July 11, 2022
Church 101 | Leadership Signals
The church at Corinth gives us a glimpse into how the Kingdom landed and found shape in a rather typical First Century Roman city. There was nothing exceptional about the Corinthian church: just believers trying to learn how to walk out of familiar kingdoms of darkness and walk into the Kingdom of Light.
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1 Corinthians 4
Message Questions:
- What are some of the indicators (or signals) that our culture uses to identify leaders?
- Share a story of a leader who had a significant impact—positive or negative—in your life. How would you describe them and their leadership?
- How do the three image sets (servant vs. master, captive vs. ruler, father vs. babysitter) challenge our culture’s ideas of leadership? Where might they challenge us as a church?
- Think of an area where you are influencing someone—where you are a leader. Which of the three “signals” of leadership—faithful, cruciform (cross-shaped), loving—are you most exhibiting in that relationship? Which one do you want to invite the Holy Spirit to grow in you?
- Who are you influenced by? Do you need to make any changes in whose example you are following?
Bonus Question:
“For the kingdom of God is not a matter of talk but of power”
(v 20). How would you explain that statement?
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