Comments on: leadership summit: semi-live blogging (day 1)

By: mike h

mike h — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 18:58:14 +0000

Good stuff on marcus… that fits with what I’ve been hearing from friends who have been reading his stuff. I should pick up some of his stuff. I think he has surveys and other tools to help with ‘building your strengths’

I’m thinking A.B. is having a really bad day. What’s with all the “I” crap? “we” are not significant versus “I”??? Good grief. If Christ is in me and Christ is in you then we have a ‘we’ that is so much greater than just an “I” I am a part of the church, a part of the body, a branch connected to a vine, etc… The church (defined as the body of those who belong to Christ) is not within me, but rather I am within the church.

Yes, “I” need to get off my butt and move forward, but the church is not about me.

By: A.B. Dada

A.B. Dada — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 13:38:50 +0000

Awesome review, Montsy. Looks like you made some significant philosophical changes there — that’s growth, which we all could use.

I rarely find myself agreeing with Hybels, but I rarely find myself disagreeing. He can make me nod my head, and think deeper. From my doctrinal views on Christ, I think Christ was the great individualizer — He enabled us to be all God wants us to be, without Moses and the Law, without the Pharisees, without the Judgment He warned of. What an awesome, and scary, thought.

Ownership is such a key value that Christians today forget — self ownership. We are stewards of our Body, directly created by God to do something for others, notably to love them. This is why we/I have to ignore the warvangelicals immediately and withdraw funding of their madness. This is why we/I have to ignore the doctrinal divide within the Body and instead work to love all men equally. I saw we/I because “we” is a terrible, terrible word. It should be removed from language, because “we” are not significant versus “I.” You can not start a movement properly with a “we,” but you can with an “I.”

Accept personal responsibility, accept self-ownership, and move forward making a change in the part of the world you steward because of God’s gifts to you. Teach others to do the same — the Church is within us, not within a building or an organization. I am the Church, and so are you, so why aren’t you doing anything about it?

By: Paul

Paul — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 05:16:30 +0000

It’s cool to see all the people who are blogging about the Summit. I’m blogging live from the satelite site in Tampa, FL. Thanks for posting your thoughts.

By: monts

monts — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 23:57:00 +0000

i’m looking forward to his second session… (i hope it’s better than his first). i think for me i was expecting something along the lines of what he did at the national new church conference (i listened to the podcast) where he just laid it all out on the line and was absolutely invigorating and motivating! but then again, maybe he’s storing all that up for saturday morning… i can only hope!

By: mike h

mike h — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 21:43:12 +0000

I agree with preacherman. Hybels was always one of the highlights of the summit. Not attending this year, I will especially miss his second leadership session where he basically just talks about any leadership issue that he wants to and usually covers quite a few.

Anxious to hear your thoughts on Marcus coming up. Several leaders at our church have been challenged by his writings recently. Thanks monts.