leaderman or servant leader

I read the following at http://www.flowerdust.net/2008/09/16/leaderman-or-servant-leader/

I am not sure of the author as I tried to follow the link that Anne Jackson credits. Anyway, it seems a good reminder of Servant Leadership whether you are in the EIT class on small group leadership or following along with the current series in Philippians 2.

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LeaderMan: Wants a platform on which to say something

Servant Leader: Has something to say

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LeaderMan: You almost feel you know his family, because he’s your Leader

Servant Leader: You allow him to influence you, because you know his family

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LeaderMan: Wants you to know he’s a Leader

Servant Leader: You’re not sure he knows he’s a leader

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LeaderMan: Loves the idea of the Gospel, and the idea of The Church

Servant Leader: Loves God and the actual individual people God brings across his path

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LeaderMan: A great speaker, but self-described as, “Not really a people person.”

Servant Leader: Makes himself a people person

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LeaderMan: Helps you find where God is leading you in his organization

Servant Leader: Helps you find where God is leading you

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LeaderMan: Gets together with you to talk about his vision

Servant Leader: Just gets together with you

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LeaderMan: Resents “sheep stealing”

Servant Leader: Doesn’t get the “stealing” part, since he doesn’t own anyone to begin with

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LeaderMan: Wants the right people on the bus

Servant Leader: Wants to find the right bus for you, and sit next to you on it

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LeaderMan: Shows you a flow chart

Servant Leader: Shows you his whole heart

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LeaderMan: A visionary who knows what the future looks like

Servant Leader: Knows what your kitchen looks like

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LeaderMan: If it’s worth doing, it worth doing with excellence

Servant Leader: Not exactly sure how to even calculate “worth doing”

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LeaderMan: Talks about confronting one another in love

Servant Leader: Actually confronts you in love

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LeaderMan: Impressed by success and successful people

Servant Leader: Impressed by faithfulness

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LeaderMan: Invests time in you, if you are “key people”

Servant Leader: Wastes time with you

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LeaderMan: Reveals sins of his past

Servant Leader: Reveals sins of his present

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LeaderMan: Gives you things to do

Servant Leader: Gives you freedom

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LeaderMan: Leads because of official position

Servant Leader: Leads in spite of position

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LeaderMan: Deep down, threatened by other Leaders

Servant Leader: Has nothing to lose

Winter class 3

Theological Foundations Course
Term 2: A Closer Look at Jesus
Class 3 Theme: Creedal Consensus at Chalcedon

Homework Due: Read HAMMER OF GOD (Pages 43-110)
 What charges are leveled against Savonius (60)?
 Who was Pastor Hafverman and why was he critical of Savonius (65-66)?
 Why does the Dean tell Helvig that she must "trust Jesus and wear her mother's brooch" (69)?
 How does the Dean confront Savonius with his growing legalism (86-88)?
 How does the law preached by Savonius also accuse him (91-95)?
 How did "the ancient words of the liturgy" bring comfort to Savonius' wounded heart (95)?
 How does the episode with Anders show the beginning of another change in Savonius (106-112)?
 What help is sent to Savonius in Linder (117-121)?
In 451 a general council of over six hundred bishops was convened at Chalcedon, and to this gathering Leo's letter on the two-fold nature of our Lord was read. 'Peter has spoken by Leo!' was the decision of the bishops. This famous letter has become a classic, setting forth the church's teaching on the nature of Christ. (http://www.cin.org/leogreat.html)
Definition of Chalcedon (451 AD)
Following, then, the holy fathers, we unite in teaching all men to confess the one and only Son, our Lord Jesus Christ. This selfsame one is perfect both in deity and in humanness; this selfsame one is also actually God and actually man, with a rational soul {meaning human soul} and a body. He is of the same reality as God as far as his deity is concerned and of the same reality as we ourselves as far as his humanness is concerned; thus like us in all respects, sin only excepted. Before time began he was begotten of the Father, in respect of his deity, and now in these "last days," for us and behalf of our salvation, this selfsame one was born of Mary the virgin, who is God-bearer in respect of his humanness.
We also teach that we apprehend this one and only Christ-Son, Lord, only-begotten -- in two natures; and we do this without confusing the two natures, without transmuting one nature into the other, without dividing them into two separate categories, without con- trasting them according to area or function. The distinctiveness of each nature is not nullified by the union. Instead, the "properties" of each nature are conserved and both natures concur in one "person" and in one reality {hypostasis}. They are not divided or cut into two persons, but are together the one and only and only-begotten Word {Logos} of God, the Lord Jesus Christ. Thus have the prophets of old testified; thus the Lord Jesus Christ himself taught us; thus the Symbol of Fathers {the Nicene Creed} has handed down to us.

