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In Leaders Eat Last, Simon Sinek writes, “James Sinegal, of Costco, believed he had a greater responsibility to the people who worked for his company than to those who simply profited from their labor. A leader of Marines is taught to put the Marines in their charge before themselves. Every CEO of Southwest…

In Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy, Eric Metaxas writes, “The authority of a servant leader, as opposed to the authoritarianism of the mis-leader, came from God and was a leadership of serving those below oneself.” —Jim L. Wilson Metaxas, Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy, 269. Mark 10:42–45…

When tribal elders selected Crazy Horse as a leader of his people, it brought him no riches. “to the contrary, he was expected to live modestly (as he did anyway), keep only those ponies he actually needed for the hunt or war and give away the others, distribute his meat to the helpless ones, especially…

SERVICE More than 50 years after his death, the Army has endorsed awarding the Medal of Honor to a Kansas priest who humbly served his fellow prisoners in a Chinese prison camp during the Korean War. When they returned home after the war, members of the eighth Calvary Regiment spoke of the many ways…

...Whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant ... For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many. Mark 10:43, 45 Selfishness vs. Servanthood... When the war is waged in our lives, we side with selfishness. We major in "me."…

In the fifth grade, it was discovered that a girl's lunch had been stolen. The teacher launched an immediate search and investigation. All the students knew the penalty for stealing - the principal would come in and adminsiter a swat in front of the class with that big paddle that hung in his office.…

Import Illustrations “Evangelist Billy Graham, while speaking to a packed house at the Urbana ’84 Student Missions Convention in Illinois, addressed the importance of Christians being people of great inner strength. */‘Not long ago Newsweek magazine reported on what it called the new wave of mountain…

*/“The Skin Horse had lived longer in the nursery than any of the others. He was so old that his brown coat was bald in patches and showed the seams underneath, and most of the hairs in his tail had been pulled out to string bead necklaces. He was wise, for he had seen a long succession of mechanical…

“In 1776 Thomas Paine, American Revolution patriot and writer, wrote about the price of freedom: What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; ‘tis dearness only that give everything its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods; and it would be strange indeed, if so celestial an…

BELIEF—understand clearly Ezekiel 3:6; 2 Corinthians 1:17 Understanding What We Believe Before he entered the ministry, and while a practicing attorney, Charles Finney attended services where the minister consistently taught opposing doctrines. In the same sermon he would urge people to repent, then…

In a 1984 commencement speech at Iona College, Mario Cuomo addressed his remarks to the parents of the graduating class. Cuomo claimed that the parents of his generation had taught their children to be go-getters. Then he asked, "Can we now say to them that if they want to be happy they must be go-givers?…

John MacArthur Basisinformationen zur Bibel Christliche Literatur-Verbreitung Postfach 11 01 35 • 33661 Bielefeld Wenn nicht anders angegeben, sind die Bibelzitate der Schlachter 2000 entnommen. Abkürzungen weiterer Bibelausgaben: Elb.: Elberfelder Bibel, unrevidierte Fassung Lu 12: Lutherbibel von 1912…

EMERGENCY NUMBERS PRINT OUT AND KEEP IT WITH YOUR BIBLE. USE IN CASE OF EMERGENCY! HANDY REFERENCE LIST OF EMERGENCY PHONE NUMBERS When in sorrow.....................................call John 14 When men fail you.................................call Psalm 27 When you have sinned..............................call…

A Christian Guide to Passover (PESCH) Below is a compilation of several contemporary Seder services that are used today. Because of the passage of time and that Passover was intended to be a family tradition, it is not possible to reconstruct with certainty the type of Passover meal or celebration that…

CHRISTIANITY & ETHICS Justice, Compassion, and Personal Responsibility by John Jefferson Davis u'- y i i ^r n one world, as in one state, when I am rich because you are poor, and I am poor because you are rich, the transfer of wealth from the rich to the poor JL is a matter of rights; it is not an appropriate…

I. Definition Atonement – reconciliation by removing the barrier that sin creates Christ suffered in our place II. Traditional Understandings It was necessary to meet the requirement of divine righteousness (Anselm, 1100) Expression of divine love, moral example (Abelard, 1141) Satisfaction of the law/divine…