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Annotated List of Sketches of Leadership Rich Lamb

Sketches of Leadership: Follows a 2-page model of leadership training from
scripture that is meant to be able to be used in student training settings
with a minimum of 45 minutes up to about 90 minutes in the training
setting. These are modular and independent units, not reliant on other
parts of the curriculum, with no need to follow any order or pattern.

Images of Leadership	Sketches of Leadership
#	Topic	Number	Topic
1	Leader as Shepherd	1	God as Shepherd; Ps 23, John 10
Caring for the
Flock
2	The Call of a Shepherd; John 21:15-19, Ezekiel 34
14	The Heart of a Shepherd; 1 Peter 5:1-4
2	Leader as Servant	3	The Leader Leads by Serving; Mark 1:40-44, Mark
Building Trust	5:24-32
4	The Leader Serves by Leading; John 13:1-17
5	The Leader Serves by Leading; Mark 10:41-45
3	Leader as Patient	11	Relationship with God; Psalm 50:1-7, Isaiah 64:4,
God serves and	Luke 12:35-38; Acts 17:22-25
heals us even as he
calls us into
ministry
12	Motivation for Discipleship; Mark 8:34-38, Mark
10:29-31, Mark 10:41-45
13	Why Did Jesus go to the Cross? Mark 10:41-45,
Hebrews 12:1-2, Philippians 2:5-11
4	Leader as Sage	34	Good Question Asking; Mark passages: Jesus asks
God offers wisdom	questions
to those who lead
35	Wisdom and Leadership; 1 Kings 3:5-28; James
1:5-8
5	Leader as Sentinel	8	Leader as Sentinel; Ezekiel 33:1-9; Hebrews
Addressing sin well	3:12-14
so people will
respond
9	The Sentinel in Conflict; 1 Samuel 25
6	Leader as Visionary	16	The Leadership of Aaron and Moses; Ex 32:1-29
Seeing the campus
as God does and
calling others
toward faith in
God’s work
21	The Leadership of King David; 1 Chronicles
29:1-14
23	Leading with Vision; Haggai 1:1-15
24	Gaining God’s Heart for the Campus; Jonah
3:10-4:11
26	Preparing for Growth; 2 Kings 4:1-7
41	Seeing Your Campus as a Mission Field; Gen
12:1-4, Jer 29:1-14
7	Leader as Steward	22	Standing in the Gap with Prayer and Planning;
Delegation &	Nehemiah 1:1-2:8
Execution
8	Leader as Sponsor	6	Transformative Influence 1; John 1:35-51, John
Helping to develop	4:27-37
the leadership of
the next generation
7	Transformative Influence 2; John 15:1-17; John
21:15-19
10	Leadership Styles; Brief passages in Mark and
Matthew describing Jesus’ changing leadership
styles
28	Entrust to Faithful People; Mark 3:7-19; 2
Timothy 2:1-2, 14-15
30	The Mechanics of the Kingdom, Mark 4:1-13, 21-34
43	Apprentice Apostles; Mark 6:1-13, 30
9	Leader as Sower	28	Entrust to Faithful People; Mark 3:7-19; 2
multiplying	Timothy 2:1-2, 14-15
ministry by calling
others into
partnership
30	The Mechanics of the Kingdom, Mark 4:1-13, 21-34
47	Leadership and Modeling; Acts 20:18-35; John
13:12-17

Further Topics	Number	Sketches of Leadership
Vision	21	The Leadership of King David; 1 Chronicles 29:1-14
23	Leading with Vision; Haggai 1:1-15
24	Gaining God’s Heart for the Campus; Jonah 3:10-4:11
26	Preparing for Growth; 2 Kings 4:1-7
41	Seeing Your Campus as a Mission Field; Genesis 12:1-4,
Jer 29:1-14
Prayer	22	Standing in the Gap with Prayer and Planning; Nehemiah
1:1-2:8
25	Praying with your Eyes Open; 2 Kings 6:8-23
27	Jesus at Prayer in Luke; short passages in Luke
29	Missional Intercession, Romans 8:18-27, Exodus 33:
1-5, 12-17
Character of a	15	Ambition and the Kingdom; Various NT passages
Leader	contrasting godly and selfish ambition
16	The Leadership of Aaron and Moses; Ex 32:1-29
17	The Authentic Jesus; Matt 21:1-11; Mark 10:42-45
19	The Reluctant Leader; Exodus 2-4 life of Moses
46	Confidence in Christ; Philippians 3:1-9
49	Resistance to God’s Work; John 13:1-17
Difficulties in	18	The Leader and Burnout; 1 Kings 19:1-18
Leadership
19	The Reluctant Leader; Exodus 2-4 life of Moses
20	Faith in Failure; Mark 9:14-29, Romans 8:18-27
48	Successful Failure; Matthew 14:22-33
49	Resistance to God’s Work; John 13:1-17
Small Group and	31	Engaging the Hearers: Encounter; Nehemiah 8:1-12
Bible Study
32	Confusion and Discernment; Luke 24:13-35
33	Doers of the Word: Response; James 1:18-27
34	Good Question Asking; Mark passages: Jesus asks
questions
44	Dwelling Place of God; Small Group Community: Exodus
40:34-35; John 1:14; Acts 2:42-47; Rev 21:1-7
Evangelism	17	The Authentic Jesus; Matt 21:1-11; Mark 10:42-45
51	Jesus and Apologetics; Mark 12:18-27
52	Five Thresholds of Conversion; John 4:5-40
53	Ready to Proclaim the Good News; Acts 8:26-40
54	Bridging the Gap; Acts 17:16-34
55	Strands of Conversion; Passages in Acts
New Student	36	A Heart of Welcome; Mark 5:21-36
Outreach
