... Some work very hard to maintain relationships across boundaries of ministries and theology. Others are very difficult to get on with. We find people who have owned slaves, we find people who are divisive ...
... was spoken so the vowels could easily be inferred.
- The Masoretes received the text as successors of the scribes in around 500AD.
- they worked to preserve the text and ensure the accurate handing ...
... of the elders Mk 7:3
- they used skillful explanations to adapt the law to their own time or to explain them - consider the camel drivers
- effort was made to make the sabbath regulations workable ...
... should be aware that some of the build up of David may be rose coloured glasses
- It is interesting that the later work of Chronicles omits the Bathsheba incident. This work also glosses over other weaknesses ...
... - the layer we have in the bible today.
- we delve into the separate theologies of different books/works to gain insight into the theology of the whole. For example in Luke-Acts there is little or no ...
... five, prophets - the prophetic works and writings - all the rest in the OT
- historical, prophecy, wisdom, apocalyptic, epistles, gospels, psalms
- pentateuch and deuteronomic history
- Pauline, ...
... and barley bread.
- the peasant families life consisted of work
- The man farmed or worked at a craft
- the women did house work - drawing water, milling seed to make bread etc
- during harvest ...
... that these things are local to the time and context that Paul was writing to? It is fairly clear that Paul frequently worked with women in ministry. Romans 16:1ff lists a number of women ministers in positions ...
Vision Leadership
Vision Leadership Theology provides a framework for the direction of everything from large churches and ministries to the single Christian.
1) Prov 29:18
There are two possible ...
... you describe Peter: ordinary, exceptional, brainy, rich, poor....
The fishermen of Galilee have been described as anything from lower working class to upper middle class in terms of wealth and stature ...
... family grouping. The extended family unit was a survival characteristic at the time. Extensive wealth and the ability to protect that wealth required a fairly large group of people working together. The ...
... 31a): All are not apostles, are they? All are not prophets, are they? All are not teachers, are they? All are not workers of miracles, are they? All do not have gifts of healings, do they? All do not speak ...
... Churches or bodies of christians also go through this process. This is very clear in the case of the church plant where the majority of the church has little experience or maturity and are still working ...
Methods of making Christians Excel
A key question facing the workplace today is how to manage the performance of staff. Staff costs such as salary, work environment, superannuation and insurance, ...
... were the elders who created the tradition?
· Is this eldership as we practice it?
· Are they aligned with God's vision?
The traditions of the elders were the written framework of righteous living ...
... In turn this group of people can be delineated by their common understandings and way of doing things. They tend to also be delineated by identity - we are the specific workgroup, team, church etc. Identity ...
Sources of Power for Leadership
In many management texts they supply an analysis of the power bases that people work from in management. One such is:
(Quoted from Lloyd S. Baird, James E. Post ...