father the devil”, you have not done greater works than Christ.
You can’t leap a wide chasm in two short jumps.
When people say, “it’s not about the money”, it’s about the money.
Unless you’ve been transformed into the image of Christ, resisting change is sin.
Legalism restricts the move of the Spirit.
Jesus said, “Come and follow me”, not “Come and follow my rules”.
Things don’t have to make sense, they just need to make God happy.
There is no substitute for vision.
Vision only comes from God
Seek God; Find Vision; Seek Vision, Find a program
In the seven letters to the seven churches in Revelation, Jesus never told any of the churches to follow the instructions he had given to another church.
Jesus NEVER appeased
There is no substitute for blood, sweat and tears; as long as they come from Christ and not you.
Be careful who is whispering in your ear.
The Biblical model for growing a church quickly is to make people think you’re drunk and quote from a minor prophet. Don’t try anybody else’s plan until this one has failed.
There is no substitute for love when dealing with the unsaved.
There is no substitute for indignation when dealing with religious nay-sayers.
Jesus NEVER appeased
Find one positive reference in the Bible for compromising. Go ahead, find it.
No matter what happens, God is not likely to say, “Gee I didn’t see that coming!”
Vision never looks good in an accounting ledger.
Vision is not birthed from the accounting ledger.
Jesus NEVER appeased ¶ 7:06 PM
