Strong Medicine For Leaders was originally recorded in 2005 as part of the Nathan D. Maier Memorial chapel series at Dallas Theological Seminary.

Chapel Series: Strong Medicine For Leaders

Strong Medicine For Leaders was originally recorded in 2005 as part of the Nathan D. Maier Memorial chapel series at Dallas Theological Seminary.

• Leadership in the church and society often lacks character.
• The state of pulpits is disheartening, and there is a need to reclaim the pastor and the pulpit as statesmen of the church.
• Leaders must possess personal, private, and public characteristics that align with the qualifications outlined in Scripture.
• Leadership is challenging and requires dedication, discipline, and a willingness to serve the King.

Excerpt From The Sermon

“What kind of man would lead? Type A’s we might classify them, people who are strong personality types, right? And if you’re going to come into leadership, you need to be ready to lead. Those men are often pugnacious, they’re strikers. And I think it’s interesting the way Paul puts it together. I think the word gentle, at its core it means a willingness to yield the rights to others; to be gentle. 

Our world worships personal rights. The culture that you and I live in, in this country, worships entitlement. A leader in God’s church can’t do that. A leader in God’s church has to yield his rights to serve the others that God has put in his charge. I think one of the most challenging parts of a strong male leader, an alpha dog, type A, is that his power is good. But if it’s unbridled, it’s dangerous. Some of the most powerful horses you’ll ever see out of control can do great damage with their power.”

Click here for other Michael Easley Sermons.