{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Dialog","title":"1.18 / What does the Bible say about leadership?","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2298,"description":"I've been writing a book since June. I told Erwin McManus that when I write, I'm chasing down all the ideas I want to talk about. He said, \"That's your problem. When you're writing, you're thinking about where you want to go. You're not thinking about where they need to go.\"\nLeadership works the same way. Hebrews 13:17 says leaders keep watch over your souls. If you lead anyone, a family, a team, a company or a men's group, God has made you responsible for more than results.\nMy co-host Nick Surface and I talk about that weight: why bad leadership is so common, what leadership looks like in a marriage, and how to get the mission done without losing the people.\nWhat does Hebrews 13:17 mean?\nThe scary part is the middle: they keep watch over your souls. If you lead anyone, you're keeping watch over their mind, will and emotions, and you'll answer to God for it.\nWhy is bad leadership so common?\nThe question is not does it work for you. It's does it work for other people. No bad leader sets out to be one. They just never think about the kind of leader they are.\nDo you need a title to lead?\nWhen I complained about a bad leader, my dad asked, \"Well, what do you do to help that?\" You don't need a title to care for people.\nMission or morale?\nMission is taking the mountain. Morale is everybody getting up it. The right balance is the right application at the right time.\nScriptures\nHebrews 13:17 · Matthew 25:21 · Proverbs 29:2 · 1 Samuel 8 · Ephesians 5:22-25 · Genesis 2:18 · John 15:26\nThinkers and books\nErwin McManus · Ed Catmull, Creativity, Inc. · Jim Rohn · Dwight Eisenhower\nChapters\n0:00 Cold open and show intro\n0:53 The weight of the decisions you make\n1:31 Faithful in a little, ruler over much\n2:35 Hebrews 13:17: they keep watch over your souls\n3:48 Bad leaders and the motorcycle sidecar\n5:34 Erwin McManus: where do they need to go?\n7:46 Is democracy God's way?\n9:08 A Yankees hat at Bible college in the UK\n10:39 A king as God's concession (1 Samuel 8)\n11:10 Jim Rohn:...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/7YsfA4gq5VzjhvmKvDET1pQqT0OM6yxv1laklKclR7g/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS83ZWZh/MTRmZDEzOWRjZGQz/Y2M2NThkNzYwOTJj/ODA4MC5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}