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Lead
"True leadership is not about having others serve your dream - it is about seeing others released into the dreams, the gifting and the calling that the Lord has placed on their lives." (Karl Martin)
The moment Jesus kneels with a towel and bowl to wash his disciples’ feet. The point where he looks Peter in the eye and predicts betrayal. That intimate, urgent prayer to the Father for the disciples. That resolute strength before the Sanhedrin, before Pilate, before the crowd. The cross. The talk with Mary in the Garden. The walk with Peter at Galilee.
The later chapters of the Gospel of John form what is for many the deepest and most moving accounts of all Scripture. They also form a detailed description of Jesus’ final days and hours on earth, Jesus final instructions to his team as he prepares to hand on his ministry. Karl Martin mines this incredibly rich vein of Scripture to draw lessons for leadership, leadership in Jesus’ way, and shows that leadership in the way of Jesus is about humility, about investing your life in your team, about facing betrayal, about dying to self, about handing on, about succession. Ultimately, Karl argues, true leadership is not about seeing others serve your dream - it is about seeing others released into the dreams, the gifting and calling that the Lord has placed on their lives. It is about something beyond you.
This deceptively profound, honest, and practical book gives great insight for leaders - challenge for younger leaders, encouragement for mid-life leaders, and refreshment for the mature leaders - and what may be some of the most significant lessons of their leadership life.
The moment Jesus kneels with a towel and bowl to wash his disciples’ feet. The point where he looks Peter in the eye and predicts betrayal. That intimate, urgent prayer to the Father for the disciples. That resolute strength before the Sanhedrin, before Pilate, before the crowd. The cross. The talk with Mary in the Garden. The walk with Peter at Galilee.
The later chapters of the Gospel of John form what is for many the deepest and most moving accounts of all Scripture. They also form a detailed description of Jesus’ final days and hours on earth, Jesus final instructions to his team as he prepares to hand on his ministry. Karl Martin mines this incredibly rich vein of Scripture to draw lessons for leadership, leadership in Jesus’ way, and shows that leadership in the way of Jesus is about humility, about investing your life in your team, about facing betrayal, about dying to self, about handing on, about succession. Ultimately, Karl argues, true leadership is not about seeing others serve your dream - it is about seeing others released into the dreams, the gifting and calling that the Lord has placed on their lives. It is about something beyond you.
This deceptively profound, honest, and practical book gives great insight for leaders - challenge for younger leaders, encouragement for mid-life leaders, and refreshment for the mature leaders - and what may be some of the most significant lessons of their leadership life.
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Published May 20, 2020
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November 5, 2025
Incredible author & visionary, someone to follow as he follows Jesus
May 31, 2020
Really great book on Christian leadership. Very good principles written by someone who has obviously learnt them through experience.
November 27, 2025
I recommend this in audiobook! I love his voice and it's very soothing.. easier to absorb the teaching.
November 18, 2021
This review was first featured by the publisher, Muddy Pearl, on their web site, back in December 2020, a time when the world of politics was in turmoil on both sides of the Atlantic. Has much changed in a year ?
On reading the excellent book “Lead”, by Karl Martin, I could not help but think ... Where are the Leaders? Over the last few months I have found myself wanting to shout at the TV almost every day. It’s the news. They report turmoil, but I find myself despairing. “Where are the leaders?”...
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On reading the excellent book “Lead”, by Karl Martin, I could not help but think ... Where are the Leaders? Over the last few months I have found myself wanting to shout at the TV almost every day. It’s the news. They report turmoil, but I find myself despairing. “Where are the leaders?”...
Read the full review at https://www.robseabrook.com/lead-karl...
May 22, 2020
The introduction is way too all-over-the-place and unstructured for me (almost made me lay away the book). But when the real parts start, it is a thorough journey through the various aspects of leaderships, bound to the story of Jesus.
Though mostly applicable for church leaders, many lessons can be taken away for business leaders as well.
Though mostly applicable for church leaders, many lessons can be taken away for business leaders as well.
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