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The Character Crisis (57B)
By: Bill Hybels | 6/21/2006

Leaders fail because of sin, fatigue, and friends' not holding them accountable. ***See outline below.

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The Character Crisis (57B)

Speaker: Bill Hybels

Date: 6/21/2006

References: Jeremiah 17:1; James 3:1

Introduction:

Illustration: At the Indianapolis 500, not every car that starts will finish.
Illustration: America is scandal-scarred in 1987, as a quote from Time magazine highlights.
Why are so many leaders failing?

Theologically, leaders are sinners from birth.

Sociologists and psychologists say we're born good—not true.
Illustration: Children in the nursery shove each other to get toys.

Psychologically, leaders get weary.

Leaders are under incredible pressures that can wear them down.
Illustration: Letter from a fallen pastor to Hybels, urging him to spend time away from leadership.

Relationally, leaders have been failed by friends.

People become so loyal to leaders they never rebuke them.
Illustration: The PTL scandal was not just a problem of the Bakkers, but all the leaders in the organization.
Illustration: Staffer rebukes Hybels for parking in no-parking zone.
The congregation needs to provide “watch care” for their pastor.

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