Worthless leaders are sadly not new phenomenon. In South Africa, we know all too well how leadership failure can devastate communities. When leaders exploit instead of serve, ordinary people suffer. Sadly, this is also true in the church. So-called Christian leaders can be self-serving, greedy, and lazy, using their power not for the good of… Continue reading Fleecing the Flock: When Shepherds Become Wolves
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The God syndrome
Many religious practitioners, down through the centuries and throughout the world today, have suffered from (what I like to call) the “God-syndrome”. It refers to religious leaders or church pastors who see themselves as the Lord’s Anointed or the anointed Man of God. It’s the priest in Roman Catholicism who can absolve you of your… Continue reading The God syndrome