Sermons About Leadership
Joining in the Mission of God
In week two of the God's Mission, Our Hope series, Brad Zinn looks at how Jesus' leadership allows us to join in the mission of God.
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Gather to Me My Saints, My Faithful Ones
Someone has commented that for Catholics a saint is someone who has performed 7 verifiable miracles--but for Presbyterians, a saint is someone who’s brief! Researchers James Patterson and Peter Kim learned that 70% of Americans believed that America has no living heroes. About the same number say that our children have no meaningful role models. Ninety-six% say that they, and nobody else, determine what is and what isn’t moral in their lives; instead, they base their decisions on their own experience—even on their daily whims. Those numbers baffle me, since they must include a lot of folks who call themselves Christians! We Christians need good role models for our children - and for ourselves. It’s time we reclaim the notion of sainthood—drag it out from the bottom of the box up in the attic—dust it off—and make it part of our lives. Saints aren’t folks who’ve been dead hundreds of years, and sainthood didn’t go out with the Protestant Reformation. Sainthood, like faith, is contagious. We catch it from those around us. You demonstrate your faith-in-action as God’s own when you make an offering, when you write a note of sympathy or congratulations, when you call to encourage someone, when you teach Sunday School or serve on a committee, when you make a dish for a bereavement meal. You also become a model of faith when you present a cheerful face to your family or co-workers, when you practice patience with people who irritate you (even if they live in the same house with you), when you observe someone in trouble and offer compassion rather than judgment, when you face adversity with the trust that God will help you through it.
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Church Officers Part 2
How are future leaders of the church proven to be qualified and ready to lead God’s people?
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Act(s) XV - Scene I, II, III - A Tale of Two Conflicts
The characters of the Scriptures, except One, were far from perfect. The Book of Acts reveals in this chapter two conflicts among men of God who were used to further the kingdom and advance the gospel. This message examines these two conflicts; the role church leadership played in it and the efficiency of the Lord in each matter. Also covered is the theology of salvation in Jesus Christ alone.
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Engage 7
How many of us have missed out on having something astounding become part of our life simply because we didn’t take the first step? Or after taking the first step, fail to persevere until fulfillment had been gained? God has created each of us to have a life He describes as abundant. More than success, God is referring to fulfillment. This fulfilling, abundant life is discovered as we first engage in a relationship with Jesus and then engage in a life that lives out and shares His good news, the gospel. Come and learn how to engage with Jesus, His work here on earth and your abundant and purpose-filled life.
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Saints leading saints by serving
We are saints by calling on the way to heaven, by faith in the cross and the power Spirit. We go together, there no such thing as alone in Christianity, alone is foolishness. Together, therefore organization is necessary and there are parts to play so that the organization of the church matches the mission and the message. There are leaders in the church of equals. Real leaders and really equal because we have a common identity and a common mission. Your leaders are saints leading saints by serving.
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Deacons
In the third installment of this series, Pastor Heim investigates the role of the deacon in Scripture and how deacon's should function today.
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