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Growing Kingdom Wisdom

Tom Yeakley wrote Growing Kingdom Wisdom: The Essential Qualities of a Mature Christian Leader.  He explained that leaders in any context need wisdom, and Kingdom leaders desperately need it to lead well according to God’s Kingdom values and purposes.

Leaders in any context are reliant on wisdom, and the best leaders are conscious of that reliance and seek wisdom in every situation. True wisdom is from God Himself. It is given to those who ask and pursue it from Him.

As Mark Sanborn put it in the Foreword of the book, if you want to lead better and be better, use the FIT tools:

  • Frequency: To be wiser, increase the frequency with which you pursue, study, and reflect on wisdom.
  • Intensity: Don’t dally.
  • Technique: Use the best techniques.

Click here for a summary of Yeakley’s Book

Suffered Under Pontius Pilate; Was Crucified, Dead, and Buried

The Creed makes a turn here. Pontius Pilate is there to remind us that God acted at a particular moment in human history.  Pontius Pilate was the governor of Judea from A.D. 26 to 36.  While the mention of Pilate in the Apostles’ Creed may seem odd, it highlights Christ’s suffering as a historical event. 

The eternal Son entered our world, and a human court convicted Him of crimes He didn’t commit.  This event really happened.  Jesus, fully human, experienced real suffering at a specific point in history.

The words of the creed, “crucified, died, and buried,” serve as essential pillars of the Christian truth and point to the centrality of the cross as the symbol of the Christian faith.

The death of Christ is one of two central and essential dimensions to the work of Christ for our salvation.  The cross and the empty tomb represent these two dimensions clearly.

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