Thursday, February 06, 2020

What does real leadership look like?


I guess this section of the Bible needs to be cut out by those who cravenly bowed to the ruling power yesterday.

 42 So Jesus called them and said to them, “You know that among the Gentiles those whom they recognize as their rulers lord it over them, and their great ones are tyrants over them.  43 But it is not so among you; but whoever wishes to become great among you must be your servant,  44 and whoever wishes to be first among you must be slave of all. (Mark 10:42–44 NRSV)


OK, I know that some of you out there don't like the NRSV (I don't especially either), so here it is in a couple of other versions:


42 And Jesus called them to him and said to them, “You know that those who are considered rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them. 43 But it shall not be so among you. But whoever would be great among you must be your servant, 44 and whoever would be first among you must be slave of all. (ESV)

42 Jesus called them together and said, “You know that those who are regarded as rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their high officials exercise authority over them. 43 Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, 44 and whoever wants to be first must be slave of all. (NIV)

42  Jesus called them over and said, “You know that the ones who are considered the rulers by the Gentiles show off their authority over them and their high-ranking officials order them around. 43  But that’s not the way it will be with you. Whoever wants to be great among you will be your servant. 44  Whoever wants to be first among you will be the slave of all. (CEB)

And obviously any section of the scripture that talks about God overcoming fear is wrong, too, so cut out those as well. After all, we know that fear sells and convinces, so it must be stronger than God! 



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