Chapter 9: Leadership Is All About Character: Leaders Are Trusted When Their Lives Are in Alignment With Their Convictions.
“People know better than to follow someone they do not trust” (75). This is why religion and politics are closely related topics. Religion forms moral standards. Politics rises and falls on the personal application of mutually held standards of morality. Religious confusion breeds moral confusion. Moral confusion breeds political confusion. A truly great leader must first hold to the truly great religion, but not just in intellectual assent. He must hold to it with conviction so that his very character is shaped by the truth of his religious beliefs. Because Christianity is true and therefore the greatest religion, a great leader must be shaped in mind and action by Christian doctrine. The credibility and trustworthiness of a leader necessitates godly character.
This post is part of a larger series of posts. Each post is a short reflection on a chapter of The Conviction to Lead: 25 Principles for Leadership that Matters by Albert Mohler (ISBN 978-0-7642-1004-4).
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