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Wise Leadership or Narcissistic Masks? Listening to Advice in the Church
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The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but a wise man listens to advice.
Do leaders seek the advice of others and then submit to it? Or do they operate as if they’re always right?
Narcissists, of course, mask, and we can’t necessarily tell who they are. And some of the masks that we can see in church can be things like feigned humility, this tendency to beat themselves up in public. But any emphasis on self can be a red flag.
Or do they show signs of extreme spirituality? Isaiah 29, verse 13 b. “This people draw near with their mouth and honour me with their lips while their hearts are far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment taught by men.” Is this spirituality true spirituality, or is it a compensation for an inner sense of shame and inadequacy?
