NSMinistries
June 24th 2003, 12:31 PM
Spurgeon on Leadership: Responding to Personal Attacks (http://www.christianity.com/partner/Article_Display_Page/0,,PTID19179|CHID119948|CIID1587574,00.html)
Every leader has experienced some type of personal attack. Whether it be an attack on one’s character, conduct, motives, decisions, abilities-it all can be very hurtful. A leader must rise above those attacks, in order to survive and remain faithful to his calling. But, what should be one’s immediate response when you feel you’ve been wrongfully attacked? The immediate temptation may be to defend yourself and react in an emotional manner. But it may be wiser to take the higher road.
C. H. Spurgeon seldom responded to personal attacks. A good example of that is the time that his famous pastoral colleague, Joseph Parker, of the City Temple in London, wrote an open letter to Spurgeon that was published in the newspaper. The letter issued from a disagreement the two men had over Parker’s frequenting of the theatres in London. Please follow the above link for the whole article.
www.Christianity.com/naturalspirt
Every leader has experienced some type of personal attack. Whether it be an attack on one’s character, conduct, motives, decisions, abilities-it all can be very hurtful. A leader must rise above those attacks, in order to survive and remain faithful to his calling. But, what should be one’s immediate response when you feel you’ve been wrongfully attacked? The immediate temptation may be to defend yourself and react in an emotional manner. But it may be wiser to take the higher road.
C. H. Spurgeon seldom responded to personal attacks. A good example of that is the time that his famous pastoral colleague, Joseph Parker, of the City Temple in London, wrote an open letter to Spurgeon that was published in the newspaper. The letter issued from a disagreement the two men had over Parker’s frequenting of the theatres in London. Please follow the above link for the whole article.
www.Christianity.com/naturalspirt