Sometimes leaders unwittingly exacerbate conflict. This often results from insecurity that reveals itself in being. 1. Unable to make wise and timely decisions. 2. Too eager to please everybody, and 3. Unwilling to acknowledge conflict–in other words, withdrawing.
— Daniel Akin (b. 1957), Theologe, Autor, langjähriger Präsident des Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
Topics: Ethical Questions, Wisdom & Understanding, Illness & Weakness
Occasions: For Reflection
Daniel Akin
Daniel Akin ist ein US-amerikanischer baptistischer Theologe, Autor und langjähriger Präsident des Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in North Carolina. Er vertritt eine konservative, reformatorisch geprägte Theologie und setzt sich vor allem für weltweite Mission sowie fortlaufende Auslegungspredigten ein. Bibellesern vermitteln seine Kommentare und Schriften theologische Grundlagen in einer anwendungsorientierten, christuszentrierten Auslegung.
If you judge people, you have no time to love them.
Mother Teresa
It is not your business to succeed, but to do right: when you have done so, the rest lies with God.
C.S. Lewis
The good you do today, will often be forgotten by tomorrow. Do good anyway.
Mother Teresa
My obligation is to do the right thing. The rest is in God's hands.
Martin Luther King Jr.
There are no ordinary people; every neighbor carries eternal significance.
C.S. Lewis
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.
Martin Luther King Jr.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Desmond Tutu