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- take the jobs you can do well, then do them
- keep standards high
- no empty threats
- care about the people you serve
- build trust, then inspire
- set good missions and equip to win
- speak with authority on moral issues
Finished reading: Is Hell For Real? by Erik Raymond. Short, sensitive, biblical, and clear. It is a perfect introduction to this sober topic. Thanks @erikraymond. 📚
Non-parent mentors matter. And the upcoming school break is a good time to invest in a teen you know. So send a text and schedule something today.
Currently reading and loving: Reformed Preaching by Joel Beeke 📚
Finished reading: The Unfolding Word by Zach Keele 📚 Watch for a coming review.
An important link (#2) in my better leading, better meeting blogchain was missing. It’s fixed, so now you get more reading recs.
I’m enjoying the new Paleo Protestant Pudcast by @oldlife this week. Check it out. anchor.fm/darryl-ha…
Takeaways from George P. Shultz on trust 13 page PDF:
Updated my OPC Form of Government Commentary page.. Dr. Strange has added commentary on meetings, ordination, installation, and more.
🎵 Ever wish you could have just one more day?
What kind of idealist are you? There’s a kind you don’t want to be.
Finished reading: Faithful and Fruitful: Essays for Elders and Deacons. Straightforward essays on a wide range of special topics including pastoral review, hospitality, and avoiding burnout. 📚
Reformed Evangelism: “the promise of the gospel…together with the command to repent and believe, ought to be declared and published to all nations and to all persons promiscuously and without distinction, to whom God out of His good pleasure sends the gospel.” (CoD II:5.)