"While it may be easier to see how we must respond to the "spiritual" causes of our times by faith, we often struggle to understand how the lessons of faith can be applied to leadership in general. The secular humanism of our times often forces us to distinguish spiritual leadership from the secular, and to keep an active and armed border guard between the two, promptly punishing any border jumpers and shooting down any attempts to blur the lines. We run into problems, however, when we realize that the lines were extremely blurred in the case of Moses, David, Gideon, Deborah, Daniel, Joseph, et al". "Some leadership lessons can only be learnt from the saddle. Instead of taking us through theoretical coursework, God will often compel us to assume the position of a rider, to straddle the bicycle of our assignments in order to learn. He will call us to unfamiliar tasks and hand us the reigns. One of the biggest problems with learning from the saddle is that learners rarely look good on the saddle. Unfortunately, those who are unwilling to endure the humiliation of learning never become the people God wants them to be." -The Challenge of Leadership- More Information...