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Archive for October, 2011
Catalyst 2011 – Jim Collins
Monday, October 31st, 2011
Greatness is not a matter of circumstance
Exercise: rate your company/ church 1-10
1-Safe and slow pace
10-Fast and turbulent
Why can some organizations function well in a 9-10 and others cannot?
How can we function well in an uncertain world?
It all begins with People! Life IS people
Change the “What question” to a “Who question”
What distinguishes these leaders is not personality it’s humility.
How the mighty fall
#1 Reason – Hubris –extreme, outrageous arrogance
Bad decision made with good intentions are still bad decisions
Fanatic Discipline
The moving of 20 miles marches (Great story… sorry, you had to be there)
Self-control in an out-of-control world
Empirical Creativity
These people try to go with the culture and conditions instead of trying to outsmart it.
They:
1. Test the thoughts before you jump
2. Come up with creative solutions… based on evidence
3. Fire bullets before cannon balls
4. Possess a “Proactive Paranoia” – A genuine fear that leads to action
“The only mistake you learn from are those you survive.”
“The signature of mediocrity is chronic inconsistency”
10 things to do right now:
1. Run Good to Great diagnostics on your whole team
2. Answer how many seats do you have on the bus and how you fill them.
3. Who will you allow to mentor you? (Board of Directors)
4. Get your personal “Hedge Hog” right.
Passion – Made to Do – What you do for others.
5. 20 Mile March Plan
6. Fire some bullets (fire six new bullets)
7. Turn off electric gadgets 2 Days every 2 weeks
8. Create a stop list
9.Double your reach to people ½ your age
10. Set a BHAG that makes you useful.
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Catalyst 2011 – Andy Stanley
Wednesday, October 12th, 2011
1. The more successful you are the less accessible you become.
a. Refuse to face this reality and burn out trying to be accessible to everyone
b. We always risk falling into the trap of using our success as an excuse to become more inaccessible than necessary.
Galatians 6:9-10
9 Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. 10 Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of believers.
2. You can’t shut it all out, but you can’t take it all on
“Do for one what you wish you could do for everyone.”
We all grow up hearing – “if I let you than I’d have to let everyone…” This bleeds into the church
“Fairness ended in the Garden of Eden”
“Don’t be fair, be engaged!”
3 Tips
1. Go Deep rather than Wide
2. Go Long-term rather than short-term
3. Go Time not just money
When you do for one what you wish you could do for everyone, you often end up doing for many more than one.
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Catalyst 2011 – Recap David Platt
Monday, October 10th, 2011
This past week I had the privilege of heading down to Atlanta, Ga to the Catalyst Conference. Over the next week or so, I plan on sharing a few of my notes and take-a-ways from the conference. As usual, there were so many great speakers. I thought I’d share my thoughts from David Platt’s Pre Lab Session on Wednesday Night.
Exodus 32 – The golden Calf
I Corinthians 10:6 “these things happened as an example to us that we might not …”
Golden Calves in today’s churches
1. We have become leaders without conviction
Aaron in ex.32 – a leader gave the people exactly what they wanted
a. Today’s church is all about ”them” – crowd pleasing Christianity
b. God is interested in the sanctity of His people more than He is the success of your ministry.
2. We have devised a salvation without Dedication
Exodus 32 – the people were celebrating their salvation while indulging in sin.
a. God has no intent to save us without dedicating us TO HIM.
3. We have manufactured worship without Humility
a. Used the guidelines for worshipping the LORD and worshipped an idol
Caution: All it takes today to create a great experience is a good stage, good band, dynamic speaker, and a good formula… this is not bad, just a caution.
4. We have created a God without retribution
“hell of a game”, “hell of a time…”
a. The way we talk about Hell shows us we have no idea what we’re talking about.
We’re calling people to a salvation with out Hell
If the Bible is true then we’re not just playing games here.
Christ sweating drops of blood in the garden… not because he was afraid of what the soldiers were going to do to Him. No, it was because of the wrath of God – martyrs went to their deaths singing and they weren’t tougher than Christ.
II Corinthinans 4:4-6
4 In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. 5 For what we proclaim is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, with ourselves as your servant for Jesus’ sake. 6 For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
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Catalyst 2011
Friday, October 7th, 2011
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