Balancing Influence with Wisdom

A lot of crazy things have been done in the name of religion. In fact, there is a movement right now, headed by people like Christopher Hitchens, author of “God is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything” who are calling for an end to religion. His book is, as his publisher attests, an atheist manifesto. While it would be easy to set Hitchens up as a straw man, perhaps the church should step back and examine his perspective. The truth is…a lot of crazy things have been done in the name of religion.

Why is that? The reasons are plethora. Perhaps, with our eyes set on heaven, people have believed that the ends truly justifies the means. Power plays. Manipulation. Cult Followings.

The bottom line is this, religion or any teaching or leadership that is not grounded in the way of Jesus will ultimately be tainted and ruined by our own selfish ways. This is why our leadership, according to Scripture, calls for “Influence balanced by Wisdom”. I hope to see you this weekend as we dive in to this issue.

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One Response to “Balancing Influence with Wisdom”

  • Joan Emerson Says:
    October 19th, 2009 at 8:33 am

    What a powerful way to end the message. The visual of how we influence one another was awesome! It just goes to show you never know how God is going to use you when you obey.

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