Organizational structure is experiencing an increase in the use of small groups and teams as solutions to strategic concerns. The issue of succession planning within a group or organization is vital to a successful strategy. In addition, servant leadership is experiencing a resurgence of interest in organizations and in leadership research. However, servant leadership in the succession process ...

The concept that “fullness” is to be found in Jesus Christ has been invoked to support the uniqueness of Jesus, including in the context of world religions. Yet the metaphorical sense of fullness is amenable to a variety of interpretations. Is this uniqueness the logical consequence of Christian faith, or an over-reliance on what amounts to a spatial metaphor? Are the uniqueness and primacy of ...

“All humanists agree that religion is not based on reason” [1a]. This statement, in many different forms, has been popularized for hundreds of years. A major purpose for the 1978-1979 modeling procedures introduced into theology is to establish that all such statements are false. Jesus Christ is Scripturally described as the “great God and Saviour,” “the only-begotten God,” “the image of the in...

lark Williamson pictures the church as a movement of “companions on the way.” Through this image he wants us to see the church as a communion of persons “in the presence of Jesus Christ” seeking to extend the love of God and neighbor throughout all creation. Williamson’s imagery is evocative: the church is a communion of companions headed toward a goal, a goal defined by the presence of Jesus C...

Asteady debate over the meaning of the death of Jesus in Luke-Acts runs through the heart of scholarly attention to Lukan theology. Alongside the growing recognition of Luke as a theologian in his own right, the uniqueness of his interpretation of the cross over against other biblical authors has been regularly emphasized. In this regard, it has become commonplace to affirm Luke attaches no dir...

*Pulmonary Section, Department of Medicine, University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus, San Juan, Puerto Rico; †Pulmonary Consultant; ‡Doctoral Program – Clinical and Translational Science, Institute for Clinical Research Education, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, United States of America; §Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, Unive...

This book is a masterful analysis of Jesus’ radical ideas regarding managers and management. These ideas, when understood in the context of the Greco-Roman management system, present transformational possibilities for 21st century managers. A change model that utilizes Jesus’ ideas and his discussion about the Kingdom of God frames the book.

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Matthew 13, the third of Jesus' five major discourses in Matthew, includes the Lord's address to the crowds (vv. 1-35) and His address to the disciples (vv. 36-52). This chapter contains His presentation of the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven which He revealed in response to the Jewish leaders' rejection of Him (12:1-45). This section focuses on the new and unexpected phase of the kingdom of...