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Biblical Leadership Webinar – Free

Tuesday, July 13th, 2010 | Author:

Biblical Leadership Changes Everything!

Following the successful webinar on the topic of the Sabbath, we are trying it again.  This time the topic will be an introduction to the distinctives of leading God’s way.

You are invited to attend a FREE WEBINAR that I’ll be conducting this Tuesday, July 13th on Biblical Leadership. I hope you will join us.

This webinar is designed to introduce Ministry and Business leaders to a brand new 7 part series on Biblical Leadership that I will be conducting through At God’s Table. The series is based upon a book I wrote with Ken Blanchard and Phil Hodges, the founders of Lead Like Jesus. The book is a 40 day devotional called Words To Lead By. Please join me at 9 PM East Coast (Miami) time this Tuesday, July 13th.  The webinar will last 50 minutes and it will help you understand and apply the Biblical model of leadership in your job, your ministry, school or at home.

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Some people seem to be born to lead.  They are naturals at it.  For most of us, no matter how many leadership training sessions we attend, too often there is no noticeable different in our performance.  Just getting people to step up to a task often takes enormous effort.  Unless we are “gifted” at leading, we are bound for frustration and disappointment.  There are good reasons behind these issues.  Until we understand why the current leadership-for-all model doesn’t work, we are likely to experience nothing but failure.  Our first session will focus on the difference between the world’s view of leadership and the Biblical model.  What we will discover will have an immediate impact on your encouragement of others and your strategy for participation.

How to Supercharge your Leadership

In this introductory webinar, I will touch on the following four (4) points to educate and encourage you in your role as a leader:

1. You often feel overwhelmed in the job you’re expected to do. Most pastors and business leaders are expected to be superheroes.  They are the ones who can do anything and everything.  They are the spiritual “gurus” of the flock and the titans of commerce.  But the truth is this: the burnout rate among pastors is enormous and the moral and financial failures of business leaders over the past decade have been staggering.  Why?  Because most leaders have succumbed to the cultural model of leadership – a model that teaches us that leadership is simply a skill that everyone can accomplish.  Unless we correct this mistaken understanding, we will think that all we need is more training in order to be more effective leaders.

This seminar will teach you what it means to be a biblical leader and how to apply that teaching in your current ministry or business.


“Skip Moen is a creative thinker. His background studies in Greek and Hebrew give him insights that make the unclear clearer. He will help audiences stop doing what they shouldn’t do and do more what they should. He has gotten rave notices at conferences I’ve helped organize.”

Ken Blanchard,
America’s Business Guru
Co-author of The One Minute Manager, Raving Fans, Gung Ho! and over 35 other books
Co-Founder of Lead Like Jesus


“We have been to many of the popular Leadership Conferences, but we have never been so challenged to look and examine our leadership qualities and how they line up to how Jesus leads! Do not miss this chance to become a better leader!”

Scott and Jeanette Barham,
Senior Pastors, Living Hope Christian Center (Sacramento Ca.)
Protestant Chaplain, Dept. of Corrections and Rehabilitation (California)


2. You wonder if you’re making a difference where it really matters. Answering God’s call means answering to God, not to men.  Biblical leadership is measured by God’s standards, not those of our denomination, our congregation, our creditors, our shareholders, our boards of directors, our clients, our families or our friends.  If we don’t know the difference, we will be faced with constant doubts about our effectiveness and constant assessments of our actions by others.

This seminar will help you understand God’s measures of success and show you how to put them into practice.


“Dr. Moen’s incisive but revelatory approach to the scriptures coupled with his unique knowledge of the original languages and how they impact our understanding of the scriptures is a level any one that is passionate about expository preaching and in-depth teaching of the Word of God should pursue. My pastoral ministry and personal knowledge of the word of God moved to a new dimension the moment I encountered Dr. Moen. For the past one year his teachings and seminars have positively impacted my ministry beyond my expectations, and the results have been increased ministry results and invitations to speak in many churches and conferences. He is a unique scholar with a humble heart who loves God and His Word. He is a gifted mentor every pastor must strive to listen to.”

Godwin Ude  B.Pharm, MA, D.P.Th


3. You don’t easily find the kind of TEAM you need to be the leader. No one leads the BODY except Jesus.  We agree and then we go about trying to manage all the committees, boards and functions as if Jesus chose a hierarchy.  Until pastors are able to enlist the rest of the body in the whole purpose of the church, leadership will be not much more than direction.  And direction always creates tension.  The same is true for Christian business leaders. A biblical leader is first a follower, always a follower.

