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The Message of Leadership: 31 Essential Insights from Proverbs
With Scripture from The Message, this 31-day devotional on leadership focuses on passages and themes from Proverbs. Discover how true leadership is developed in the wisdom and strength of God's Spirit.
- GenresChristian Living
141 pages, Paperback
First published January 22, 2007
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About the author
Eugene H. Peterson
432 books1,014 followersEugene H. Peterson was a pastor, scholar, author, and poet. For many years he was James M. Houston Professor of Spiritual Theology at Regent College in Vancouver, British Columbia. He also served as founding pastor of Christ Our King Presbyterian Church in Bel Air, Maryland. He had written over thirty books, including Gold Medallion Book Award winner The Message: The Bible in Contemporary Language a contemporary translation of the Bible. After retiring from full-time teaching, Eugene and his wife Jan lived in the Big Sky Country of rural Montana. He died in October 2018.
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August 27, 2009
This book oversold and under-delivered.
The 31 daily devotionals usually did not address leadership. The nuggets of wisdom were few and far between.
Seems like a nice guy who wrote mostly about himself and lessons from a few topics.
The cover and graphics are top notch. The chapter titles rarely seemed to match the passage of the day from The Message and the one page commentary was often about a famous person that Southern had met or seen.
"The Message of Leadership" --- catchy title
31 Essential Insights from Proverbs --- not really
The non Biblical quote, the chapter from Proverbs, the story by Southern rarely did all 3 match up.
Peterson and Southern didn't really collaborate together on the writing of the book;
It's not that I necessarily disagree with anything Southern said, I just don't think there was much significant or noteworthy about most of it.
I give this book the lowest rating for any book I have ever read.
Southern used a few verses from the corresponding day of the month that may (or may not) mention the topic of the day.
Good guy maybe, not a very good book.
The 31 daily devotionals usually did not address leadership. The nuggets of wisdom were few and far between.
Seems like a nice guy who wrote mostly about himself and lessons from a few topics.
The cover and graphics are top notch. The chapter titles rarely seemed to match the passage of the day from The Message and the one page commentary was often about a famous person that Southern had met or seen.
"The Message of Leadership" --- catchy title
31 Essential Insights from Proverbs --- not really
The non Biblical quote, the chapter from Proverbs, the story by Southern rarely did all 3 match up.
Peterson and Southern didn't really collaborate together on the writing of the book;
It's not that I necessarily disagree with anything Southern said, I just don't think there was much significant or noteworthy about most of it.
I give this book the lowest rating for any book I have ever read.
Southern used a few verses from the corresponding day of the month that may (or may not) mention the topic of the day.
Good guy maybe, not a very good book.
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