July 28, 2022 Show with Brandon Knox on “Leadership Through Suffering”

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Brandon Knox, he is a West Point cadet Army Ranger and special operations veteran who served at home and on the battlefield including the National Joint Operations and Intelligence Center within the Pentagon forward Navy SEAL task force joint special operations task Afghanistan US Embassy Kabul and across several bases in Iraq and Afghanistan training and fighting alongside foreign national partners.

Currently Brandon is chaplain and vice president for student affairs at Riverside Military Academy in Gainesville, Georgia. Today We're going to be addressing the theme of his doctoral dissertation with the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky.

Leadership through suffering and it's my honor and privilege to welcome you to the very first time ever to iron sharpens iron radio. Brandon Knox. Thank you so much. Oh my pleasure and Brandon first of all, we have a tradition here on iron sharpens iron radio where we have our first-time guests give a summary of their salvation testimonies and I would love to hear yours.

Absolutely and good afternoon to everybody. The the story my life to him be all the glory began and I was going to. I began to hang in as one of the singers first Corinthians 15 gospel presents of Jesus Christ and a commitment and that response is Admitting your sin working in my heart.

And he certainly worked in my heart at that moment and that began God's working in my life. Certainly wasn't the end. It was just the beginning. Answers your question, sir.

Amen, and if you could also. Tell us about what began a strong desire in your heart and mind to enter into the military.

It was September 11 2001. I called us. I'm sure. We can remember what we were doing when we heard about the awful succession of planes and Pentagon being hit in Pennsylvania. I was with my mom at the time and just getting my senior photos done and to go in the ministry to the nerve my dad was still on active duty at the time and Obviously for loved ones.

They pray for a military including my dad who had deployed soon after that. In 1996 grab he invited me up to West receive an appointment. Well, praise God.

Calling to Pastoral Ministry and a Doctoral Dissertation on Suffering

Now I know that you have also Entered into training for the pastoral ministry and In fact, in fact as I have already mentioned in my introduction of you You have written a doctoral dissertation pursuing a PhD at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky.

The theme that we are addressing today is the same theme as your doctoral dissertation leadership through suffering. What was it that? Placed an additional Conviction upon your heart and mind to enter into pastoral ministry.

Started in high school, but really really blossom the term of our pastoral ministry because I saw The huge need in the in the army, you know being a cadet and you know talking about the army living the army I Said point John Cook Street today Praise God and a lot of that overseas bases.

Indoor we just didn't have chapel services every Sunday because of the off tempo of combat operations and gave me the opportunity.

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Attended when I began my Search in the now Lakewood Baptist and then the mentors who encouraged me to begin a PhD. So I'm only around about a year and a half in Beginning my brief praise God. Well.

Tell us first of all before we get into the theme of leadership through suffering specifically.

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Christian Conviction in the Military and the Pressure of Cultural Drift

Have always been fascinated Having conversations with Christians in the military About the challenges the specific and unique challenges that are faced by those serving our nation in the military where they are firmly committed believers in Jesus Christ and especially in a day and age of The woke movement and critical race theory and Hyper sensitivity over What leftists may view as religious bigotry.

When it's nothing more than remaining true and faithful to the religious convictions a particular individual may have seeing his own faith as being the one and only true faith and that can Bring up problems in many spheres of life.

How has it been as a firmly committed Christian such as yourself? Not only being in the military, but in as a chaplain. When these These things exist there they are clearly Causing Tension and all kinds of Division within not only the realms of academia and the realms of industry and the corporate world, but in the military and even things of course such as Homosexuality transgenderism, how are you?

Standing true and faithful in an unwavering and uncompromising.

Commitment to your Christian faith in the midst of all that and being a Christian for me. To what Paul says here to commending myself to God and to his word. Those things really sustained me and encouraged me through the local church through my wife.

Who mentors to and remain committed to truth when it's certainly not popular nowadays. And we can't sway from the truth, which is which is Jesus clearly says in John 14 He is the only way the truth of life.

Amen, and so how has the feedback been from fellow? Soldiers fellow People in the military including your superiors has it been made difficult for you to remain? The faithful Christian and what you say and how you perform your duties as a chaplain.

