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Guest Blog: Measuring Greatness
By Dr. Scott Rodin | I am yielding my blog today to my friend Jon Lewis. He recently wrote the following letter to NPR regarding a segment on the responses to the affair and resignation of General Petraeus. His words are important and timely for us as believers who hold ... read on
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Other?? Really?? Returning to the Sin of Eden
By Dr. Scott Rodin | I was recently completing an on-line survey produced by a major US university (name not important) when I came to a page that stopped me short. It was simply titled, ‘Gender’. What caused a double-take was the answer options – Male, Female, Other. Other? I ... read on
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How History will Remember this Election
By Dr. Scott Rodin | The 2012 election will be remembered in history for many reasons, and I would like to submit one for your consideration. This was the election of evangelical disengagement. Simply put, we didn’t much matter. Our core kingdom values were trampled on and we sat on ... read on
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Echos from the Cross: A Third Lesson on Suffering
By Dr. Scott Rodin | Our third meditation on this text considers the emphasis, “why have you forsaken me?” If we are honest, this is the version with which we most closely identify. It is not just the forsakenness, or the fact that it is happening for some reason, or ... read on
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Echos from the Cross: A Second Lesson on Suffering
By Dr. Scott Rodin | We are looking at the different interpretations of this text that come from the way the key words are emphasized. In the first blog we looked at, “why have you forsaken me?” and we contemplated the purposes of God. Here we will look at, “why ... read on
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Echos from the Cross: Three Lessons on Suffering
By Dr. Scott Rodin | Have you ever played the game where you take a simple sentence and see how the meaning changes when you change the emphasis? Start with, “Why did you eat that apple?” Now read it as, “Why did you eat that apple?” or “Why did you ... read on
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Coming Home
By Dr. Scott Rodin | The comment caught me completely off-guard. I was proudly showing a colleague my new truck; a sleek black Dodge Ram 2500 long bed with a V8 Hemi engine that my kids named Darth Vader. Instead of the expected words of admiration, however, this friend just ... read on
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Facing our Demons: The SIXTH of Six Temptations Every Leader Faces When it Comes to Money
By Dr. Scott Rodin | The sixth and final temptation in the way we as leaders deal with money is to play the owner and not the steward. The previous five temptations may be wrapped up and subsumed under this one powerful Christian concept. We are stewards not owners. Our ... read on
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Facing our Demons: The FIFTH of Six Temptations Every Leader Faces When it Comes to Money
By Dr. Scott Rodin | The fifth temptation in our role as leaders in relationship to money is to separate our personal spiritual journey from our work as a Christian leader. In our postmodern culture we are encouraged to compartmentalize our private life from our public service. Postmodernism teaches us ... read on
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Facing our Demons: The FOURTH of Six Temptations Every Leader Faces When it Comes to Money
By Dr. Scott Rodin | The fourth temptation we face as leaders is kingdom building. Loving one master and despising the other calls us to be one-kingdom Christians. Christ’s call on our life is uncompromising and unequivocal. We are to deny ourselves, take up our cross and follow him. There ... read on
