[This article is part of the “spiritual leadership today” study/discussion going on this year. For all articles in the series, click the Spiritual Leadership tab at the top of the page. To have them delivered, subscribe to The Brook Letter] The best leaders are the best followers. Some of the most dangerous leaders are those who […]
[To listen to this audio interview, click the Play button in the photo above. If you are using an older browser, the audio controls may not appear. In that case, you may download the audio (instructions below).] In the second segment of this interview, Mel speaks with Eric Metaxas, author of Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy:
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[This post is in a weekly devotional series called Everything New. Sign up here if you’re interested.] The prophet Isaiah put it this way: “For our offenses are many in your sight, and our sins testify against us. Our offenses are ever with us, and we acknowledge our iniquities: rebellion and treachery against the LORD,
[To listen to this audio interview, click the Play button in the photo above. If you are using an older browser, the audio controls may not appear. In that case, you may download the audio (instructions below).] In the first part of this interview, Mel speaks with Eric Metaxas, author of Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy:
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[This article is part of the “spiritual leadership today” study/discussion going on this year. For all articles in the series, click the Spiritual Leadership tab at the top of the page. To have them delivered, subscribe to The Brook Letter] There are major challenges to a wisdom-based leadership model today. In a time when we look
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[This post is in a weekly devotional series called Everything New. Sign up here if you’re interested.] Whenever I hear a public figure defend himself with the oft-repeated words “I know I’m not a perfect person,” I wince. It seems the height of pride. I feel like saying, “No, the thought never crossed anybody’s mind
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[This article is part of the “spiritual leadership today” study/discussion going on this year. For all articles in the series, click the Spiritual Leadership tab at the top of the page. To have them delivered, subscribe to The Brook Letter] There are many variables in spiritual leadership. Some people are specially gifted in administration, others in
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[To listen to this audio interview, click the Play button in the photo above. If you are using an older browser, the audio controls may not appear. In that case, you may download the audio (instructions below).] This is a continuation of Mel’s recent interview with Rachel Barach, General Manager of BibleGateway.com, which today launches
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[To listen to this audio interview, click the Play button in the photo above. If you are using an older browser, the audio controls may not appear. In that case, you may download the audio (instructions below).] In the first portion of this interview, Mel speaks with Rachel Barach, General Manager of Bible Gateway. Bible Gateway
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[This post is in a weekly devotional series called Everything New. Sign up here if you’re interested.] To understand how God wants to “make everything new” in the world and in our lives we have to go back to when humanity was new the first time. That is why we are so captivated by the
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The online hub for The Brook Network celebrates 1 year today! We thought this would be a good time to look back at the last year and do a quick recap of our top 10 posts. So, without further ado, the top 10 posts of thebrooknetwork.org in the first year:
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The definition of what we are trying to do with this network we’re calling “The Brook Network” is “sharing ideas, pursuing wisdom.” There are so many great ideas in the world today regarding Christian life and Christian leadership. And, more than that, there is wisdom from God available to us–if we care to seek it.
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[This post is in a weekly devotional series called Everything New. Sign up here if you’re interested.] In the beginning God created all things, and that tells us about his character. The world is a place of beauty, complexity and order, because that is what God is like. But it is when the Genesis account
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[To listen to this audio interview, click the Play button in the photo above. If you are using an older browser, the audio controls may not appear. In that case, you may download the audio (instructions below).] In the second half of this interview, Mel continues his discussion with Brodie Swanson, Pastor of Children’s and
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James 3:17 says: “But the wisdom that comes from heaven [lit.: “from above”] is first of all pure; then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere.” Like the book of Proverbs in the Old Testament, James offers precepts on life shaped by a divine wisdom. But, like Proverbs, this is
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