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The fable or parable of the boiling frog has been around for many years. The premise is that if you place a live frog in very cold or very hot water, it will immediately jump out and save itself. But if you place it in lukewarm water, it will relax. The idea is that while the frog is in lukewarm, comfortable water, the water can be slowly brought to a full boil without the frog noticing, eventually killing the frog. In philosophy, the boiling frog story is another way of explaining the “Sori ...
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Many of today’s Christian church leaders possess beautiful, God-given gifts to preach, teach, pastor, and guide believers to Jesus and; but there are also leaders today who use these same gifts to guide believers to themselves and their personal visions, goals, and agendas. This is defined as “The Cult of Personality.”The great news is that The Cul…
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Many churches advertise, "We have community. We advocate for communal living. We are creating a Christian "culture"." But, what is true community in the church? How are false teachers and dysfunctional leaders creating a perverted ideology about community, communal living and culture? The truth is that many churches have created a system where very…
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This episode dives right into control-based Christianity, where one leader operates in a pyramid structure with no local accountability, mutual submission one to another, or healthy team offering good counsel and wisdom. This type of leadership structure always sets Jesus, as the leader of His church, to the side, and replaces Him with a man-center…
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This talk explains some of the history behind the abuse of "Spiritual Authority", what it means, and how this false and abusive theology entered the Christian Church in many denominations and expressions.Mike Eckerd による
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This short message explains how many church leaders become unaccountable, dismiss multiplicity, ignore submission one to another, and operate in a pyramid culture where they are not to be questioned. It also explains who has the authority to address these things. You will be surprised to find out that the "Who" is "You"!!…
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The essence of honor is truth! The greatest honor anyone could ever receive from another person is truth. Jesus always spoke the truth and in His truth was His honor for The Father, not men. Many times, the teaching of honor becomes man-centered. We must understand the difference between how strong and weak leaders within the church of Jesus unders…
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