YOU'RE NOT THE BOSS OF ME (6 OF 6)
by Tim Badal
Scripture: Titus 1:5-9, 1 Timothy 3:1-7
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Title: You're Not the Boss of Me (6 of 6)
Series: Rediscover Church
Author: Tim Badal
Text: Titus 1:5-9 & 1 Timothy 3:1-7
Text excerpt: "We see that pattern in families, but even more we see it in churches. A group of people will decide they're in charge, then another group will say, "You're not the boss of me. You're not in authority." This morning I want to talk about who's in charge in the church."
I grew up in a family of five-Mom, Dad and three boys. My older brother lived to be 16 years old before the Lord called him home. So it was my younger brother and me. We were very different people. He had incredible gifts. He was an incredible academic student; I was a goofball. Growing up, we had another hardship that was difficult for us to navigate-we were born 13 months apart. They call this "Irish twins."
So the challenge came when my parents were gone and I would pontificate to him that I was in charge. I told him because I was older, I could set the rules and had authority. My brother would look at his older goofball brother and say the same thing every time. I can hear his words as if he were saying them right now: "Tim, you're not the boss of me. You're not in charge. You're not the authority." That would lead to arguments and fights that never resolved the question of who was in charge. Then Mom and Dad would eventually come back home.
We see that pattern in families, but even more we see it in churches. A group of people will decide they're in charge, then another group will say, "You're not the boss of me. You're not in authority." This morning I want to talk about who's in charge in the church.
During these past few weeks we've been in a series titled "Rediscover Church." We're rediscovering things that we have just assumed, or maybe even wrongly assumed. We think we know how things should go, but perhaps we don't. So the leadership of our church decided it would be good to kick off the new ministry year by focusing on our times in smal ...
Series: Rediscover Church
Author: Tim Badal
Text: Titus 1:5-9 & 1 Timothy 3:1-7
Text excerpt: "We see that pattern in families, but even more we see it in churches. A group of people will decide they're in charge, then another group will say, "You're not the boss of me. You're not in authority." This morning I want to talk about who's in charge in the church."
I grew up in a family of five-Mom, Dad and three boys. My older brother lived to be 16 years old before the Lord called him home. So it was my younger brother and me. We were very different people. He had incredible gifts. He was an incredible academic student; I was a goofball. Growing up, we had another hardship that was difficult for us to navigate-we were born 13 months apart. They call this "Irish twins."
So the challenge came when my parents were gone and I would pontificate to him that I was in charge. I told him because I was older, I could set the rules and had authority. My brother would look at his older goofball brother and say the same thing every time. I can hear his words as if he were saying them right now: "Tim, you're not the boss of me. You're not in charge. You're not the authority." That would lead to arguments and fights that never resolved the question of who was in charge. Then Mom and Dad would eventually come back home.
We see that pattern in families, but even more we see it in churches. A group of people will decide they're in charge, then another group will say, "You're not the boss of me. You're not in authority." This morning I want to talk about who's in charge in the church.
During these past few weeks we've been in a series titled "Rediscover Church." We're rediscovering things that we have just assumed, or maybe even wrongly assumed. We think we know how things should go, but perhaps we don't. So the leadership of our church decided it would be good to kick off the new ministry year by focusing on our times in smal ...
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