Leaders Never Give Up
“So the wall was finished on the twenty-fifth day of Elul, in fifty-two days. 1 And it happened, when all our enemies heard of it, and all the nations around us saw these things, that they were very disheartened in their own eyes; for they perceived that this work was done by [...]
“The word is faithful: if any one aspires to exercise oversight, he desires a good work.”
(1 Tim 3:1 Darby Bible Translation)
I read a blog post yesterday by a guy (and unfortunately I can’t find it again!!!!!) and in no uncertain terms the gentleman said he wanted to be great. He said he [...]
Leaders are an Example
“From the time King Artaxerxes appointed me as their governor in the land of Judah—from the twentieth to the thirty-second year of his reign, twelve years—neither I nor my brothers used the governor’s food allowance. Governors who had preceded me had oppressed the people by taxing them forty shekels of silver (about [...]
Leaders Are Willing to Confront
Some of the men and their wives complained about the Jews in power and said, “We have large families, and it takes a lot of grain merely to keep them alive.” Others said, “During the famine we even had to mortgage our fields, vineyards, and homes to them in [...]
Leaders Adapt To Circumstances
“So I set [armed men] behind the wall in places where it was least protected; I even thus used the people as families with their swords, spears, and bows. And from that time forth, half of my servants worked at the task, and the other half held the spears, shields, bows, and [...]
