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As Christ Submits to the Church: A Biblical Understanding of Leadership and Mutual Submission is unavailable, but you can change that!

Does Christ submit to the church? Should Christians submit to each other? What about husbands and wives? In this volume, theologian Alan Padgett offers a fresh look at the ethics of submission, gender roles, and servant leadership in the New Testament. Through his careful interpretation of Paul’s letters and broader New Testament teaching, the author shows how Christ’s submission to the church...

metaphor for Christians in authority. True lordship in the realm of Jesus Christ is genuine, self-giving service. Authority shows itself in humble service to one another in the name of Jesus and out of love in the Spirit. The washing of the disciples’ feet in the Gospel of John is thus an enacted application of what Jesus consistently teaches in the first three Gospels about authority and precedence. To be a leader is to take up the role of a servant. With that in mind, we return to our basic question
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