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The Jesus school.
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17 Dec 2007“Come and see.”
“Follow me.”
With these invitations, Jesus gathered his team. From the first day he invited Andrew (and maybe John) to spend the day with him [john 1], to the call for followers on the beach [matthew 4], to the ordination of the 12 to serve as apostles [matthew 10].
What training approach would Jesus take? [...]
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Inheriting a team.
In: leadership| staffing
13 Dec 2007In Western culture, we get to pick our spouses - but we inherit the in-laws!
In many leadership situations we get to hire our staff. But what if you can’t select your team – because you inherit them?
A friend and I were recently discussing his imminent ministry move in which he will inherit a staff that [...]
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How did Jesus hire?
In: leadership| staffing
24 Nov 2007I’m a crock-pot. I’m steady, methodical, and thoughtful about the steps I take. Not a whole lot of wild spontaneity. So when it came to changing jobs, moving my family from where I had lived and worked for 28 years, needless to say, I was not fast out of the gate.
God started the process of [...]
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Who did Jesus hire?
In: leadership| staffing
14 Nov 2007First question – those 12 men, disciples, apostles: did Jesus select them as people to disciple or leaders to train? In other words, is what Jesus did with them over those 36-40 months his model for discipleship or leadership training?
It matters because we sometimes claim methods based on what we read from his life. My [...]
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study, practice, teach
For Ezra had set his heart to study the law of the LORD and to practice it, and to teach His statutes and ordinances in Israel
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