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The Jesus Leader: Bible Stories That Reveal How Jesus Led by Kevin and Alma Brady
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The Jesus Leader

Bible Stories That Reveal How Jesus Led

Kevin & Alma Brady

Before asking, “What would Jesus do?” this study begins with a more disciplined question: What did Jesus actually do?

The Gospels place Jesus in situations involving pressure, interruption, conflict, scarcity, ambition, authority, failure, betrayal, grief, sacrifice, and difficult decisions. His responses were not always the same. His alignment was.

Through thirty-five biblical stories, The Jesus Leader examines what Jesus actually did and what those responses may reveal about leadership, discernment, character, and mission.

Personal Leadership. Personal Reflection. Personal Formation.

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What Are You Facing?

Leadership rarely arrives as a chapter title. It arrives as a situation.

Choose the issue closest to what you are facing, and explore Gospel stories that may help you slow down, observe how Jesus responded, and reflect more carefully on your own situation.

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Contents

Eleven parts, thirty-five stories from the Gospels.

Part IBefore the Decision3 chapters›
  1. 1Mission Before OpportunityMatthew 4:1–11
  2. 2Knowing Why You Are HereMark 1:21–39
  3. 3The Discipline of WithdrawalMark 1:35; Mark 6:30–32; Luke 5:15–16
Part IIWhen People Interrupt3 chapters›
  1. 4When an Interruption Is the MissionMark 5:21–43
  2. 5When the Important People Overlook SomeoneMark 10:13–16
  3. 6Seeing the Person Others Have Stopped SeeingMark 10:46–52
Part IIICompassion in Action3 chapters›
  1. 7Compassion Is More Than FeelingMark 6:30–44
  2. 8Touching the UntouchableMark 1:40–45
  3. 9When Someone Else’s Pain Interrupts Your KnowledgeJohn 11:1–44
Part IVRules and Purpose3 chapters›
  1. 10The Purpose Behind the RuleMark 3:1–6
  2. 11When an Institution DriftsMark 11:15–19
  3. 12Confronting HypocrisyMatthew 23:1–36
Part VForming the Followers3 chapters›
  1. 13Correcting Ambition Without Crushing the PersonMark 10:32–45
  2. 14Leading by Example When Words Are Not EnoughJohn 13:1–17
  3. 15Entrusting the Mission to OthersMark 6:7–13
Part VICrossing Boundaries3 chapters›
  1. 16Seeing the Person Beyond the CategoryJohn 4:1–42
  2. 17Moving Toward the Person Others RejectLuke 19:1–10
  3. 18Redefining the NeighborLuke 10:25–37
Part VIIPower and Authority3 chapters›
  1. 19When People Want to Give You PowerJohn 6:1–15
  2. 20When Authority Becomes a TrapMatthew 22:15–22
  3. 21Knowing the Limits of Human PowerJohn 18:28–38; John 19:8–16
Part VIIIFailure and Restoration3 chapters›
  1. 22When People Keep Getting It WrongMark 8:27–33; Mark 9:30–37
  2. 23Thomas and the Honest DoubterJohn 20:24–29
  3. 24Failure Is Not IdentityJohn 21:1–19
Part IXConflict and Restraint3 chapters›
  1. 25Knowing When to ConfrontLuke 7:36–50
  2. 26Knowing When Not to FightLuke 22:47–53
  3. 27When Silence Is StrongerMatthew 26:57–68; Matthew 27:11–14
Part XWhen the Cost Becomes Personal3 chapters›
  1. 28GethsemaneMatthew 26:36–46
  2. 29BetrayalMatthew 26:14–16, 20–25, 47–50
  3. 30Forgiving From the CrossLuke 23:32–43
Part XIThe Pattern5 chapters›
  1. 31Grace and TruthJohn 1:14–18
  2. 32The Questions Jesus AskedMark 10:46–52
  3. 33The Decisions Jesus Refused to MakeLuke 12:13–21
  4. 34A Framework for DiscernmentJohn 5:19–20, 30
  5. 35From “What Would Jesus Do?” to Following JesusMark 8:34–35

Two Studies. One Mission.

The Jesus Organization examines how Jesus built, organized, sustained, and advanced the mission through people.

The Jesus Leader examines how Jesus responded, decided, formed people, exercised authority, handled pressure, and remained aligned while leading that mission.

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A Companion Resource for Discernment Skills

The Jesus Leader focuses on what the Gospel stories reveal about leadership, judgment, response, and alignment. For deeper practice in self-awareness, emotional regulation, critical thinking, and deliberate decision-making, Discernment.cc offers a companion resource.

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