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Servant leadership is a much talked about dynamic in Christian circles. But why did Jesus make such a big deal about it with His disciples?
Charlie Whitlow, executive pastor of the thriving Community Church in Ashburn, Virginia, gave a sermon recently on the subject. I enjoyed it enough to ask him to share key parts of it with our Discourse audience. We had an enjoyable back-and-forth about how challenging it can be to exercise servant leadership and to even encourage it in the church sometimes.
Servant leadership just doesn’t always come naturally, even to Christians. But Jesus was clear to Peter when the chief disciple bucked at his Lord setting the example by washing his feet. “Unless I wash you, you have no share with me” (John 13:8).
Servant leadership just doesn’t always come naturally, even to Christians. But Jesus was clear to Peter when the chief disciple bucked at his Lord setting the example by washing his feet. “Unless I wash you, you have no share with me” (Ultimately, servant leadership is about modeling Christ’s own love to others.
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