Quotes about Culture

Doesn’t nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a disgrace to him,

If they wish to inquire about something, they are to ask their own husbands at home; for it is dishonorable for a woman to speak in the church.

Yet not even Titus, who was with me, was compelled to be circumcised, even though he was a Greek.

I am not suggesting that all those missionary organizations working in Haiti should pack up and go home, but I am urging them to understand that Haiti does not need clever Americans with newly contrived schemes for saving their country.

Perhaps because our culture and politics have gone so off course, with values so contrary to those of Jesus, more and more people intuitively recognize that His vision of God's kingdom-a new world of compassion, justice, integrity and peace- is the Good News they've been searching and waiting for.

Obeying the will of God takes priority over satisfying cultural expectations.

We aren't in an information age, we are in an entertainment age.

it is far more natural, and common, for leaders to avoid holding people accountable.

a leader's first priority is to create an environment where others can do these things and that cannot happen if they are not having effective meetings.

last frontier of competitive advantage will be the transformation of unhealthy organizations into healthy ones

Trust is just one of five behaviors that cohesive teams must establish to build a healthy organization.

I have found that most leaders spend the majority of their time and energy making their organizations smarter, with relatively little effort directed toward making them healthier.