1. Be humble. It is an honor to be in a leadership position. Your team is counting on you to make the right decisions. 2. Don’t act like you know everything. You don’t. The team knows that. Ask smart questions. 3. Listen. Ask for advice and heed it. 4. Treat people with respect. Regardless of rank, everyone is … Continue reading Jocko’s 12 Rules for Leadership
Month: June 2021
Mission Drift
On the first official date with my (now) wife, we had finished eating at a restaurant and decided to drive around the city we were in. I didn’t really know the city that well so we just headed off in the direction of the downtown area. Once downtown, I made a turn and just started … Continue reading Mission Drift
When a Crisis Is Not a Crisis, But Sin
The crisis of leadership in our churches, businesses and governments is largely due to this one dilemma: men have been given power, but they are unprepared to handle it. The time of ruling is a tremendous test of character, for the king will be sorely tested to his influence in humility, for the benefit of … Continue reading When a Crisis Is Not a Crisis, But Sin
Blogging the Institutes | 1.17.7 | God Uses His Providence to Bless His People
The servant of God, who is encouraged by all the Scriptures that speak of God's care for him, will add the passages which teach that all people are under God's power. His power will either encourage their minds or curb their wickedness, preventing them from causing harm. It is the Lord who gives favor, not … Continue reading Blogging the Institutes | 1.17.7 | God Uses His Providence to Bless His People
2021 in Books
Reading While Back by Esau McCaulleyWhy Black Lives Matter edited by Anthony BradleyThe Ruthless Elimination of Hurry by John Mark ComerA World without Email by Cal NewportHow to Decide by Annie Duke Getting Things Done by David AllenThe 12 Week Year by Brain P. Moran and Michael LenningtonMan Up! by Jeffrey HemmerThe Wrong Side of … Continue reading 2021 in Books
Blogging the Institutes | 1.17.6 | God’s Providence Extends in a Special Way to the Church
Those who argue that God's providence can be used as a cover for sin can be easily refuted by meditating on God's providence. Meditating on his providence produces the best and sweetest fruit in our lives. Therefore, Christians will always direct their eyes to God as the principle cause of events because they know that … Continue reading Blogging the Institutes | 1.17.6 | God’s Providence Extends in a Special Way to the Church
Blogging the Institutes | 1.17.5 | God Uses Evil, but is Not Stained with Evil
Some people class past events as belonging to simple providence. They believe that whatever happened in the past, whether theft or adultery or murder happened without God's intervention. Therefore, they ask, "Why should the thief be punished for robbing a person for whom the Lord chose to punish with poverty? Why should the murderer be … Continue reading Blogging the Institutes | 1.17.5 | God Uses Evil, but is Not Stained with Evil
Blogging the Institutes | 1.17.4 | Providence Does Not Rule Not Human Choice
Regarding future event, king Solomon easily reconciles human choice with divine providence. While Solomon derides anyone who would presume to do anything without God, as if they were not ruled by his hand, he also says, "A man's heart devises his ways but the Lord directs his steps" (Prov 16:9). What Solomon means is that … Continue reading Blogging the Institutes | 1.17.4 | Providence Does Not Rule Not Human Choice
Blogging the Institutes | 1.17.3 | Providence Is not a Cover for our Own Sin
People who have learned of God's providence will neither grumble against God for adversity nor blame him for their own wickedness as Homer's Agamemnon does, "Blame not me, but Jupiter and fate!" On the other hand, they not be like the youth in Plautus who slip into despair as if they lives are hurried away … Continue reading Blogging the Institutes | 1.17.3 | Providence Is not a Cover for our Own Sin
Blogging the Institutes | 1.17.2| Providence Denied by Some, but Proved by Scripture
Only those who worship God with reverence will make good use of the doctrine of God's providence. That's why so many people rage against the doctrine, even though they give more weight to their own reasoning ability that to God. Some people criticize us for believing that God's revealed will can be known from the … Continue reading Blogging the Institutes | 1.17.2| Providence Denied by Some, but Proved by Scripture