Tag: Biblical

Connected Shepherds

March 20, 2025 bobturner Daily Leadership, saltJournal 0 Comments

As I get older, I see how easy it is to be disconnected, even reclusive from the world, world events, and activities, especially what a younger generation faces every day. It may be in the home, at school, on the job, or in the community.

Shepherds, who tend to be older (by God’s design), can easily become isolated from the world. When this happens, they are challenged to help provide solid biblical answers for these challenges when they are asked.

Take time with the sheep to learn about the battles they fight and focus on how to provide biblical answers to help them fight the good fight of faith.

We need good shepherds.

Awareness

March 14, 2025 bobturner Daily Leadership, saltJournal 0 Comments

The world thinks of leadership as forcing others to do what leaders say. However, Marian Anderson said, “Leadership should be born out of the understanding of the needs of those who would be affected by it.”

Spiritual leaders must consider others. When leading someone to Christ, our efforts will never be successful if we attempt to force God’s word upon them.

We must also guard attempts to create undue guilt.

We must understand others and lead in ways that create an awareness of the need, teach how and why, and allow God’s word to work to bring Biblical change.

Spring Change

January 9, 2025 bobturner Daily Leadership, saltJournal 0 Comments

As the harshness of winter grips the days ahead, we look forward to changes brought on by spring. Change can be good or bad. Change is necessary to reach our goals, and change is Biblical.

Instability generally results from changes winter ushers in with spring. Tornadoes, hail, lightening, and other unstable weather is common. Change does not come quickly, easily, or without resistance.

The most beautiful part of spring is seeing all of nature regain life. After a dormant winter, spring rains and sunshine bring life. The change is amazing, even through the instability produced.

Our leadership should provide stability and assurance through the changes that produce spiritual life.

Symbol of Leadership

January 3, 2025 bobturner Daily Leadership, saltJournal 0 Comments

The gavel symbolizes a legalistic leader, decisive and dogmatic.

The eagle symbolizes a presidential leader, representative and political.

The swastika symbolizes a dictatorial leader, aggressive and autocratic in power.

The crown symbolizes a kingly leader, superior and majestic.

The lamb symbolizes a gentle leader, patient under suffering.

The cross symbolizes a sacrificial leader, purposeful and loving.

While there are others, what symbol best represents your spiritual leadership?

Our leadership is worth the effort to make certain it is represented accurately and biblically.

Describe Your Leadership

October 31, 2024 bobturner Daily Leadership, saltJournal 0 Comments

We live in a world where we generally communicate with the use of words. Interestingly, what we hear and read is often presented with an incredible, spectacular, and unbelievable multiplicity of adjectives.

What adjective would you use to describe your leadership?

Godly! Spiritual! Righteous! Knowledgeable! Patient! Compassionate! Faithful!

Such descriptive terms have a nice ring. Today, let us strive to lead others in a manner that is described biblically.

Enduring Trust

September 11, 2024 bobturner Daily Leadership, saltJournal 0 Comments

Enduring life’s challenges is an ability strengthened by victorious faith. Understand that others have also overcome. See the great cloud of witnesses, biblically, historically, and personally.

Trust that God will keep His promises. He will see you through every trial. The adage claims, “If He brings you to it, He will see you through it.” Run with endurance the race that is set before you.

No matter how great the obstacle, at its worst it is still temporary. Keep your eyes fixed on Jesus who for the joy before Him endured the cross, despised the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of God.

Familiarity

August 20, 2024 bobturner Daily Leadership, saltJournal 0 Comments

Developing a familiarity between leaders and followers takes time and a process that involves several key factors.

A mutual respect for the life experiences of each other builds a stronger relationship of trust in the common goals and expectations.

Another critical component to familiarity is to share life experiences with each other. The biblical teaching of “weep with those who weep and rejoice with those who rejoice” must be applied.

Create an open door policy that contributes to the approachability of everyone involved. Achieving this task is not easy, but the results bring lasting leadership.

How we address familiarity can hinder or strengthen our leadership.

The Future of Leadership

August 1, 2024 bobturner Daily Leadership, saltJournal 0 Comments

What are we doing to address the present condition of leadership? What are we doing about the future of leadership? What are we doing to develop biblical leaders?

Challenges face every move to improve the situation. Efforts to make a difference are viewed with skepticism.

Enthusiasm to learn and implement something new or different is sequestered off in the halls of youth and familiarity.

What are we doing to change eternity if the only thing we do is exactly what we have done for the past 50, 75, or 100 years?

At some point, we need to recognize where we are, where we are going, and what we must do to get there.

Prescriptive Help

June 6, 2024 bobturner Daily Leadership, saltJournal 0 Comments

Jim Rohn expresses an incredible thought: “If someone is going down the wrong road, he doesn’t need motivation to speed him up. What he needs is education to turn him around.”

The basic understanding of a leader is someone who is able to move others from point A to point B.

A biblical development of leadership prescribes the idea of helping those who are outside of Christ (point A) to turn from a self-directed life to obediently follow the Savior (point B).

A key element of this prescriptive help is an education built on biblical truth.

Decision-Making

April 16, 2024 bobturner Daily Leadership, saltJournal 0 Comments

Leaders often struggle with making decisions.

Leaders need to practice the following: 1) examine the scripture to make sure that a decision is biblical and not just follow the flow of popularity or opinion, 2) never rush a decision, but do not hesitate between two opinions either, 3) if the decision is right, then make it, 4) remember, not every decision will please everyone.

The next generation of leaders needs to learn how to make sound, biblical decisions.

More could be said, but the responsibility of training the next generation of leaders to be decisive is crucial to the future.

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