Herb

“we have failed to practise ourselves the kind of behaviour we expect from other people.”
― C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity

“Authoritarianism is evil, anti-social, anti-human and ultimately anti-God (for self-deifying pride is at its heart), and I have nothing to say in its favor.11”
― Alexander Strauch, Biblical Eldership: An Urgent Call to Restore Biblical Church Leadership

“Since the local church is “the pillar and support of the truth” (1 Tim. 3:15b), its leaders must be rock-solid pillars of biblical doctrine or the house will crumble. Since the local church is also a small flock traveling over treacherous terrain that is infested with “savage wolves,” only those shepherds who know the way and see the wolves can lead the flock to its safe destination. An elder, then, must be characterized by doctrinal integrity.”
― Alexander Strauch, Biblical Eldership: An Urgent Call to Restore Biblical Church Leadership

“If the men are supposed to be the heads of the family, they must also be the heads of the community. The community must be structured in a way that supports the pattern of the family, and the family must be structured in a way that supports the pattern of the community.”
― Alexander Strauch, Biblical Eldership: An Urgent Call to Restore Biblical Church Leadership