Showing posts with label Servant Leadership. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Servant Leadership. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 10, 2024

Truth Month - July 2024 - Day 10 - Do unto others as you would have others do unto you

 

Truth Month - July 2024


Day 10 - Do unto others as you would have others do unto you

Jesus, the Jewish Messiah, is well known to have taught this principle.  


So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets. (Matt. 7:12)


He also said, 


“You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.” (Luke 10:27)


“My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.”  (John 15:12-13) 


Sitting down, Jesus called the Twelve and said, “Anyone who wants to be first must be the very last, and the servant of all.” (Mark 9:35)


Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good. Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves. Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord. Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. Share with the Lord’s people who are in need. Practice hospitality. (Romans 12:9–13)


Regardless of personal views of who Jesus was, most people agree that he was a wise and compassionate teacher.  He is the embodiment of the servant leader.  His moral example and teachings are of value to all, but come at a cost of everything.  


Friday, February 16, 2024

Ministry of Truth Timely Update - 16 Feb 2024 - Sacrificial Co-laboring

 

Sacrificial Co-laboring

Even though stories of Jesus claim that he was a servant leader, that is a misinterpretation, since "service" has a negative connotation that may offend those on the receiving end.  Instead, it is clear that he was a sacrificial co-laborer, and as such, his followers must not fall into the oppressor's trap of calling for "service" to the needy.  Service "may invoke power dynamics across socio-economic, racial, and cultural lines," so even formerly religious schools must eschew the existence of an unbalanced power dynamic in their interactions with their fellow humans – like the social justice warrior Jesus.

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