The Blessing (and Danger) of Authority with Jonathan Leeman
Life and Books and Everything
Clearly Reformed
4.6 • 635 Ratings
🗓️ 22 May 2024
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
We live in a day where authority is often rebuffed and where many people are quick to assume all authority is abusive authority. And yet, some authority is abusive. But the antidote to bad authority is not “no authority” but “good authority.” Kevin welcomes Jonathan Leeman, editorial director for 9Marks, into the virtual studio to talk about Jonathan’s new book Authority: How Godly Rule Protects the Vulnerable, Strengthens Communities, and Promotes Human Flourishing. You’ll hear real life examples of good authority in action, and you’ll hear how authority can sadly be used for evil. Whether you exercise authority or sit under authority (and we all do some of both), you’ll be interested to listen in as two friends chat away on this important topic.
Chapters:
0:00 Intro & Sponsors
2:45 The Blessing and Danger of Authority
14:08 Perspectives on Authority
35:37 Alternative Interpretations of Authority
50:34 Authority, Wisdom, and Leadership
1:00:33 Until Next Time…
Books & Everything:
ESV Spiral-Bound Journaling Bible, Five-Volume Set
Ask Pastor John: 750 Bible Answers to Life's Most Important Questions
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Greetings and salutations. Welcome back to life and books and everything. I'm Kevin DeYoung, senior pastor at Christ's Covenant Church in Matthews, North Carolina. And I'm joined by my special guests. |
| 0:22.4 | Yes, all the guests are special. |
| 0:28.1 | My special guest, Jonathan Lehman, who I'll say more about in just a moment. |
| 0:30.5 | I wanted to thank a couple of our sponsors. |
| 0:39.2 | ESV spiral-bound journaling Bible from our sponsor, Crossway, a five-volume set, set five individual volumes the set features a complete ESV Bible text easy to read layout lots of |
| 0:44.7 | space for notes so if you are somebody who loves to journal or just take notes |
| 0:49.0 | this is a great resource with the ESV text and then you can write in the |
| 0:53.1 | margins on the side so check that out thank you to text, and then you can write in the margins on the side. So check that out. |
| 0:55.8 | Thank you to Crossway, and then our other sponsor, Desiring God. Just to mention again, |
| 1:00.8 | this book I've mentioned before, really is worth getting. Ask Pastor John 750 Bible answers |
| 1:06.7 | to Life's Most Important Questions by Tony Ranky. |
| 1:16.5 | So it's not a compilation of transcripts if you're a fan of the APJ podcast. |
| 1:21.9 | Tony took 2.3 million words from 10 years of APJ, |
| 1:30.0 | turned them into this book, really distilling Piper's wisdom on the number of most relevant topics. As John said he's making up for all those years of not having enough application in his sermons so he's uh i think tongue-in-cheek |
| 1:36.4 | but he's saying here's all my application and it's really really thoughtful stuff jonathan |
| 1:41.2 | leeman is the editorial director for nine marks. |
| 1:45.8 | Jonathan, after his work in political science and studied there, had a career in journalism in D.C. |
| 1:53.9 | I didn't even know that here as I'm reading your bio. |
| 1:55.8 | He has a PhD. |
| 1:57.0 | I did know that. |
| 1:58.0 | He has written a number of books and articles. |
| 2:03.9 | And he is, what would the nomenclature you would use? Elder, ruling elder, or are you called a pastor in your church? |
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