Elijah Abanto’s Reviews > Authority: How Godly Rule Protects the Vulnerable, Strengthens Communities, and Promotes Human Flourishing > Status Update

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.

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.

Chapter 10 | “Good authority is not self-protective, but bears the costs of leadership.”

Chapter Nine | “Without the power of discipline, authority is toothless, even substance-less. Take away someone’s power of discipline and you effectively take away their authority.”

Chapter 8 | "Bad authority despises instruction. Good authority seeks it. It's teachable and therefore wise. Even the young, incarnate Jesus sought wisdom and grew in it (Luke 2:52)."

Chapter 7 | Good authority doesn’t steal life, but creates it.

Chapter 6 | “Loyalty to a good leader is indeed a good thing, but good loyalty is loyalty to his leadership under God and anyone else under whom God has placed him, like fellow elder or a congregation.”