Welcome to the online discussion forum for Lakeside’s Grow Group leaders as they read through Alexander Strauch’s book Leading With Love. Each week, there will be a new post here, summarizing the content of the chapter through a few brief quotes, and we will welcome you to leave your personal insights, applications, and general comments below the post by clicking “Leave a Comment” below the post. Additionally, as others post their comments, you may want to comment again, to add to the discussion. Please feel free to leave as many comments as you like.
Chapter 1 of Leading With Love was focused in on 1 Corinthians 13:1-3.
“There is no use trying to do church work without love. A doctor, a lawyer, may do good work without love, but God’s work cannot be done without love.” –D. L. Moody (page 8 and 9)
Knowing it all helps no one:
“Knowledge without love inflates the ego and deceives the mind. It can lead to intellectual snobbery, an attitude of mockery and making fun of others views, a spirit of contempt for those with lesser knowledge, and a demeaning way of dealing with people who disagree.” (page 11)
Five minus one equals zero:
“Without love, our most extraordinary gifts and highest achievements are ultimately fruitless to the church and before God. In Paul’s way of thinking, nothing has lasting spiritual value unless it springs from love.”
What are some of the things that stuck out to you most in this chapter?
What do you think is the greatest challenge we face in leading with love?
