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Being Holy, Being Human: Dealing With the Expectations of Ministry (013)
Youth leader and college president, Jay Kesler, provides solid, practical wisdom to help Christian leaders resolve the tension between holiness and honest transparency they face daily. He offers insight on how to be a true role model.
- GenresLeadership
184 pages, Hardcover
Published January 1, 1988
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January 15, 2014
Kesler addresses the need for pastors to be holy in light of the reality that we are all sinful humans. In the first chapter he explains that the book is more of an autobiographical story of lessons he has learned through his 15 years of ministry experience (at the time of writing). This is definitely the case as he addresses 14 different ministry pitfalls and presents some solutions primarily from his own experience.
While Kesler does at times hit his target, most of his punches lack power and persuasion because about 90% of his arguments are only supported by stories from his own experience or at other times, quotes from other authors instead of Scripture. Scripture is rarely reference in his writing and several chapters contains no citations or indirect reference to the Bible. While his ideas can be interesting and helpful, they are only really helpful when they agree with Scripture.
Having so many arguments made from experiences is particularly problematic because the underlying message behind this book is that unless you have had many years of ministry experience, one cannot learn these valuable leadership lessons. The psalmist argues that he can have more wisdom than his enemies, more understanding than all his teachers and the aged ones when he obeys God's commandments and precepts from his heart and makes God's testimonies his meditation (Psalm 119:98-100).
While Kesler does at times hit his target, most of his punches lack power and persuasion because about 90% of his arguments are only supported by stories from his own experience or at other times, quotes from other authors instead of Scripture. Scripture is rarely reference in his writing and several chapters contains no citations or indirect reference to the Bible. While his ideas can be interesting and helpful, they are only really helpful when they agree with Scripture.
Having so many arguments made from experiences is particularly problematic because the underlying message behind this book is that unless you have had many years of ministry experience, one cannot learn these valuable leadership lessons. The psalmist argues that he can have more wisdom than his enemies, more understanding than all his teachers and the aged ones when he obeys God's commandments and precepts from his heart and makes God's testimonies his meditation (Psalm 119:98-100).
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