Comments on: Why People Won’t Lead http://jasongordon.org/2008/04/20/why-people-wont-lead/ Thoughts on being a follower of Christ, father, church planter and pastor. Tue, 03 Jan 2012 04:29:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: chris http://jasongordon.org/2008/04/20/why-people-wont-lead/#comment-95 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 00:28:29 +0000 http://jasongordon.wordpress.com/?p=113#comment-95 That certainly appears to be the nut of it, doesn’t it? Somewhere along the line, people have learned to leave well enough alone when it comes to faith. As a student of history, I notice the pattern of ‘innovate-stagnate.’

Innovation is the offspring of stagnation. The wagons circle, the habits are inbred and then a spirit of change is born. The 80% face inward, while the 20% look around the other side of the circle.

I don’t know why it has to get really bad before something really good happens, but that seems to be the pattern. MT 22 isn’t about either innovation or stagnation, though. Jesus is offering a way out of the whole action/reaction loop. He’s offering a lifestyle of kinetic worship: loving God and others more than you love yourself.

Nice circular comment, huh?

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