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The Astounding Power of Poverty

David Alan Black / Dave Black Online:
Recently in my New Testament class ("Jesus and the Gospels") I characterized biblical leadership as "bottom-up" authority – an authority that acknowledges Jesus Christ as the sole Head of the church and that always emphasizes servanthood protection of that great truth through the equal priesthood of all believers. This pattern is set forth for us in the mystery of the Triune God, which provides the example of Christian unity – an ontological equality in the midst of great diversity. I hope to develop this theme further in my book Unleashing the Church, especially the way the first man Adam set the stage for the Great Human Tragedy by failing to submit himself to the Trinity and by "grasping" after that which was not rightfully his. (We may contrast Christ's self-abnegating open-handed submission to the Father in Phil. 2:5-11.)

Posted by Editor at October 28, 2007 12:44 PM