GODLY LEADERSHIP DECISIONS
Any individual invested with the leadership mantle must fight constantly against the temptation to do that which wins the approval of people, but which almost inevitably sacrifices the approbation of God. Leadership decisions based upon testing the winds of fickle human sentiment seem popular in many arenas, especially in politics, but such tactics fatally compromise spiritual leadership. Decisions based on how an action might play in the community of believers sacrifices the imprimatur of God and ingloriously capitulates to the shameful and deceptive ways of the world. From “Fit to Lead: Making Leadership Christian,” by James E. Means, Focal Point, Spring 1999, published by Denver Seminary, Denver, Colorado, p. 9
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