Thus for some Jews the meaning of the word "messiah" began to change from any high political or spiritual leader to a single future leader sent by God to rescue his people from political oppression. They referred to this just, merciful, wise, and glorious king as the Messiah. Traditional ...
As articulated by sociologist Max Weber, a bureaucracy is based on a hierarchical structure with sharply defined and protected levels of authority, centralized decision making, rules that govern personnel behavior, and an impersonalized view of employees that stresses their roles as functionaries. The...
[Jesus] said, "Indeed, I am the servant of Allah .He has given me the Scriptureand made me a prophet. MARYAM 19:30 The only "scriptures" Jesus possessed were the Torah. The New Testament (referred to as the Gospel) was not written until after the death of Jesus. The Koran makes no...
Some in our time have honored Jesus as the greatest teacher who ever lived. Some have seen him as a great prophet. However, the author of Hebrews presents him as much more than that. He reveals Jesus to us as the Father's own Son. Son of God (1:1-2) Let's look at the first ...
But Peter followed at a distance. 55 Now when they had kindled a fire in the midst of the courtyard and sat down together, Peter sat among them. 56 And a certain servant girl, seeing him as he sat by the fire, looked intently at him and said, “This man was also with Him.”...
David was chosen as God’s servant to lead his people out of the darkness and gloom of ungodliness and disobedience and back into the light of the Lord. David was called to make the nation of Israel a nation ‘under God’ as it was originally meant to be. David trusted in the Lord ...
LeaderServant LeadershipModelGood leadershipis a challenge in most institutions and organizations in our world. This problem emanates from having the right people to lead in suchinstitutions and organizations. People have assumed leadership responsibilitiesby virtue of the positions they occupy but they ...
Are you their servant? Obviously, we can’t become literal servants of all, as in waiting on them day and night, but we can relate to them in this manner. We can be mindful of their need and do something about it. It’s mostly a spiritual application. We don’t have the resources...
“Sovereign Lord, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and everything in them, who through the mouth of our father David, your servant, said by the Holy Spirit, “‘Why do the nations rage, and the peoples plot in vain?
Jesus himself is the prime example of the servant-leader. Luke 22:27 tn Grk“who reclines at table,” as 1st century middle eastern meals were not eaten while sitting at a table, but while reclining on one’s side on the floor with the head closest to the low table and the feet ...