42	Throwing a Great Banquet; Luke 14:7-23
41	Seeing Your Campus as a Mission Field; Genesis 12:1-4,
Jeremiah 29:1-14
43	Apprentice Apostles; Mark 6:1-13, 30
Multi-Ethnicity	45	Ministry Growth and Multi-Ethnicity; Acts 6:1-7
Chapter Planting	19	The Reluctant Leader; Exodus 2-4 life of Moses
22	Standing in the Gap with Prayer and Planning; Nehemiah
1:1-2:8
24	Gaining God’s Heart for the Campus; Jonah 3:10-4:11
41	Seeing Your Campus as a Mission Field; Genesis 12:1-4,
Jeremiah 29:1-14
42	Throwing a Great Banquet; Luke 14:7-23
43	Apprentice Apostles; Mark 6:1-13, 30

1. God as Shepherd. Psalm 23, John 10:1-5, 10-15. We cannot be a shepherd if we do not have a shepherd. Good and bad models of shepherding. http://www.intervarsity.org/mx/item/5039 2. Call of a Shepherd: John 21:15-19, Ezekiel 34:1-6. To love Jesus means to feed his sheep, to lay down our lives, to follow Jesus. We care for the flock not because we have been selected as leaders, but as a consequence of our desire to follow Jesus. http://www.intervarsity.org/mx/item/5040 3. Leader Leads by Serving: Mark 1:40-44, Mark 5:24-34. Jesus heals the leper and the woman with the flow of blood. Characteristics of a servant: sensitivity, willingness, ability. http://www.intervarsity.org/mx/item/5041 4. Leader Serves by Leading: John 13:1-17. Insight and Foresight. Our ability to serve is limited by what we are able to see. http://www.intervarsity.org/mx/item/5042 5. Leader Serves by Leading: Mark 10:41-45. Why be a servant? Others’ needs are met, we are blessed, God is glorified, when we serve others with God’s resources. Servant leadership is a tool (a means) and a model (an end). It is both how we build trust and what we call people to. Two types of leadership abuse. http://www.intervarsity.org/mx/item/5043 6. Transformative Influence 1: John 1:35-51, John 4:27-27. http://www.intervarsity.org/mx/item/5044 7. Transformative Influence 2: John 15:1-17, John 21:15-19. These two studies form a unit, focusing on Jesus’ model of discipleship influence, following a flow: Living Example, Provocative Teacher, Supportive Coach, Ultimate Delegator. http://www.intervarsity.org/mx/item/5045 8. Leader as Sentinel: Ezekiel 33:1-9, Hebrews 3:12-14. Examining the role of exhortation and defining it for today. Exhortation is helping people to reject the lies they’ve believed by debunking the lies of sin. http://www.intervarsity.org/mx/item/5046 9. The Sentinel in Conflict: 1 Samuel 25:14-35. A great picture of a sentinel, Abigail, who, upon hearing the warnings of a literal sentinel telling her of an approaching army, goes to David and meekly but boldly confronts him regarding the evil he has intended toward her house. A great study of conflict resolution. http://www.intervarsity.org/mx/item/5047 10. Leadership Styles: Mark 1:17-19, 35-38; Mark 4:10-13, 24-25; Mark 6:6- 13, 30; Matt 28:18-20. Situational Leadership Insights from the ministry of Jesus. http://www.intervarsity.org/mx/item/5048 11. Relationship with God: Psalm 50:7-15, Isaiah 64:4, Luke 12:35-38, Acts 17:22-25. Introduces the Image of the Doctor. God is the worker, the doctor, we are the patients. Ministry is like the sacrificial system: it is not something we do for God, but something God does for us. http://www.intervarsity.org/mx/item/5049 12. Motivation for Discipleship: Mark 8:34-38, Mark 10:28-31, Mark 10:41- 45. The paradox promises in the gospel: If you want life, lose it. If you want security, leave it. If you want to be great, become a servant. Jesus did all these things, and he calls us to the life he lived, for the same reasons. We are created to want these things. Ministry is the life-losing, security-leaving, servant-path-following way to receive from God the things we deeply desire, in a paradoxical life of faith. http://www.intervarsity.org/mx/item/5050 13. Why did Jesus go to the Cross?: Mark 10:41-45, Hebrews 12:1-2, Philippians 2:1-11. A look at three passages that give interlocking answers to the question asked: Jesus died as a ransom for many, for the joy set before him, to the glory of God the father. All three passages emphasize that we are to have the same attitude he did. An invitation into a costly discipleship. http://www.intervarsity.org/mx/item/5051 14. The Heart of a Shepherd: 1 Peter 5:1-4. Deals with a short passage written to shepherds who are encouraged to look after God’s flock with his heart, from sincere motives rather than seeking dishonest gain, and a humble rather than harsh manner. http://www.intervarsity.org/mx/item/6128 15. Ambition and the Kingdom: Matthew 6:31-33, Mark 