Good and Bad Leadership

Be very picky about the leaders that you follow. Make sure they aren’t greedy, hypocritical, irrational, boastful, judgmental, or rash.

The best leader is the one who knows human hearts but who has mercy on other people anyway; the one who brings out the best in the worst people; the one who lives out what they say and so benefits other people; the one who brings peace with them in the midst of quarrels; the one who uses his or her own anger for building.

Jesus' Chosen Rulers

The poor outcast who are merciful are the rulers of God’s kingdom. (Matt 5:3-9)

"You're going DOWN!"

God will destroy all governments that fail to help the poor. (Psalm 82)

Avoiding Hypocritical Preaching

[A preacher] “in preaching to others, he forgets not himself, but is first a sermon to himself, and then to others; growing with the growth of his parish.”
-George Herbert