The Good and the Bad of Power

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Curtis: We need a wise understanding of how faith and power mix other than just let's get away from power because it's inescapable. He says that when God exercises power in the world, he looks at what he's done with his power and he says, this is good. So if we're as human beings, meant to image God in that exercise of power in the World, we have to understand that it is fundamentally intended for good," Curtis says.

We’ve witnessed story after story about the abuse of power practiced by Christians and Christian institutions. Does that mean that, to quote Lord Acton, that “power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely?” How should followers of Jesus relate to the possibility of wielding power? Cherie Harder, the President of The Trinity Forum, is ideally suited to address these questions. She’s spent a lifetime in the corridors of power and shares a wealth of theological and practical wisdom on this important topic.

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For a helpful theological examination about power, check out Andy Crouch’s Playing God: Redeeming the Gift of Power.

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