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As a pastor, I've spent 30 years talking to people and heard every kind of story imaginable.
- Andy Stanley
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The church wasn't an organization in the first century. They weren't writing checks or buying property. The church has matured and developed over the years. But for some reason, the last thing to change is the structure of leadership.
- Andy Stanley
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Preachers prepare with this fear: 'Am I going to be able to fill the time?' The audience never worries about that.
- Andy Stanley
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Guys that preach verse-by-verse through books of the Bible - that is just cheating. It's cheating because that would be easy, first of all. That isn't how you grow people. No one in the Scripture modeled that.
- Andy Stanley
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What people pray for will tell you more than anything else whether they are locked into the vision and priorities of the church.
- Andy Stanley
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Preaching on Sunday mornings is such a simple thing, and by complicating it, I think we all do ourselves and the audience a disservice. It is very simple. Here is the model: Make people feel like they need an answer to a question.
- Andy Stanley
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All Scripture is equally inspired, but not all Scripture is equally applicable or relevant to every stage of life.
- Andy Stanley
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Uncertainty is a permanent part of the leadership landscape. It never goes away.
- Andy Stanley
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People pray in one direction but they walk in a different direction, and direction always determines where we end up.
- Andy Stanley
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Somehow, what's in our hearts, good or bad is eventually translated into words and deeds.
- Andy Stanley
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If you're a preacher's kid, you see the church differently.
- Andy Stanley
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Success means your options multiply. Size increases complexity, and complexity can confuse vision.
- Andy Stanley
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There will be very few occasions when you are absolutely certain about anything. You will consistently be called upon to make decisions with limited information. That being the case, your goal should not be to eliminate uncertainty. Instead, you must develop the art of being clear in the face of uncertainty.
- Andy Stanley
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People are not on a truth quest; they are on a happiness quest. They will continue to attend your church - even if they don't share your beliefs - as long as they find the content engaging and helpful.
- Andy Stanley
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#Long
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God is a God of systems and predictability and order, and God honors planning.
- Andy Stanley
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When a plan or strategy fails, people are tempted to assume it was the wrong vision. Plans and strategies can always be changed and improved. But vision doesn't change. Visions are simply refined with time.
- Andy Stanley
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Leadership is all about taking people on a journey. The challenge is that most of the time, we are asking people to follow us to places we ourselves have never been.
- Andy Stanley
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#People
#Time
Uncertainty is not an indication of poor leadership; it underscores the need for leadership.
- Andy Stanley
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#Need
#Poor
#Uncertainty
Greed is not a financial issue. It's a heart issue.
- Andy Stanley
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#Greed
#Heart
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