John Piper: How We Hold Our Staff Accountable
- Posted by: Todd
- Posted on: Thu, June 07, 2007
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They would all agree that filling out the form is not what matters; what’s important is the heart behind it—the desire to be pure and holy.
I think they would also all agree, however, that committing to answer these simple and straightforward questions each week is an invaluable tool in the fight of faith.
SOURCE: DesiringGod.org Blog
Hearts can harden fast. The writer of Hebrews drives this point home: "But exhort one another every day, as long as it is called 'today,' that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin" (3:13). So for pastors—and for all of us—yearly or quarterly or perhaps even monthly accountability is dangerously rare. The hardness that creates "an evil, unbelieving heart, leading you to fall away from the living God" (Heb. 3:12) can happen in a day. John Piper and the other pastors of Bethlehem Baptist Church know this, and so, among their other strategies for sanctification, they hold each other accountable with a simple questionnaire (PDF) that they each fill out weekly. It addresses issues from days off to diet, personal devotions to pornography...
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bishopdave on Thu, June 07, 2007
Check out the questionnaire—I love that module idea (it’s in the small print at the bottom).
Camey on Thu, June 07, 2007
In order to truly be accountable - one must ask and one must answer the difficult questions. Otherwise - it’s just like getting a good ole pat on the back when one really needs a kick in the .....
nora on Thu, June 07, 2007
Camey, if you need a word to finish your sentence, perhaps you need to review the recent postings about Chuck Swindoll…..........
Better yet, just listen to one of his sermons. (Just kidding!) http://www.mondaymorninginsight.com/images/smileys/smile.gif
Camey on Thu, June 07, 2007
Nora….. I call it a purse when talking about a female. No, seriously… I do…. Thanks to a Hallmark card I rec’d for my last birthday….
Now… in regards to males…. I guess one could call them a briefcase???
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