Points of Departure

Points of Departure:
7 Challenges to the American Evangelical Church

By Jim Thomson (Joshua Tree, 2010)

“We lead, as Jesus instructed us not to, as the Gentiles do. We work hard, there is no doubt about that, but we work hard to build an organization that is contrary to the biblical pattern. We don’t work hard to simply, purely follow Jesus, hear God’s words and act upon them, while eschewing Gentile leadership principles, according to the biblical pattern. We don’t work hard to operate in the supernatural power of God, as every leader in the Bible did—because we’re too hard at work building and organizing a religious structure.” –Jim Thomson, from the book

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