Biography of Faith: Leo the Great
Birth name Leo
Papacy began September 29, 440

Papacy ended November 10, 461

Born 400
Tuscany, Italy

Died November 10, 461
Rome, Italy

Leo I (440-461) and Gregory I (590-604) are the only two bishops of Rome commonly called "the Great." Leo, at a time when the capital of the Empire had been moved to Constantinople, and the government even in Italy no longer had its headquarters at Rome, was the most important official in the city. To him fell such prosaic tasks as supervising the distribution of grain imports and reorganizing the municipal fire department. When Attila and the Huns invaded Italy in 452, he negotiated their withdrawal, and when Gaiseric (or Genseric) the Vandal captured Rome three years later, it was Leo who prevented the total destruction of the city. It is perhaps not surprising that the theory of papal supremacy gained much ground in his day.
In his day there were disagreements about the correct way to state the truth that Jesus Christ is both God and man. In 449 Leo wrote a letter (known as the Tome of Leo) to Bishop Flavian of Constantinople, in which he affirmed that Christ has two Natures in one Person. The letter was read in 451 by the Council of Chalcedon (the fourth Ecumenical Council), and judged by them to be sound doctrine. It contributed much to the creedal statements of that council.
Leo's influence on church government will naturally get mixed reviews. But for his defense of the belief that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, all Christians may thank God. (www.Satucket.com)

PRAYER (traditional language)
O Lord our God, grant that thy Church, following the teaching of thy servant Leo of Rome, may hold fast the great mystery of our redemption, and adore the one Christ, true God and true Man, neither divided from our human nature nor separate from thy divine Being; through the same Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever

Works Cited:
Braaten, Carl E. Christian Dogmatics. Fortress Press, Philadelphia. 1984.
Grudem, Wayne. Bible Doctrine. Zondervan, Grand Rapids, MI. 1999.
Lane, Tony. Exploring Christian Thought. Nelson Publishers, Nashville, TN. 1984.
McGrath, Alister E. Christian Theology: an introduction. Blackwell Publishers, Malden, Mass. 1994.
Shelly, Bruce. Church History in Plain Language. Word Publishing
http://satucket.com/lectionary/Leo_Great.htm (prayer on Commemoration of Leo the Great)

Winter class 2

Theological Foundations Course
Term 2: A Closer Look at Jesus
Class 2 Theme: Controversy

Homework Due: Read HAMMER OF GOD (Introductory Notes xxi-Page 42)
How did Johannes' conscience accuse him (18)?

Who is Katrina? What does she tell Johannes that Pastor Savonius failed to tell him (28-29)?


Katrina says "You do not lack repentance, Johannes, but faith. You have walked the way of repentance for thirty years." (28) What was Katrina trying to get Johannes to see? How does Katrina use Scripture to direct the dying man away from his sin to Christ (28-31)?

