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Hendricks, Howard - Charge to Dr. Joseph M. Stowell III

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Charge to Dr. Joseph M. Stowell III
by Howard Hendricks
Text: 2 Timothy 2:15
Topic: How to evaluate the spiritual quality of your leadership.
Big Idea: A good leader must be faithful to the Lord, the work, and the Word.
Keywords: Leadership; Faithfulness; Excellence; Truth


Introduction:
  • The crisis of leadership is a crisis of character.
  • Illustration/ Quote: Alexsandr Solzhenitsyn: "All the celebrated technological achievements of progress, including the conquest of outer space, do not redeem the twentieth century's moral poverty."
  • What type of leader makes a permanent impact?
  • Illustration: The seal of the Moody Bible Institute references 2 Timothy 2:15--: "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a workman who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth."
  • Illustration/ Quote: Aristotle: "Like archers, we shall stand a far greater chance of hitting the target if we can see it."
  • Here are three questions that you can ask to evaluate the spiritual quality of your leadership.
Is the Lord well-pleased?
  • God found pleasure in the Son because the Son found pleasure in doing the Father's will.
  • God is calling you not to be flattered but to be faithful.
  • Don't believe your press reports, for it is God who gives the final approval.
Is the work well-done?
  • This calls for a passion for excellence.
  • Illustration: Bertoldo smashes a work of his student Michelangelo because he was fooling around: "Michelangelo, talent is cheap; dedication is costly."
  • Paul says "a workman does not need to be ashamed." Why?
  • We are ashamed if we aim too low or it's costing too little.
  • Illustration: As David said to Araunah, "I will not offer unto the Lord my God that which costs me nothing."
  • Illustration/ Quote: One of Eugene O'Neill's characters: "You cannot build a marble temple out of a mixture of mud and manure."
Is the Word well-used?
  • This involves a passion for truth.
  • Illustration/ Quote: Ayn Rand: "Honesty is adherence to truth and truth is the discovery of reality."
  • This calls for living the truth.
  • It also means a call to communicate the truth.
  • Illustration: Moody Bible Institute has been a pacesetter in this through its schools, literature, and radio broadcasts.
Conclusion
  • The three greatest days in a person's life are the day they were born, the day they were born again, and the day when they come to grips with why they were born and born again.
  • May you have a positive answer to these three questions.
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