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> [“Leaders do not choose, rather they respond to God choosing them. Thus, the first responsive step of leadership is of utmost importance. It is an act of rebellion against the society of the spectacle - It is to relinquish a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-sayers/leaders-do-not-choose-rather-they-respond-to-god-choosing-them-thus/)

[Mark Sayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-sayers/)

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## More by Mark Sayers

> [“cultures are healed and rejuvenated by creative minorities led by creative leaders.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-sayers/cultures-are-healed-and-rejuvenated-by-creative-minorities-led-by/)

[Mark Sayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-sayers/)

> [“When leaders die to pushing their own agendas and realize that leadership is the act of dying to self, those around them are profoundly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-sayers/when-leaders-die-to-pushing-their-own-agendas-and-realize-that/)

[Mark Sayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-sayers/)

> [“We must examine the ways in which we have attempted to turn our own ministries, workplaces, and mission fields into the playgrounds of our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-sayers/we-must-examine-the-ways-in-which-we-have-attempted-to-turn-our-own/)

[Mark Sayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-sayers/)

> [“In the democratic, egalitarian spirit of our day, we hold in suspicion positions of social authority, yet we submit to the power of peers.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-sayers/in-the-democratic-egalitarian-spirit-of-our-day-we-hold-in-suspicion/)

[Mark Sayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-sayers/)

> [“At its heart, biblical faith is a creed of the antihero. It is the story of men and women who come to the end…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-sayers/at-its-heart-biblical-faith-is-a-creed-of-the-antihero-it-is-the/)

[Mark Sayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-sayers/)

> [“In the same way, our own Christian versions of bohemia—our self-constructed religious spaces of critique—cannot save. Mumford notes that while the bohemian position wanted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-sayers/in-the-same-way-our-own-christian-versions-of-bohemia-our-self/)

[Mark Sayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-sayers/)

> [“Leaders do not choose, rather they respond to God choosing them. Thus, the first responsive step of leadership is of utmost importance. It is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-sayers/leaders-do-not-choose-rather-they-respond-to-god-choosing-them-thus/)

[Mark Sayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-sayers/)

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