Category Archives: leadership

it’s all for us

BE GRATEFUL, BUT NOT IDOLATROUS 1 Corinthians 3:21-23 21 So no one should brag about human leaders, because all things are for you, 22 whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present … Continue reading

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a strange path to wisdom

OUR ONLY BOAST, OUR ONLY PLAN 1 Corinthians 3:18-20 18 No one should deceive himself in this matter. If anyone among you thinks that he is a wise leader for this age, let him become stupid so that he may … Continue reading

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disclosure day

ARE YOU BUILDING WITH THE RIGHT STUFF? 1 Corinthians 3:10-13 10 By means of the grace of God which was given to me, as a wise master builder I placed a foundation, but another is building on it. So each … Continue reading

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significance in service

COMMITMENT, NOT COMPARISON 1 Corinthians 3:7-9 7 So then neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is significant, only God who is causing you to grow.   8 But the one planting and the one watering work together … Continue reading

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servants of the sovereign

STOP WORSHIPING SERVANTS 1 Corinthians 3:4-6 4 Because when someone says, “I am in Paul’s group,” and another, “I am in Apollos’ group,” are you not mere humans? 5 What then is Apollos, and what is Paul? We are servants … Continue reading

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replacing rock stars

WHAT DOES LIGHT DO TO DARKNESS? 1 Corinthians 1:26-31 26 You want evidence? Think about when you were called, brothers. Not many of you were wise by human standards, not many powerful, not many noble; 27 but God has chosen … Continue reading

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getting out of the way

IT’S ABOUT THE ROCK, NOT THE ROCK STAR 1 Corinthians 1:14-17 14 I am thankful to God that I baptized none of you except Crispus and Gaius, 15 so that no one might brag about having been baptized in my … Continue reading

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experience versus instinct

DISCIPLINE OR DISASTER Ecclesiastes 10:15-17 15 The work of stupid people gets him so tired that he does not know how to walk into town. 16 Disaster will come to you, O land, when your king is a novice and … Continue reading

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supervision

SOMEONE IS WATCHING Ecclesiastes 5:8-9 8 If you are overseeing a province and you catch someone oppressing its poor people, and doing unjust and unrighteous things, do not be surprised that it happened. Because the overseer is being watched by … Continue reading

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losing touch as a leader

LONELY AT THE TOP Ecclesiastes 4:13-16 13 It was better to be a poor and wise young man than an old and foolish king who did not know how to follow good counsel. 14 Because he had gone from prison … Continue reading

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