Cave Men 

     That is, men who cave...to cultural approval, or to immature voices, to social media mobs, to activists, to biased, uninformed voters. 

     Empathy is a good thing. But 'go along to get along' leads to mission drift. Hello failure. This is so for leaders in education, religion, government, business and parenting. 

     Nick Eicher in WORLD magazine contrasts compassion - offering a hand to someone drowning - with "untethered empathy," jumping in and getting swept away. 

     He argues many leaders flinch when outrage flairs - whether it's a university giving in to mobs, a church backing off Biblical teaching, or a corporation surrendering to activists. A leadership crisis. Eicher's advice:

1. Leaders must know when they are being tempted to flinch. 

2. Fear God, not man. Only a deep-rooted confidence in God's approval can stabilize a leader challenged by cultural storms.     

3. Maintain mission clarity. Leaders must refuse to be manipulated, resisting the false promise of appeasement. 

     If leaders cave, he writes, they won't keep the peace - they'll just invite more demands. 

Views: We see the difference, currently, in politics. One group is on mission to improve us, fingers crossed, regardless of detractors. The other is a leaderless, hostile bunch, sadly. They don't cave in. They just, as Mark Levin titled his book, "THE DEMOCRAT PARTY HATES AMERICA." 

            Jimmy