10:41-45, Luke 14:7- 11; 1 Tim 3:1; James 3:13-16. Looks at several brief NT passages that deal with or illustrate positive and negative examples of ambition. Contrasts worldly and godly ambition, defining each and giving lots of brief case examples to illustrate the differences. Frees Christian students who often recognize their own ambition only to feel guilty about it. Jesus doesn’t ask us to deny our ambition, but to pursue it through service! http://www.intervarsity.org/mx/item/6129 16. The Leadership of Aaron and Moses: Exodus 32:1-29. Contrasts Aaron’s willingness to help the people make a golden calf with Moses’ willingness to take an unpopular but right stand for God. Do we help people accomplish their own ends, or call them to God’s purposes? A study in contrast of two leadership styles. http://www.intervarsity.org/mx/item/6130 17. The Authentic Jesus: Matthew 21:1-11, Mark 10:42-45. Looks at a surprising reception for Jesus as he enters Jerusalem on the back of a donkey, and contrasts typical misconceptions or caricatures of Jesus with the authentic picture of a gentle, capable servant. Do the students on our campuses get a chance to be challenged by the authentic Jesus through our depiction of him? When have we seen a (godly) commotion stirred up by the actions of Jesus’ followers on our campus? http://www.intervarsity.org/mx/item/6131 18. The Leader and Burnout: 1 Kings 19:1-18. It seems odd that after Elijah’s great power encounter on Mt. Carmel he has a depression that takes him to Mt. Horeb. After a great victory he was burdened to the point of burnout. This study show’s God’s gentle but firm prescription for Elijah to return from burnout through a renewed call to ministry and the gift of ministry partnership. Elijah is not, as he fears, alone! http://www.intervarsity.org/mx/item/6132 19. The Reluctant Leader: Exodus 2-4 verses. This study shows the calling of Moses, and reminds us all that even people through whom God will one day work mightily have excuses and fears, and that God is patient with our fears and has answers for our excuses. http://www.intervarsity.org/mx/item/6133 20. Faith in Failure: Mark 9:14-29, Romans 8:18-27. Jesus disciples are brought a boy to heal, but they cannot do it. Paul comments on the suffering and futility of our lives and contrasts these with the glory yet to come. The teaching focuses on learning from failure rather than fleeing it or passing over it too quickly. Jesus points to the answer: for this, prayer is necessary. http://www.intervarsity.org/mx/item/6134 21. Leadership of King David: 1 Chronicles 29:1-14. A look at David as a visionary leader, distilling principles of vision leadership from his invitation to give resources for the building of the temple. http://www.intervarsity.org/mx/item/5052 22. Standing in the Gap: Prayer and Planning: Nehemiah 1:1-2:8. A look at Nehemiah as a man of prayer and a man of planning, and the relationship between those two. Nehemiah sees the situation around him differently than others do, which prompts him both to pray and to act boldly to address the needs he sees. http://www.intervarsity.org/mx/item/5053 23. Leading with Vision: Haggai 1:1-15. When the vision is obscured by the inevitable difficulties that come, do we reinterpret the call of God on our own terms, or do we persevere and see the vision accomplished? An invitation to persevere when things become difficult. http://www.intervarsity.org/mx/item/5054 24. Gaining God’s Heart for the Campus: Jonah 3:10-4:11. God’s concern for the (120,000) Ninevites’ is understandable, but God also has deep concern for Jonah that he would welcome God’s mercy to people who have repented. This study emphasizes God’s concern for all the lost, whether the sinners who repent or the prophets who resent them. http://www.intervarsity.org/mx/item/5055 25. Praying with your Eyes Open: 2 Kings 6:8-23, John 4:30-35. When we pray with our eyes open, we see beyond ourselves, beyond our own petty needs, beyond our own fears that God cannot or will not save us, to larger needs and larger ways in which God is mightily at work in the world. Visionary prayer resource. http://www.intervarsity.org/mx/item/5056 26. Preparing for Growth: 2 Kings 4:1-7. A short study of faith-preparing for God to do the miracle of bringing growth. How much faith do we have? How much effort will we undertake to prepare for growth and new life in our fellowships? http://www.intervarsity.org/mx/item/5057 27. Jesus at Prayer in Luke: 9 short passages from Luke. This is a simple study meant to