Chart of Historical Christological Heresies

Biography of Faith: Theodore Mopsuestia
THEODORE OF MOPSUESTIA, b. at Antioch about 350; d. at Mopsuestia, in Cilicia secunda, 423 or 429; one of the chief leaders of the Antiochian school of theology. As a preparation for a juridical career, he studied philosophy and rhetoric under the famous Libanius, but at the same time he made the acquaintance of Chrysostom; and the religious enthusiasm of the latter induced him to devote his life to Christian philosophy and asceticism. Soon after, however, he repented of the change, and meditated a return to his former occupation; but the reproaches and admonitions of his friend finally decided him (see Chrysostom: Ad Theod. lapsum). His biblical studies he made under Diodorus the presbyter, afterwards bishop of Tarsus: indeed, his whole character as a theologian was modelled by Diodorus. He was ordained a presbyter in the Church of Antioch, and as a teacher in the school he soon acquired a great reputation. John, afterwards bishop of Antioch, Theodoret, and perhaps, also, Nestorius, were among his pupils. In 392 he was elected bishop of Mopsuestia; and in 394 he was present at a synod in Constantinople, where the emperor, Theodosius I., is said to have been very much impressed by his preaching. Throughout the whole Eastern Church his name had a great weight: even Cyril of Alexandria, to whom he sent his Commentary on Job, felt the greatest esteem for him. It was not until the outbreak of the Nestorian controversy, and the clash between the christology of the Antiochian school and that of the Alexandrian school, that his name came into bad odor; but he died just as the controversy began.
W. Müller, "THEODORE OF MOPSUESTIA," Philip Schaff, ed., A Religious Encyclopaedia or Dictionary of Biblical, Historical, Doctrinal, and Practical Theology, 3rd edn, Vol. 4. Toronto, New York & London: Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1894. pp.2325-26.
Nestorius (c. 386–c. 451) was a pupil of Theodore of Mopsuestia in Antioch in Syria (modern Turkey) and later became Archbishop of Constantinople. He taught that the human and divine aspects of Christ were distinct natures, not unified. He preached against the use of the title Mother of God (Theotokos) for the Virgin Mary and would only call her Mother of Christ (Christotokos). He also argued that God could not suffer on the cross, as he is omnipotent. Therefore, the human part of Christ died on the cross, but not the divine.
His opponents accused him of dividing Christ into two persons: they claimed that proposing that God the Word did not suffer and die on the cross, while Jesus the man did, or that God the Word was omniscient, while Jesus the man had limited knowledge, implied two separate persons with separate experiences. (Wikipedia article on Nestorianism)

Works Cited:
Braaten, Carl E. Christian Dogmatics. Fortress Press, Philadelphia. 1984.
Grudem, Wayne. Bible Doctrine. Zondervan, Grand Rapids, MI. 1999.
Lane, Tony. Exploring Christian Thought. Nelson Publishers, Nashville, TN. 1984.
McGrath, Alister E. Christian Theology: an introduction. Blackwell Publishers, Malden, Mass. 1994.
W. Müller, "THEODORE OF MOPSUESTIA," Philip Schaff, ed., A Religious Encyclopaedia or Dictionary of Biblical, Historical, Doctrinal, and Practical Theology, 3rd edn, Vol. 4. Toronto, New York & London: Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1894.
Shelly, Bruce. Church History in Plain Language. Word Publishing

Winter class 1

Theological Foundations Course
Term 2: A Closer Look at Jesus
Class 1 Theme: Christology Introduction

What is Christology?
The study of Christ Jesus. “Christology is the church’s doctrine of the person of Jesus as the Christ. It is always central in a system of dogmatics that claims to be Christian” (Braaten 469). “Means literally, the logos about Christos, thought and speech about Christ. Christ is a title and not the second name of Jesus” (Braaten 473).


How is Christology related to Theology?
“The more deeply theology probes the meaning of Jesus as the Christ of God, the more directly is it drawn to the very God of Christ” (Braaten 469). Jesus came preaching the Kingdom of God! “The entire ministry of Jesus was radically theocentric” (Braaten 469).


Where do you start doing Christology?
The church has started “from above” and “from below”?

From Above: reflection beginning with the doctrines of the dual nature of Christ, Trinitarian doctrine, eternal deity, to his human nature here below. (Braaten 477).

From Below: Jesus of Nazareth, a historical figure. Evangelists, historical eyewitnesses, reporters, and historians. Early Church, historical movement with a truth claim concerning Jesus Christ.

Can only Christians do Christology?
JESUS IN ISLAM (Arabic: عيسى `Īsā) is a messenger of God who had been sent to guide the Children of Israel (banī isrā'īl) with a new scripture, the Injīl (gospel). According to the Qur'an, believed by Muslims to be God's final revelation, Jesus was born to Mary (Arabic: Maryam) as the result of virginal conception, a miraculous event which occurred by the decree of God (Arabic: Allah). To aid him in his quest, Jesus was given the ability to perform miracles. These included speaking from the cradle, curing the blind and the lepers, as well as raising the dead; all by the permission of God. Furthermore, Jesus was helped by a band of disciples (the hawāriyūn). Islam states that Jesus was not killed nor crucified by the Jews, but that he had been raised alive up to heaven. Islamic traditions narrate that he will return to earth near the day of judgement to restore justice and defeat al-Masīḥ ad-Dajjāl (lit. "the false messiah", also known as the Antichrist) and the enemies of Islam. As a just ruler, Jesus will then die.
Like all prophets in Islam, Jesus is considered to have been a Muslim, as he preached for people to adopt the straight path in submission to God's will. Islam rejects that Jesus was God or the son of God, stating that he was an ordinary man who, like other prophets, had been divinely chosen to spread God's message. Islamic texts forbid the association of partners with God (shirk), emphasizing the notion of God's divine oneness (tawhīd). As such, Jesus is referred to in the Qur'an frequently as the "son of Mary" ("Ibn Maryam"). Numerous titles are given to Jesus in the Qur'an, such as mubārak (blessed) and `abd-Allāh (servant of God). Another title is al-Masīḥ ("the messiah; the anointed one" i.e. by means of blessings), although it does not correspond with the meaning accrued in Christian belief. Jesus is seen in Islam as a precursor to Muhammad, and is believed by Muslims to have foretold the latter's coming.


