"This hope will not disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured out in our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us." - Rom 5:5 @CSBible
Leaders with increasing competence likely will be handed more responsibilities. If growing responsibilities are not accompanied with growth in character, the leader will eventually implode: ericgeiger.com/2015/07/06/ski…
"For there is one God and one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself as a ransom for all, a testimony at the proper time." - 1 Tim 2:5-6 @CSBible
Several leaders I know enjoy hiring former athletes because they are used to corrective feedback, the discipline of practice, and playing on a team: ericgeiger.com/2015/07/01/six…
"From everyone who has been given much, much will be required; and from the one who has been entrusted with much, even more will be expected." - Luke 12:48 @CSBible
"The one who loves silver is never satisfied with silver, and whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with income. This too is futile." Ecc 5:10 @CSBible
If you want to know if something really is a conviction, audit your message, your staff meeting notes, your leadership training talks. What have you been talking about over and over again? Those are your true convictions: ericgeiger.com/2015/05/28/3-w…
Our Savior-King came to serve us by dying in our place. He went forth and endured the shame and pain of the cross for us: ericgeiger.com/2015/06/01/lea…
Reading leadership books can help sharpen your mind. John Wesley believed this so strongly that he told young ministers to “read or get out of the ministry.” ericgeiger.com/2015/05/21/3-r…
"Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, be steadfast, immovable, always excelling in the Lord’s work, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain." - 1 Cor 15:58 @CSBible
"Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you believe so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit." - Rom 15:13 @CSBible
If leadership development and biblical community are true convictions you hold, you invest time in those areas of ministry: ericgeiger.com/2015/05/28/3-w…
If the foundation of leadership is “go forth and die,” no one should outpace the Church in developing and deploying leaders: ericgeiger.com/2015/06/01/lea…