highlight the relationship between prayer, ministry, and leadership, both for Jesus and for us as his followers. http://www.intervarsity.org/mx/item/6135 28. Entrust to Faithful People: Mark 3:7-19; 2 Timothy 2:1-2, 14-15. A classic study of leadership selection, focusing on character (faithfulness and responsiveness, for example) rather than typical leadership traits (decisiveness and charisma, for example). http://www.intervarsity.org/mx/item/6137 29. Missional Intercession: Romans 8:18-27, Exodus 33:1-5. Defines intercession vis-à-vis other forms of prayer, and calls students and leaders to take on the heart of Moses for their campuses, meaningfully identifying with God’s purposes for the campus and with the failure of the campus population to embrace his purposes. http://www.intervarsity.org/mx/item/6138 30. The Mechanics of the Kingdom: Mark 4:1-13, 21-34. Defines ministry as a parable of sowing the seed and looking for responsiveness, as Jesus teaches and simultaneously models his teaching in this classic parable of the Sower. http://www.intervarsity.org/mx/item/6139 31. Engaging the Hearers, Encounter: Nehemiah 8:1-12. The first of a three- part study on the stages of inductive Bible study, the encounter stage focuses on getting participants to “stand up in their hearts”, grabbing the attention of the members of the small group. Gives practical suggestions and examples of how to do this. http://www.intervarsity.org/mx/item/6140 32. Confusion and Discernment: Luke 24:13-35. The second of a three-part study on the stages of inductive Bible study, the discernment stage focuses on asking questions and discovering the meaning of the text. Addresses the crucial role of confusion as a bridge to understanding. http://www.intervarsity.org/mx/item/6141 33. Doers of the Word, Response: James 1:18-27. The third of a three-part study on the stages of inductive Bible study, the response stage focuses on listening to the text, the discussion of the text, and the Spirit’s prompting to find the right set of directions to move as a response to the text. Be doers of the word, not hearers only! http://www.intervarsity.org/mx/item/6142 34. Good Question Asking: passages from Mark. Can we learn to ask questions not to trap people into concluding what we want them to conclude but to help them discover what God may be saying to them? Part one of a two-part sequence on influencing our friends by being good listeners. http://www.intervarsity.org/mx/item/6143 35. Wisdom and Leadership: 1 Kings 3:5-28, James 1:5-8. “Solomonic wisdom” yes, but where did Solomon get this wisdom, and how did he display it? This study calls people to listen well to people and to help them make their own decisions, rather than simply giving (oft-unheeded) advice. Part two of a two-part sequence on influencing our friends by being good listeners. http://www.intervarsity.org/mx/item/6144 36. A Heart of Welcome: Mark 5:21-36. A study to help students prepare for NSO, this study looks at the various responses to the woman with the flow of blood, who interrupts Jesus’ urgent mission to save a little daughter from imminent death. As the disciples and Jairus’ agitation boils, Jesus has a heart of welcome to an outcast woman. What kind of hearts do we meet new students with? What kind of schedules allow them to enter our lives? http://www.intervarsity.org/mx/item/6145 41. Seeing Your Campus as a Mission Field: Genesis 12:1-4, Jeremiah 29:1- 14. God promises blessing to Abram as he sends him out, and God does the same to the exiles from Jerusalem who find themselves in Babylon thinking that God has let them down. For both, there is a promise of blessing, not only to themselves but to others to whom they are sent. Helping students and staff to embrace a missionary mentality rather than an exile mentality. http://www.intervarsity.org/mx/item/5058 42. Throwing a Great Banquet: Luke 14:7-24. This study compares NSO to throwing a banquet, and gleans insights from these parables for the way in which we welcome new students into our fellowships. We are like the servants of the host, and should invite broadly, persuasively and persistently, expecting rejection but not taking it personally. http://www.intervarsity.org/mx/item/5059 43. Apprentice Apostles: Mark 6:1-13, 30. This works any time a team is being sent on any kind of outward move, but is ideal as training for how to do follow-up during NSO. Highlights the priorities of partnership, risk, authority, relationship. http://www.intervarsity.org/mx/item/5060 44. Dwelling Place of God: Exodus 