Feet of clay and the Heart of a lion—

There is a sense today in church leadership that the pastor must be the dictator to be viewed as possessing strong leadership—If not in charge, he is viewed by some as ineffective, weak, and disrespected—

He is either the authoritarian with the big stick guilting his flock into doing what he wants or the leader with no ability to lead at all.

Nowhere is that better illustrated than the true tale of Emmanuel Baptist Church, located in Newton Mass, a church that dates back to the Puritan era

Charles Colson relates more than I can— I shall post it in its entirety on my blog.

Maybe that what the Apostle was thinking when we wrote in 2 Corinthians 11,

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I’ve taken the liberty of copying the chapter in his great book, The Body, and have reproduced the pdf.

Here’s the link:

Colson