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6 Apr, 8 tweets, 5 min read
As I feel more optimistic about many getting the vaccine and the covid relief bill helping the poor in the US, I am reminded that there is injustice, suffering, and danger elsewhere: Myanmar, Belarus, Yemen, Ukraine, Russia, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and North Korea. God help us.
1. I'm reminded to pray because it is overwhelming.
2. I appreciate experts keeping us up to date about their sense of horror about these matters.
3. May the US leadership be wise.
4. Long-term, let's encourage people to live in other countries with generosity and curiosity.
And Brazil with poor leadership and a terrible tragic crisis.
Taiwan and Ukraine
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13 Apr
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No! Why?! So sad! Police officers, why are we killing people? This is extremely upsetting for people in Minneapolis - St. Paul. Like, have police officers learned nothing? This is terrible.
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10 Apr
@DrAaronNew Three points:
- We should be slow to take justice into our own hands as David was in 1 Samuel 24. Romans 12:19 "vengeance is mine …. says the Lord".
- Paige Patterson was untrustworthy as a shepherd and so was removed from his position.
@DrAaronNew If people want to read more, Paige Patterson writes the argument in the four views book "Who Runs the Church? 4 Views on Church Government" (Zondervan, 2004) for one pastor being in charge of a local church. The other three authors push back. Image
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9 Apr
I continue to think that reading history is the best preparation for wise leadership. You are struck by details, attitudes, and relationships; and it registers in your mind:
"*That* made a difference. Inspiring!"
Or, "Look at how that capable person made a mistake! Duly noted!"
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21 Mar
I have been thinking about how Jeff Immelt—who I remember being interviewed by Bill Hybels at the 2014 Global Leadership Summit (vimeo.com/128173175)—ended up not being a successful CEO of G.E. (). Do we listen to people prematurely? Or was he unlucky?
"This person is successful! They are CEO of a large company! Learn about leadership from them!"

7 years later: "This person took their company into the ground. They had repeated poor judgment and execution and integrity! I would not trust what they have to say!"

Lesson here?
I learned a lot about leadership from Jack Welch, Jeff Immelt's predecessor ... at least I think I did. Or did Welch just get lucky?

Fame and success can be fleeting!

You shouldn't name something after someone who is still alive because they still have time to disappoint you.
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19 Jan
Vyacheslav Volodin is who Franklin Graham met with in March 2019. He has been sanctioned by the US and EU since 2014 for the Ukraine invasion. Volodin spews lies—suggesting Germany poisoned Alexei Navalny and that those arrested for the Capitol violence are political prisoners. Image
Franklin Graham said he believed Trump about Trump's questioning of the results of the election and then Graham said that the violence at the Capitol was from Antifa.
Here is Graham's claim that it was likely Antifa.
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