Author
David Runcorn
Book Format
Paperback
Publisher
SPCK Publishing
Published
September 2011
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The ancient people of Israel and contemporary Western society share a preoccupation with the idea of leadership. In this perceptive and engaging book, David Runcorn reveals just how deeply one world can speak to the other. The story of 1 and 2 Samuel opens with a woman weeping. But grief is often the precursor of change, and the answering of Hannah's prayer is revealed in her song as a prophetic sign of God's ways in all the world. As the author then helps us reflect on various revealing episodes, time and again, he enables us to trace the true presence of God in the words, actions or faithful endurance of people on the edge of the 'main' script. And, he suggests, it is in the kind of honest, disciplined attentiveness they display, that the greatest hope for leadership will be found today.
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Author
David Runcorn
Book Format
Paperback
Publisher
SPCK Publishing
Published
September 2011
Weight
159g
Page Count
128
Dimensions
140 x 214 x 10 mm
ISBN
9780281063895
ISBN-10
0281063893
Eden Code
3972646
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Author/Creator: David Runcorn
ISBN: 9780281063895
Publisher: SPCK Publishing
Release Date: September 2011
Weight: 159g
Dimensions: 140 x 214 x 10 mm
Eden Code: 3972646
12 years ago
Fear and Trust
Leadership and the Old Testament rarely go together, yet here SPCK deliver a great new David Runcorn work for the health, depth and growth of our Christian leadership. So often the Old Testament is neglected or considered of limited usefulness when it comes to considering Christian leadership. Here our world and the ancient nation of Israel are brought together in compelling contemporary themed narratives of servant leadership in the purposes of God. Politics and religion, loyalty and betrayal, triumph and tragedy, war and peace are ably navigated here by Runcorn in complimentary gender partnership.
This is a great and effective blend of reflection on Scripture, insight from ministry and personal experience, thoughtful observation, and many moments where the reader is taken in an unexpected direction. I was particularly helped by the chapter on Jonathan. There is a fresh engagement with women’s ministry, scripture, subversion and how the new possibilities of leadership might unfold. It tracks the powerful, vulnerable but essential wrestle between fear and trust. A fresh, edgy and valuable addition to the raft of Christian leadership titles available in the market today.
Perceptive and provocative!
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