Status Updates From Authority: How Godly Rule P...

Trying to break my reading slump with this one! Great so far.

“We see that authority is a good but dangerous gift. Good, godly authority “authors” life, like the root of the word itself: author-ity”(8).
“Sin, in other words, is nothing more or less than humanity’s misuse of authority”(9).
“Good human authority is never absolute. God authority is always abundant…in fact, good authority is always submissive!”(11)

Chapter 17 | “It’s often said that good elders smell like sheep. Yet if they smell like sheep it’s because they smell like Jesus. Spend time with a godly elder and somehow you walk away feeling corrected and encouraged, challenged and built up, convicted and inspired, exposed and loved.”

Chapter 16 | “Church authority is important because it tells us who and what on planet Earth represents King Jesus and his kingdom.”

Chapter 15 | “Good authority in the workplace begins with the fear of the Lord. You’re accountable to God for how you treat those under you. And remember, God is not partial to you just because you’re the boss. Your authority is a stewardship, and you will be judged for how you use that stewardship. You might be over, but you are also under.”

Chapter 14 | “Good governments don’t try to usher in Christ’s kingdom by enforcing the worship of God. Instead, they should aspire to clear the ground and make the road easy for pilgrims on their way. Their work is prerequisite and preparatory work. … We ask them… to establish the necessary conditions for salvation. That way the church can get on with its work of making disciples.

On Chapter 14 | “No government should regard itself as God. When the individual officers comprising the government don’t acknowledge God, they will either worship another god or regard themselves as God.”

Chapter 13 | “Good parental authority is the very thing God uses to raise up a flourishing, dominion-taking, life-creating human beings who display his own image. And it points to the heavenly Father above.”

Chapter Eleven | “[Being a husband is] to cultivate oneness by leading and loving your wife in the shared work of earthly dominion, relying on her help, competence and wisdom.”

Chapter 11 | There are essentially two kinds of authority based on how it’s implemented: authority of command, and authority of counsel.