John—Jesus’ Incarnational Leadership
by Dr. J. Robert Clinton
This 349 page commentary (PDF file) is one of a series of Biblical leadership commentaries. This series explores the most relevant books of the Bible for leadership findings. The leadership commentary on John involves an overview of John, i.e. a recognition of the contribution of this book to the whole Bible. It then follows with the identification of 17 important leadership topics/lessons. Then there is the actual leadership comments on the text. Finally there are 66 leadership articles totaling 230 pages describing various aspects of leadership seen in John. A 25 page Glossary of leadership terms follows the leadership articles. John, more than any of the three synoptic Gospels, presents Jesus’ incarnational leadership. He was sent from the Father. See the Article, Jesus—Sentness. Sentness is a term capturing the divine backing of Jesus’ intervention in the world to represent and reveal God to our world. It carries the notion of anointing and appointment by God for a mission, but in Jesus’ case—more since it was the incarnation of God in human form. John presents Jesus as the Eternal God who became a human being, revealed the Father and His love, and offered eternal life (salvation) to whoever trusts Him. (Revised spring 2008)
