Category: Leadership

WORDS THAT HAVE SHAPED MY LIFE (87) “USE IT OR LOSE IT”

Rod Denton in Christian Living, Discipleship, Leadership, Mentoring

Rod Denton Induction at Elizabeth Church of Christ_2012 One of the greatest motivations in my life is the understanding that I am a steward of my life and all that I that I possess is a gift from God to be used for His glory. An equal motivation in my life is the principle that what I don’t use I will more than likely lose.

Jesus explained this in a parable He taught regarding three people that were entrusted with money by their master to invest according to their abilities while he was absent on a trip. On his return, two of the servants had doubled their money while the third servant had hidden his money for fear …

WORDS THAT HAVE SHAPED MY LIFE 86 “THE GOLDEN RULE……what did Jesus really mean?”

Rod Denton in Christian Living, Discipleship, Evangelism, Leadership

Rod Denton Induction at Elizabeth Church of Christ_2012 Jesus said, “So in everything do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.” Matthew 7:12
There was a time where I understood the Golden Rule to be a rule of reciprocity, where I would do exactly to others what I wanted them to do to me. But then I gradually came to understand that following the Golden Rule by literally responding to people in the way I had wanted them to treat me, did not take into consideration the uniqueness of each person and their felt needs.
On further examination I came to see that Jesus didn’t treat …

PRAYER POWER….out of the saltshaker

Rod Denton in Christian Living, Discipleship, Evangelism, Leadership

“For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. The weapons we fight with are not weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. We demolish arguments (logical thinking) and every pretension (pride) that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought (scheme) to make it obedient to Christ.” 2 Corinthians 19:3-5

Jesus told His followers that they are to be the salt of the earth, agents of transformation for the Kingdom of God that preserves, adds flavour and influences our surrounding society. He also said that if salt remains in …

THE TIMES THEY ARE CHANGING…..Living in times of transition

Rod Denton in Christian Living, Discipleship, Leadership, Mentoring, Mission

The Times they are a Changing
In 1964 when I was about to be conscripted into the Australian Army for 2 years during the Vietnam War, the well known song writer, singer Bob Dylan wrote the song called The Times They Are A-Changing, a song deliberately written to create an anthem of change for the moment. There was a new generation making its voice felt and it was particularly expressed in the following verse:
“Come mothers and fathers throughout the land, And don’t criticise what you don’t understand,
Your sons and your daughters are beyond your command, Your old road is rapidly agin’
Please get out of the new if you can’t lend a hand, For …