Soldiers non-commissioned officers. Sometimes the leadership that I served under and again being an infantry officer. You're you're essentially closing with and destroying the enemy I was. I was not a chaplain then and.

So with that brings certain personalities certain world views, but you'd be surprised. There's a lot of believers in that community. Having said that though there were certainly commanders that I had that did not that that thought that my Commitment to the Lord, you know wanting to try and be humble.

We're we're seen as signs of weakness and.

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The sat with mentors and others is when Paul talks about in Galatians 1 10 about you know, am I seeking the approval of God or of man. And in times of person, you know, not persecution like, you know being physically hit or anything, but just verbally.

Did do I. Do I care more about what God thinks and what God and his truth. Or am I focused on What these men have to say about me. And there have been times where I'm focused too much on what others say about me.

And about my faith when You know, I'm holding on to lies instead of clinging to God's truth. And great, you know being honest and the difficulty.

Leadership Through Suffering as a Biblical and Practical Theme

Well, let's enter into the very theme That we are discussing today the theme of your doctoral dissertation leadership through suffering. Now unfortunately the way many people pursue being a leader in all spheres of leadership.

Whether it be in the military whether it be in the corporate sphere the academic sphere Whatever sphere it may be when people pursue leadership and in sports as well unfortunately. Their leadership or their attempts at leadership causes suffering.

But you're talking about something different. Yes, you're speaking about leadership through suffering and if you could Give us some of the main elements on that issue that has That have taught you great lessons in regard to this very thing.

Well share part of my testimony and to answer this question, you know namely trying time a divisive time for me training pull up my bootstraps and just push do do do do do. It was relying way too much of my own strength to try and help people through their hardships through trying to Get get people more into the word and you know, just pastoring in general praying so much I was praying like I should have been on like Jesus going out with a father beginning of Mark to the end before his death you see clear examples of Jesus just intimate time praying through the night and early in the morning with his father and Unfortunately, I sometimes in the army of extreme hardship.

When I relied way too much on my own strength and learn and to many leaders and not when the hardship come and we Contend to fall back on our flesh. Certainly God has given us strengths and abilities, but those got to come from a foundation of faith.

So the area of suffering through. The area of suffering over which you are emphasizing It producing Good leadership qualities. Is this suffering that involves? You or a Potential leader or leader. Or is it suffering that you're witnessing?

Is it both?

Begin like any good doctoral and to get people further and further, but having said that there will certainly be some personal elements, but a lot of a lot of the research a lot of the. Actual presentation will come from in-depth studies.

1st Peter 4 Romans 5 acts 20 where suffering is very clearly laid out that it's not a matter of if but when you know suffering is coming and. Then you know looking at examples of faithfulness in suffering like Matthew 4 with Jesus in the desert and As I mentioned earlier acts 20 where Paul is just constrained by the Spirit knowing of sufferings coming and he just faithfully goes.

And he's as he says, you know hardships coming. So what I want to do is there in detail biblically look and being able to share, you know, the results of those surveys and. And that will come come to some conclusions of what are some general themes and then suggest some training material for Fathers with their sons with their children are being prepared for hardship because it's not a matter of if it's coming.

It's when we see it very clearly in the news and in the world that there's just a tightening grip on our faith. To leaning on the Lord, but training and some now.

Romans 8:28, Empathy, and Leading by Listening

Romans 8 28 is A powerful truth of Scripture. It's one of the most powerful Things that I have always personally relied upon when going through a trial while suffering in some sense. Especially after the death of loved ones.

And I know that it has Romans 8 28. For all things shall work together for the good for those who love God and are the cold according to his purpose. I know that that powerful truth has been Abused in some senses by Christians.

It has become a placard. It has become a cliche, but it doesn't diminish the fact that those God-breathed words are No less true today than they were When they were first penned through the inspiration of the Holy Spirit.

How does one properly convey To those that he is intending to lead that no matter what Fear apprehension anxiety or suffering they may be going through now or will endure. Or be faced to endure. That you have an empath an empathy toward them that Not necessarily that you've experienced everything that they have experienced or will experience but there is a connection that you're.

Having experienced these things will make them trust you more as a leader.

