S5E25: What Christian Leaders Need to Know to Model God's Grace

As leaders in Christian organizations, we have the rare opportunity in the midst of this pandemic and social upheaval to influence our workplace culture and the world at large. Listen in as best-selling author, Philip Yancey encourages us to be stand out by reaching out, exhibiting grace, and being healers and bridge builders in our divided world.

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In this episode:

• What is the great divide? (05:48)
• In the book, Philip identifies three kinds of grace dispensers (07:32)
  • Pilgrims, activists, and artists (07:37)
• Culture shapers and culture shakers (08:13)
• Being a culture shaper by focusing on healthy organizational culture (10:33)
• Three questions every Christian needs to consider (12:16)
• The God question, the human question and the social question (12:22)
• What do today's Christian leaders need to know to incarnate and thus model God's grace? (17:06)
• A favorite story about grace from Philip (24:20)
• How does the reality of vanishing grace compromise the work of Christian organizations? (26:52)
• The only way people are going to know what God is like is if the body of Christ shows them (34:44)

Additional Resources

Buy Philip's book: Vanishing Grace: Bringing Good News to a Deeply Divided World

Buy Philip's recent book: Fearfully and Wonderfully: The Marvel of Bearing God’s Image

Follow Philip on Facebook and check out his monthly blog

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