biblical leadership -- a book review

Benjamin Forrest and Chet Roden's Biblical Leadership:  Theology for the Everyday Leader brings together some of the best in evangelical scholarship to help readers think deeply about leadership through each of the genres found in the Bible. Biblical Leadership is easily the foundational volume for moving the conversation about leadership away from business models and toward a more faithful, biblical model.

Biblical Leadership boasts thirty-three chapters -- nineteen concentrated on the Old Testament and fourteen concentrated on the New.  Not surprisingly, like other most multi-authored works, the usefulness of the chapters is fairly variegated although the scope is rather comprehensive.  I found the New Testament contributions significantly more evenhanded than the Old, though the Old Testament did have a few standout chapters, such as Kaiser on Psalm 23 and Longman on leadership in Ecclesiastes.

Biblical Leadership belongs on every Christian leader's bookshelves.
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I received a free copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for my honest review here.