In any I've not over where Jesus says I did not come to be served but to serve and give my life as a ransom for many. So in those moments of Hardship for people coming to you because they already know you care about your leadership your and self-assistance care isn't just Necessary quote-unquote being nice, but it's it's being Speaking truth and when you are in those moments problem solvers and feel like we have to solve their problem.

And I've learned that and you see Jesus do this with his disciples and with others where they they you see Christ listening and then asking Just very intentional questions in those moments. We don't need to have the answer for them.

But what we do need to say is say hey, I hear you. I listen to you. We don't need to say hey suck it up and I've been told that well, we do need to do is say hey, I'm willing to pray and walk with you through this and Essentially say This isn't the only time we're going to talk with you and constantly praying and checking on that person is we're a bit We're all busy, sir.

But when somebody comes to you like that really a good while listening I think we're really ministering them in a way that is that I'm excuse me and thoughtful.

Strength and Discipline in Military Leadership

Now there is a Stereotype of military leaders Yeah that permeates radio, I'm not I'm sorry not radio but television and movies Where you have typically a Macho drill sergeant who will mentally torment Soldiers.

Yes in order for them to in his mind In order for these these young soldiers these these privates the to Be prepared For circumstances in the battlefield that may be infinitely worse Than what they are experiencing at the mouths of the drill sergeants.

Sometimes in the movies and in television this has even gone through the lengths of some form of Physical Torture as it will I don't want to be too Extreme in my language here, but yeah, but but I'm not speaking of the normal grueling Physical things that are involved in the exercises and other things that are imposed upon Those that need to be physically prepared, but there are things that in in the stereotype I don't know how real the stereotype is.

I've never been in the military, but in the stereotype these things are conducted With the idea that this is going to keep this soldier alive or it's at least going to. It can't guarantee that of course, but at least it is going to better prepare that soldier to mentally emotionally and physically Endure what awaits him that may aid in his survival and of and one of the greatest examples of this in film that I can remember Is in the movie and I don't know if you've seen it, but it is a extraordinary movie called glory uh, which was about the first all-black regiment and the uh in the civil war in the union army uh, which was led by a a white officer and there is a scene when Uh, this white officer is witnessing one of his black friends, uh a very close friend that he that he had prior to this, uh black individuals enlistment in in the army uh, he was being treated in a very brutal fashion uh both verbally and physically by an irish drill sergeant and when the Friend of that black soldier pulled the irish sergeant aside for a moment of private rebuke that irish drill sergeant Basically said that if you want your friend to survive This is how i'm going to have to treat him Uh, he said it in a with a lot more colorful Words and expletives than i'm using here but Is that true?

I mean how much benefit? Does that really carry with it? Uh in the military in as far as your Understanding like I know that a christian officer Uh, he can never if he is going to be Honorable and obedient to Christ and his word He cannot do anything.

That is sin but at the same time That doesn't mean that he has to be uh soft On soldiers if indeed that is going to further endanger their own lives Uh, but at the same time Is that kind of harsh and aggressive behavior on the part of a military leader?

Essential and where do you where should a leader in that realm draw the line?

They've been yelled at the place. You know your training should be harder than your training should make to make you mentally and physically ready to saying like on the football Field when you got on the game, you're just ready to perform because you're mentally and physically.

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And you've been pushed I will tell you that um There have been time to raise my voice. And do things because it was a serious thing and we had to get get attention and get people to To in the in the midst of the panic listen and do what we needed to do.

But the leaders that i've seen sir right next to them men that really respected. Um Never have never had to do that sir, and they've demanded and they've just their aura about them their leadership Um has demanded respect think that that is necessary um.

You know i'm a west point grad and you know. If you watch movies like pat and you could see pat doing that when the guys are hurt, you know, yes there. Yeah like that um again, we're not in the military.

We're not we're not building pansies, right but There is there is I don't think any liberating people. Screaming at people. Um to be honest with you when you do that all the time People don't know when to take you seriously and they just start to mute it out.

Yeah, it could become i'm assuming it could become background noise after a lot.

And a lot of expletive don't help either right? In fact, we're going to pick up where we left off.

Uh, we have to go to our first break right now. And when we return we'll pick up where we left off. If anybody has a question for brandon knox. Our email address is chris arnzen at gmail .com. C-h-r-i-s-a-r-n-z-e-n at gmail .com.

