Scot McKnight lists the ten lessons of Joshua Jipp's book on the Bible's worst rulers, which he commends as timely and fitting for the current season in the United States. He presents, approvingly, Jipp's contrast between the way of Jesus and the way of Satan in leadership. Each tyrannical practice (exploitation, fear of outsiders, religious legitimation, disregard for truth, favoring elites, and others) is paired with a faithful alternative such as hospitality, sincere worship, and truth-telling.
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- Endorses a source· Joshua W. Jipp, How (Not) to be a Tyrant
Joshua Jipp's book on the Bible's worst rulers is a timely, because timeless, guide to life and leadership.
Lessons on recognizing and resisting tyranny are fitting for the present political moment in the United States.
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Leadership can follow either the way of Jesus or the way of Satan, and the tyrant's way is recognizable in thinly disguised contemporary portraits.
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Tyrants exploit people, exalt themselves, harm enemies, pursue pleasure, think themselves great, favor elites, and terrorize religious minorities, while faithful leadership practices generous economics, burden-bearing, peacemaking, self-control, humility, prophetic critique, and doing good to all.
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Stoking fear of outsiders is a mark of tyranny, and the faithful alternative is hospitality to strangers.
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Using religion to legitimate one's rule is a mark of tyranny, and the alternative is sincere worship.
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Acting as though truth does not exist is a mark of tyranny, and the alternative is truth-telling.
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