Reflecting on the Sermon: 3/20/11

Rod began his series on church leadership in Acts 20:17-27.  He pointed to Paul's example of what and elder is to be.  He reminded us that all Christians are called to follow this example of godly living even if we are not official leaders in the church.  From this passage, we learn that a leader is to be a humble slave of the Lord (19), feel the pains of ministry (19, 31), teach and steward the Word of God (20), preach the gospel (21), and trust God (22-24).  One thing that stuck out to me was when he spoke about the call to teach the Word and said that a leader must remember, "soft words don't break up hard hearts."  May we have the courage to speak the truth in love.