What did Jesus believe concerning himself? What did he say concerning himself?
From Alpha Course…
“A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus said wouldn’t be a great moral teacher, he’d either be a lunatic—on a level with a man who says he’s a poached egg—or else he’d be the devil of hell. You must make your choice. Either this man was and is the Son of God, or else a madman or something worse…But don’t let us come up with any patronizing nonsense about his being a great human teacher. He hasn’t left that open to us. He didn’t intend to.” CS Lewis in MERE CHRISTIANITY.

• Totally Human (John 4.6; Matthew 4.2; Mark 11.15-17; Mark 10.21; John 11.32-36; Mark 1.13; Luke 2.46-52; Mark 6.3; Luke 2.51)

• Totally God
o Indirect Claims (Mark 2.5; Matthew 24.31-32, 40, 45)

o Direct Claims & Teaching about Himself (John 20.28; John 10.33; Mark 14.61-62)

“The ‘Kingdom of God’ was the central theme in the entire message of Jesus. All three synoptic Gospels picture Jesus as an itinerant preacher from Galilee announcing the good news of the kingdom of God (Mark 1.15; Matt. 4.23; Luke 4.43. Rudolf Bultmann states, ‘The dominant concept of Jesus’ message is the Reign of God’” (Braaten 483).

Kingdom impact in the New Testament!
Message

Miracles

Parables

Connection to Earliest Christian Proclamation: JESUS IS LORD!

Romans 10.9; 1 Corinthians 15; Philippians 2

Bo Harald Giertz “(31 August 1905 Räpplinge in Öland – 12 July 1998 in Gothenburg), was a Swedish Confessional Lutheran bishop and Christian novelist.
Giertz' characteristic combination of the pietistic type of care of souls with his High Church Lutheran theology, which can also be noticed in his novels, made him listened beyond boundaries. It also made his novels as well as non-fictional books about Christian faith popular in all Scandinavia.” Wikipedia
Family & School Life
Church Life
Writings
During his time as pastor in Torpa (1938-1949), Giertz authored four monumental theological works, Christ's Church (1939), Church Piety (1939), The Great Lie and the Great Truth (1945), and The Battle for Man (1946); two engaging novels, The Hammer of God (1941), and Faith Alone (1943); a retelling of the gospel events, With My Own Eyes (1947); and The Foundation (1942), a widely-used (225,000 copies sold by 1977) catechetical textbook - even translated into Tamil and Zulu! After retiring from Episcopal office, Giertz wrote: The ABCs of Our Christian Faith (1971); another best-selling novel, The Knights of Rhodos (1972) the devotional books To Believe in Christ (1973) and To Live with Christ (1974); a new translation of the New Testament with Commentary (1977-1982); and at age 90(!) The Living God - A Guide to the Christian Faith (1995). Most of Giertz's writings are not available in English.
“The Church Movement for Bible and Confession”
In his vision of the One Holy Christian and Apostolic Church, Giertz integrated a vibrant Evangelical-Lutheran orthodoxy, the Church's traditional liturgy, and sincere church piety into a harmonious and powerful wholeness.- Rev. Hans O. Andrae

Works Cited:
Braaten, Carl E. Christian Dogmatics. Fortress Press, Philadelphia. 1984.
Grudem, Wayne. Bible Doctrine. Zondervan, Grand Rapids, MI. 1999.
Lane, Tony. Exploring Christian Thought. Nelson Publishers, Nashville, TN. 1984.
McGrath, Alister E. Christian Theology: an introduction. Blackwell Publishers, Malden, Mass. 1994.
Shelly, Bruce. Church History in Plain Language. Word Publishing

Here is the info for the Theo foundations course

Theological Foundations Course

Theme Verse for the Institute: Ephesians 4:11-13
And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers, [12] to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, [13] until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ,

Mission of the Institute: To equip the people of Jesus Christ, with the heart of the Father, for ministry in the power of the Holy Spirit.