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Please give us your first name at least your city and state and your country of residence before I go to uh listener questions. I actually have a listener comment. Uh, good evening chris. Glad that brandon is on the show.

Gainesville, georgia is my hometown and we move back here after graduating from carlisle war college. He is a wise and godly young man. Please give him my warm regards and keep up the good work in his grip.

Colonel kevin gerrard. I thought that that would encourage you and uh. Let's see, we have an actual question now. In fact, it's a question from Someone that you know very well because you've already mentioned him in the beginning of this program as being a friend of yours.

Pastor jeremy brandenburg of redeemer orthodox presbyterian church in carlisle, pennsylvania has a question. Uh, what christian leader in church history have you encountered who has made a lasting impression on you.

Yeah, charles haddon spurgeon the 19th century pastor of metropolitan tabernacle in london england and uh, he is actually a prime example of someone. Who was able to achieve? Uh from the historical record an enormous ability and successful ability in successful in god's terms not man's i'm speaking of well in some sense, even the the standards of men because there were thousands who Came to hear him preach regularly.

So that would be something that Even men in the secular realm view as success but charles haddon spurgeon I think from what the historical record tells us and from what spurgeon's own words tell us his uh.

Rising to a prominent and successful christian leader while always maintaining Faithfulness to the scriptures and obedience to god was his own suffering. Uh, not only his own physical suffering with gout and other maladies uh, but he was known for chronic depression.

Uh, and some of that depression Came about after the deaths of a number of individuals in his own church building. Who were trampled to death when someone? Perpetrated a hoax. In the crowded auditorium where spurgeon's congregation was meeting by yelling fire Into the building and when people were fleeing for their lives.

Sadly, there were some who were trampled to death and that that depression from that lingered in spurgeon's life. Until he died at a relative young relatively young age. He was in his 50s. But is that one of the reasons that you view him so highly in this regard?

He equipped and drank. We need more of that. I think we need to be more honest and real with each other. I just truly and praise god. Well, thank you.

Pastor jeremy and since you are a pastor whose congregation I highly recommend I will provide our listeners with your website. It is redeemer opc .org Redeemer opc which stands for orthodox presbyterian church .org redeemer opc .org and I look forward to Pastor jeremy returning to the show as a guest as well.

Thank you very much. Uh, we have a question for you from jenny in fort sill, oklahoma. I'm an army chaplain spouse. My husband and I have just arrived at our fifth and perhaps final duty station As a fellow sufferer in christ.

I was wondering if chaplain knox Could offer me any advice as to how I can better support my husband During this time of transition and uncertainty. And then she has one other question that I will ask after you Respond to the first.

Please please fine. I can feed you both spiritually and with that get get in. Encourage you to get into a small group uh so that you can um. You know be encouraged because I know you all are giving and giving.

And a calling from peter and women. Women in ministry supporting their husbands. And and men, um living with their wives as it says in verse 7 in an understanding way showing honor to the woman. Um, just honor for each other Is so important.

And for military spouses. Uh the optempo you're you can be away from each other and through prayer and and encouraging one another with words of Encouragement and love can really really go a long way particularly when you're separated.

And that would be my advice.

Great. And uh jenny has uh. One follow-up question. And I had it right in front of me. Where is it? Oh, here it is. Does chaplain knox's wife have any best family practices she has in quotes? For stabilizing the home after rapid deployments we are coming from a rapid deploying unit into an advanced individual training army traditions and doctrines setting.

Absolutely, my better half. What she does so well for me. What what we do. No matter, you know, what what are you from being in education? Routine and structure is so important and what we do and she does it better than me.

Is we we have um these Theology cards that we do at the dinner table. Sanctification holy spirit. So we in mind you our kids are young. Three six nine. So and through that routine. It's just become part of our daily lives.

So I would highly encourage if parents are looking for good books On shepherding children to look at uh, dr martin lloyd jones's book on children shepherding off the tip of my tongue. Wonderful parenting resources, but.

Great. Uh, thanks, uh, jenny and uh continue, uh to Listen to the program in oklahoma And spreading the word about the program there and beyond. I truly appreciate you submitting A very relevant question for our guests today.

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