AUTHORITY:
How Godly Rule Protects the
Vulnerable, Strengthens Communities,
and Promotes Human Flourishing.
By Jonathan Leeman
Crossway. 304 pages. £16.99
ISBN 978 1 433 587 634
We live in a culture that is deeply suspicious of authority. Scandals in all our major public institutions have, for many, served to reinforce a profound post-enlightenment suspicion of anyone wielding power.
You see it everywhere: the stories we tell (every hero is the one who resists the powers that be); the prevailing attitudes to parenting, politics, and pastoral ministry (to name a few); the paralysis that many leaders feel when needing to act, for fear of being accused of abuse.
Leader, how strong is your emotional immune system?
Who is the first person you always look for in a group photo? The answer, perhaps predictably, is yourself. But …