Authority: How Godly Rule Protects the Vulnerable, Strengthens Communities, and Promotes Human Flourishing by Jonathan Leeman


Authority: How Godly Rule Protects the Vulnerable, Strengthens Communities, and Promotes Human Flourishing
Title : Authority: How Godly Rule Protects the Vulnerable, Strengthens Communities, and Promotes Human Flourishing
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ISBN : 1433587661
ISBN-10 : 9781433587665
Language : English
Format Type : Kindle Edition
Number of Pages : 363
Publication : Published August 24, 2023

Accessible Guide from 9Marks Equips Believers to Steward Their God-Given Authority In every position of power—from executives and world leaders to church elders and parents— lies the potential for life-giving leadership or destructive corruption. Driven by sinful pride or opportunism, many people abuse their God-given influence, harming the ones they’re called to lead and contributing to an intense angst against authority. The answer to bad authority, however, is not no authority, but good authority—the kind that, according to Scripture, causes those under it to flourish.
 
In this compelling guide from 9Marks, Jonathan Leeman shows that authority, done biblically, is not only good, but is essential to human flourishing. Through Scripture and many first-hand stories, he presents 5 attributes of positive authority and warns against sinfulness that corrupts leadership. Pointing to Jesus as the ultimate model of good authority, Leeman equips readers to pursue godly influence in their personal and professional lives. 


Authority: How Godly Rule Protects the Vulnerable, Strengthens Communities, and Promotes Human Flourishing Reviews


  • John Lee

    Comforted, challenged, and encouraged. Superb

  • Ryan Ross

    This book is unique in what it covers, and Leeman argues persuasively from Scripture on the areas he covers. As a millennial, I’m part of his target audience who is naturally skeptical of authority, but I finished this book grateful for God’s good gift of authority and anxious to use it well so that people might flourish and grow.