Theme Verses for the Course: 2 Timothy 1:13-14
Follow the pattern of the sound words that you have heard from me, in the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. [14] By the Holy Spirit who dwells within us, guard the good deposit entrusted to you.
2 Tim. 2:15 Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.

Mission of the Course: j To strengthen and guard the good deposit of faith entrusted to us. k To rightly handle the word of truth in ministry to others. This is accomplished through rigorous individual, communal, and historical reflection, and the shaping of our individual and corporate identity in light of God’s identity.

Term 2 A Closer Look at Jesus
Doctrine of the Person and Work of Jesus Christ

Class 1 Theme: Christology Introduction
Biography of Faith: Bo Giertz

Class 2 Theme: Controversy
Biography of Faith: Theodore Mopsuestia
Homework Due: Read Hammer of God (Introductory Notes xxi-Page 42)

Class 3 Theme: Creedal Consensus at Chalcedon
Biography of Faith: Leo the Great
Homework Due: Read Hammer of God (Pages 43-110)

Class 4 Theme: Christ’s Dual Nature and Kenosis
Biography of Faith: John of the Cross
Homework Due: Read Hammer of God (Pages 113-153)

Class 5 Theme: Cross Purposes (theory’s of the atonement)
Biography of Faith: Anselm and Abelard
Homework Due: Read Hammer of God (Pages 155-192)

Class 6 Theme: Cross Training and Theology (theology of the cross)
Biography of Faith: Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Homework Due: Read Hammer of God (Pages 195-235)

Class 7 Theme: Case for Christ 1
Biography of Faith: John Bunyun
Homework Due: Read Hammer of God (Pages 237-282)

Class 8 Theme: Case for Christ 2
Biography of Faith: Blaise Pascal
Homework Due: Read Hammer of God (Pages 283-332)

Winter Term 08

EIT gets going again on Sunday, January 13th--I hope you can join us.

1: Care, Healing, Deliverance:
6:15-7:30pm Trinity East
Using the Scriptures, as well as video teaching from Francis & Judith MacNutt, we will become equipped to “do the stuff.” This is practical course—get ready to practice!

$50/term--includes resources

2: Theo. Foundation: Jesus
7:45-9:00pm Trinity East
Looking deeply into the biblical teaching on the person and work of Jesus. We will draw richly on Scripture, as well as use Bo Giertz’s wonderful novel “The Hammer of God.”

$40/term--includes resources

EIT Fall Term Year 2 information

WHO? Geared to the maturing Christian who wants to hone their skills for missional ministry. You want to be trained to the next level for effectiveness in the Kingdom of God.
WHAT? 2 Courses this year:
First Course: Care, Healing, Deliverance
† Intro to Care, Healthy Boundaries, Personality Inventory
† Fruits/Roots (Symptoms/Causes): guilt & shame; anger; Loss & depression; Anxiety & Fear; Conflict
† Sacramental ministry; Truly listening
† Ministry in the power of the Holy Spirit (Prophetic, intercessory, fruit)
† School of Healing Prayer
Second Course: Theological Foundations
† A Closer look at the Trinity and the Father: creation; personhood, intimacy with God; heresy & orthodoxy.
† A Closer look at Jesus: person and work; New Testament affirmations; heresy & orthodoxy.
† A Closer look at the Holy Spirit and the Church: Welcome Holy Spirit! Person and work of the Holy Spirit; Gifts of the Holy Spirit; fruit of the Holy Spirit; Nature and marks of the Christian Church.
WHEN? Sunday nights—3 (8 session) terms,
First Course* 6:15-7:30pm (Starts Sept 23rd)
*A Weekend retreat option is available for the first course, sometime in November.
Second Course 7:45-9:00pm (Stars Sept 23rd)
HOW MUCH? $75/per course term includes book; $125/if you enroll
for both; or for a married couple to enroll together in one course.
WHERE? Trinity San Pedro Room 3
HOW DO I SIGN UP? Download the application from our website www.TrinitySanPedro.org or pick up an app. in the church office and return by Sept. 16th (with first term’s payment).