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Writings on Christian leadership and leader development by Malcolm Webber


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Looking at God #1

The first element of transformational thinking is looking at God. The continuous experience of inward union with Christ is the source and center of all other healthy thinking behaviors. I want to know Christ… (Phil. 3:10) This was Paul’s cry, his passionate pursuit. To know the Lord Jesus is the greatest prize, far surpassing everything [...]

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Loving God with Our Minds

This Letter introduces a new model of transformational thinking. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength. (Mark 12:30) To “love God with all your mind” means to fully explore and use the thinking capacities He has given you, in a manner always proceeding from, [...]

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Truly Christ-Centered Leader Development

God’s ultimate purpose in all things revolves around His Son: having made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure which He purposed in Himself, that in the dispensation of the fullness of the times He might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven and which are on earth – in Him. [...]

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The Four Dynamics of Transformation

In our last Letter, we looked at the goal of leader development – we must build healthy leaders. There are five key attributes of a healthy leader: Christ. Community. Character. Calling. Competencies. Thus, a healthy Christian leader is a man or woman who knows God, was formed and lives in supportive and accountable community, has strong [...]

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The 5Cs of the Healthy Leader

An effective leader possesses a blend of three special elements: Vision. In Christian circles, we could also call this “Calling.” Character. Competence. All three elements are found in the description of King David in Psalm 78: He chose David his servant and took him from the sheep pens; from tending the sheep he brought him to be the [...]

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Does the Leader Need Help or Give Help?

In our last Letter, we saw that self-giving love is at the core of healthy Christian leadership. For the healthy leader, the “fundamental focus shifts from what we need and from what others should be doing for us to what we can do to serve them… [This] is the very essence of what Jesus did in His life and ministry and it is at the heart [...]

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