Author: James C. Howell
Publisher: Abingdon Press
ISBN: 1501842641
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
The Bible’s version of leadership is pretty different from—and sometimes alien to—that of the business world. It is also dissimilar from our usual assumptions about what makes a great leader in the church, where we tend to focus on preaching ability, strategic hutzpah, and managerial savvy. But what if the Bible actually points toward a different set of characteristics necessary for leadership? What if our weakness is an essential qualification? Do we know our limitations, our inabilities? Do we see clearly our vulnerable, broken selves? Do we really believe that God’s strength is perfected in our weakness, and do we lead with that as a core belief? James Howell’s Weak Enough to Lead is not a list of “leadership principles” from the Bible. This book is an examination of stories about leaders from the Old Testament, where we discover not only them but ourselves. How does family dysfunction or depression or tragic bad luck or larger historical forces figure into the leadership equation? How do biblical characters prosper despite themselves or stumble even while being holy? Can we get inside the head, heart, and the actual administration of King David and reckon with his strength and foibles? How is strength in leadership almost always the downfall of the biblical leader? What kind of leader would Jesus, Esther, Moses, Jeremiah, or Paul be today? Howell explores the careers, struggles, joys, and devastations of various biblical leaders, believing that immersion in scripture’s stories is what modern Christian leaders need—not to succeed so much as to be God’s people in the world. He roots this unique exploration of leadership in a prayer of Jehoshaphat: “We do not know what to do, but our eyes are upon you.”
Weak Enough to Lead
Author: James C. Howell
Publisher: Abingdon Press
ISBN: 1501842641
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
The Bible’s version of leadership is pretty different from—and sometimes alien to—that of the business world. It is also dissimilar from our usual assumptions about what makes a great leader in the church, where we tend to focus on preaching ability, strategic hutzpah, and managerial savvy. But what if the Bible actually points toward a different set of characteristics necessary for leadership? What if our weakness is an essential qualification? Do we know our limitations, our inabilities? Do we see clearly our vulnerable, broken selves? Do we really believe that God’s strength is perfected in our weakness, and do we lead with that as a core belief? James Howell’s Weak Enough to Lead is not a list of “leadership principles” from the Bible. This book is an examination of stories about leaders from the Old Testament, where we discover not only them but ourselves. How does family dysfunction or depression or tragic bad luck or larger historical forces figure into the leadership equation? How do biblical characters prosper despite themselves or stumble even while being holy? Can we get inside the head, heart, and the actual administration of King David and reckon with his strength and foibles? How is strength in leadership almost always the downfall of the biblical leader? What kind of leader would Jesus, Esther, Moses, Jeremiah, or Paul be today? Howell explores the careers, struggles, joys, and devastations of various biblical leaders, believing that immersion in scripture’s stories is what modern Christian leaders need—not to succeed so much as to be God’s people in the world. He roots this unique exploration of leadership in a prayer of Jehoshaphat: “We do not know what to do, but our eyes are upon you.”
Publisher: Abingdon Press
ISBN: 1501842641
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
The Bible’s version of leadership is pretty different from—and sometimes alien to—that of the business world. It is also dissimilar from our usual assumptions about what makes a great leader in the church, where we tend to focus on preaching ability, strategic hutzpah, and managerial savvy. But what if the Bible actually points toward a different set of characteristics necessary for leadership? What if our weakness is an essential qualification? Do we know our limitations, our inabilities? Do we see clearly our vulnerable, broken selves? Do we really believe that God’s strength is perfected in our weakness, and do we lead with that as a core belief? James Howell’s Weak Enough to Lead is not a list of “leadership principles” from the Bible. This book is an examination of stories about leaders from the Old Testament, where we discover not only them but ourselves. How does family dysfunction or depression or tragic bad luck or larger historical forces figure into the leadership equation? How do biblical characters prosper despite themselves or stumble even while being holy? Can we get inside the head, heart, and the actual administration of King David and reckon with his strength and foibles? How is strength in leadership almost always the downfall of the biblical leader? What kind of leader would Jesus, Esther, Moses, Jeremiah, or Paul be today? Howell explores the careers, struggles, joys, and devastations of various biblical leaders, believing that immersion in scripture’s stories is what modern Christian leaders need—not to succeed so much as to be God’s people in the world. He roots this unique exploration of leadership in a prayer of Jehoshaphat: “We do not know what to do, but our eyes are upon you.”
Let It Go
Author: T.D. Jakes
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1416547339
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 263
Book Description
Shares uplifting advice about the virtues of forgiveness, offering strategic and biblically based advice on how to achieve peace and personal fulfillment by letting go of past wrongs.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1416547339
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 263
Book Description
Shares uplifting advice about the virtues of forgiveness, offering strategic and biblically based advice on how to achieve peace and personal fulfillment by letting go of past wrongs.
The Whist Reference Book
Author: William Mill Butler
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Whist
Languages : en
Pages : 878
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Whist
Languages : en
Pages : 878
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The Theory of the Modern Scientific Game of Whist
Author: William Pole
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 156
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Languages : en
Pages : 156
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The American Hoyle
Author: William Brisbane Dick
Publisher:
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Category : Card games
Languages : en
Pages : 552
Book Description
Front cover decorated with gilt title, and a hand holding gilt cards. Four corners decorated with gilt of each suit.
Publisher:
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Category : Card games
Languages : en
Pages : 552
Book Description
Front cover decorated with gilt title, and a hand holding gilt cards. Four corners decorated with gilt of each suit.
Laws of Short Whist and A Treatise on the Game of James Clay
Author: John Loraine Baldwin
Publisher:
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Category : Short whist
Languages : en
Pages : 168
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Short whist
Languages : en
Pages : 168
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Whist
The Laws of Short Whist
Author: John Loraine Baldwin
Publisher:
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Category : Short whist
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Short whist
Languages : en
Pages : 162
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Foster's Whist Manual
Author: Robert Frederick Foster
Publisher:
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Category : Whist
Languages : en
Pages : 228
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Whist
Languages : en
Pages : 228
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