This seminar will give you what you need to create effective teams of willing and active participants so that you can do what God has called you to do.


“Your teaching on Biblical Leadership is so profound and practical. Every church leader who has a heart for the Lord’s work needs to faithfully study what you have to teach. No Biblical Leaders should miss such opportunity. May God continue to richly bless you.”

William Horace,
Pastor


4. You’re not having fun. In God’s view, work is worship.  When God calls, He expects us to work, but His version of work is both service and worship, rolled into one activity.  Being a biblically-based leader means being a delight to God and a blessing to others – and in the process discovering the satisfaction of being what you were born to be

This seminar will help you focus on who you really are and how you can use that hard-wired talent to fulfill God’s calling and be of maximum benefit to others.


“Clear in thought, practical in application, and passionate in conviction are the phrases that come to mind when I think of Skip Moen. He thinks in fresh ways about issues that are essentially timeless.”

Bob Buford,
Author of Halftime and Finishing Well,
Founder of the Leadership Network


Tuesday’s Webinar will introduce these four (4) aspects of biblical leadership, showing you how they differ from contemporary models.  It will help you think more clearly about God’s point of view and illuminate aspects of the biblical model you may not have noticed.  Most importantly, it will set you free from thinking it’s all up to you.  It will give you a start and a strategy to bring about a participating community where everyone can be exactly who they were born to be.

YES! I want to attend this Webinar on Biblical Leadership.

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Here are the details. Please write them down in your calendar.

When is it? Tuesday, July 13th 2010, at 9:00pm EST. (8:00pm Central, 6:00pm Pacific)
Where is it? This is an online seminar – all you need is your computer with speakers or headset and an internet connection. A link to attend the seminar will be emailed to you following your registration.
Cost? There is NO COST to attend this Webinar – But You Must Register As Space Is limited!!

Thank you and God Bless You!
I look forward to speaking with you on Tuesday July 13th, 2010 at 9:00pm EST.

Sincerely,

Dr. Skip Moen

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The Sex God

Tuesday, July 13th, 2010 | Author:

otherwise you might make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land and they would play the harlot with their gods and sacrifice to their gods, and someone might invite you to eat of his sacrifice. Exodus 34:15

Play The Harlot – When Israel entered Canaan, it was surrounded by pagan fertility cults.  The sex act was central to these pagan religions.  Human fertility was seen as an imitation of divine fertility.  Sexual practices of all kinds were part of religious worship.  It’s not surprising that YHWH gives explicit instructions about avoiding and destroying any representations of these false beliefs.  But if you think this is all just ancient history, you haven’t been paying attention to the text or the culture.  It’s time to investigate.

First, the text.  Our translations tone down the actual Hebrew verb here.  Zanu means “to have sexual relations.”  The euphemism “play the harlot” isn’t quite as forceful.  The King James, “go whoring” is a bit better, but even it transfers the imagery to prostitution.  Zanu can describe acts of prostitution, but its primary meaning is sexual relations.  Of course, from a Hebrew perspective, sexual relations outside of marriage include prostitution, but obviously are not limited to sex for hire.  God’s warning in Exodus is not about the street value of a “date.”  His warning is about breaking the exclusive covenant in an act of intimacy with another.  What is important is to appreciate the direct connection between sexual fidelity and covenant commitment to God alone.

Why does this matter?  It matters because everyone can clearly identify and empathize with sexual infidelity!  There is no doubt whatsoever about the break in trust, the damage to integrity and the disregard for the well-being of another when sexual relations are extended beyond the covenant partner.  A great many of us today know exactly what this feels like.  From God’s perspective, that same feeling is how He feels when we are unfaithful to Him.  Zanu isn’t limited to temple prostitution.  It’s about the equivalence between sexual infidelity and idolatry.  Idolatry is not simply the “worship” of a false god.  We need to replace this deficient picture with a more robust (and disgusting) image.  Idolatry is having an intimate relationship with a god of my own making.

Put aside those misleading perceptions about worshipping statues or stones.  Forget the images of prostrating before golden bulls or sacred poles.  Idolatry is not about images.  It’s about an insatiable need for love from something or someone other than YHWH.  It is ego lust – the boiling desire to be affirmed by something less than my Creator.  With this in mind, my idols become whatever grants me ultimate purpose, meaning and significance.  There are a lot of contemporary candidates for the role of statues and stones.  If you find that you are infatuated, overcome or craving someone or something so much that you simply must possess them in order to feel whole, you are playing with idolatry no matter what you pretend to call it.

Topical index:  zanu, sexual relations, idolatry, Exodus 34:15