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CREATING A LEADERSHIP MODEL TO TAME CHAOS

Gary Harpst

God ’ s first act was to create chaos , but then He began to transform that chaos — step by step — into the planet where we live . After that , God created us in His image , not to be ruled by the chaos , but to overcome it . Chaos always exists , we cannot eliminate it . When you bring order to one level of chaos , you just create another level to be managed . The construction of the universe hints that the essence of leadership is knowing how to order and arrange the raw materials of chaos .
The Bible says we learn about God ’ s character by looking at creation . The amazing thing
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