40:34-35, John 1:14, Acts 2:42-47, Rev 21:1-7. The role of community in creation, the early church, and in our ministry today. Components of a small group, really focusing on community. A challenge to consider multi-year small groups as a possible strategy. http://www.intervarsity.org/mx/item/5061 45. Ministry Growth and ME: Acts 6:1-7. A look at ethnic tension in the early church, and then to consider what that could look like in our fellowships, and to consider the correlation between addressing these tensions well and growing our ministries. http://www.intervarsity.org/mx/item/5062 46. Confidence in Christ: Philippians 3:1-9. A study of the distinctions, attributes that make us unique or stand out, and the ways we can tend to take pride in them. An invitation to join Paul in rooting our identity and worth in our relationship with Jesus, opening us up to be able to cross cultural barriers into places where our identities might otherwise be challenged. http://www.intervarsity.org/mx/item/5063 47. Leadership and Modeling: Acts 20:18-35, John 13:12-17. These passages are parallel: Jesus and Paul each speaking to a group of leaders at the end of their ministry time with them, each speaking about their own impending death. In each scene, they call the disciples to think back on their model and to live as they have lived, for the same hope of blessing that they have had. A study of how modeling is not complete without the final couple of steps that drive the model home for the young disciple. http://www.intervarsity.org/mx/item/6146 48. Successful Failure: Matthew 14:22-33. Did Peter fail when he sank? Or succeed by merely getting out of the boat? Fear of failure could keep us in the boat, but successful failure is where the real growth opportunity lies-taking a risk that will sometimes not yield “success” but will teach something God only could through that failure. http://www.intervarsity.org/mx/item/6147 49. Resistance to God’s Work: John 13:1-17. It seems that at many key points in Jesus’ relationship with Peter, Peter pushes Jesus away or at least misunderstands Jesus’ intention. Yet Jesus is patient with Peter, and teaches him through these inflection points to be more receptive to his leadership. We are a lot like Peter-Jesus teaches us even at our points of resistance to his work in our lives. http://www.intervarsity.org/mx/item/6148 51. Jesus and Apologetics: Mark 12:18-27. Examines Jesus’ answer to the Sadducees question in the temple as a paradigm for how to handle those tough apologetics questions: usually a false assumption has been made that can be corrected on the way to answering the question. Addresses a number of more contemporary apologetics questions to be addressed in a similar way. http://www.intervarsity.org/mx/item/6149 52. Five Thresholds of Conversion: John 4:5-40. Doug Schaupp’s postmodern evangelism model proves a helpful assessment tool for diagnosing where your friends are at in their process of entry into the kingdom. The woman at the well has a time-lapse process-in a few minutes she crosses each threshold on her way to Jesus’ announcement that he, in fact, is the messiah she’s been waiting for! http://www.intervarsity.org/mx/item/6150 53. Ready to Proclaim the Good News: Acts 8:26-40. Philip was ready and willing to be wisked into odd situations and then out again for the sake of sharing the gospel with those who have been prepared to receive it. Former IV Staff Mack Stiles’ simple grid helps people assess their readiness to be a witness, and helps us discover some appropriate next steps based on that assessment. http://www.intervarsity.org/mx/item/6151 54. Bridging the Gap: Acts 17:16-34. Paul’s speech in Athens generates only a few converts, but perhaps his was more of a “soul-awakening” event. This study helps people think about Paul’s model for campus events targeted not for seekers, but for people who might be a step or two further away from the kingdom, and yet in whom God may still indeed be at work. http://www.intervarsity.org/mx/item/6152 55. Strands of Conversion: Passages in Acts. Gordon Smith, in Beginning Well, describes conversion as a series of events that God uses to equip a person for a lifetime of transformation and mission. Smith suggests seven strands that a person must engage with or embrace for a “good conversion” to occur. This study looks at multiple strands, in several conversion stories from Acts, and asks us to look at our own stories and those of our friends with a similar insightful lens. http://www.intervarsity.org/mx/item/6153