Amid the torrent of books on leadership that flood the marketplace of contemporary Christianity, Un Corinthian Leadership takes a fresh, challenging, and biblical approach. David Starling examines the teaching and leadership practices of Paul in 1 Corinthians, and finds both a sharp critique of the ‘Corinthianized’ practices that are endemic in much modern Western Christianity and a positive, compelling theological vision for how leadership ought to function among the people of Christ.
The account of Christian leadership that emerges is grounded in careful, contextual study of 1 Corinthians, and thoughtfully applied to the circumstances and cultural pressures of our own times. Paying close attention to the situation Paul addresses and the shape of his arguments, Starling highlights the vivid relevance and enduring power of the letter. Students of 1 Corinthians will find an illuminating guide to the contemporary application of the letter; Christian leaders and students of leadership will find a refreshingly biblical account of what makes Christian leadership Christian.
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Carl Trueman is author of Luther’s Legacy: Salvation and English Reformers 1525-1556 (Clarendon, 1994) and The Claims of Truth: John Owen’s Trinitarian Theology (Paternoster, 1998). He is Professor of Historical Theology and Church History at Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia.