We just elected a new Council, full of great leaders who will use their giftedness to build up the body. Hopefully, we take a page out of Jesus' playbook, "Kings like to throw their weight around and people in authority like to give themselves fancy titles. It's not going to be that way with you. Let the senior among you become like the junior; let the leader act the part of the servant." Christ was obviously a very different kind of king.
In Greek, the word we read as servant is often slave, so I thought I'd do a little word search to see if sword(s) or servant/slave(s) appears more in the Bible. Sword: 176 occurrences. Servant/Slave: 981 times! Since 9-11 (2001!), we've been at war. Maybe servanthood is the way to go...
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