Integrity matters. We expect it of leaders in all walks of life. But why is integrity so rare? Jonathan Lamb looks at the example of the apostle Paul in 2 Corinthians and offers us a model of integrity in leadership that spans the centuries.

Jonathan Lamb

Integrity

A. Leadership and integrity

B. Leadership and calling

C. Leadership and community

D. Leadership and its challenges

E. Integrity as a way of life

Acknowledgments

Foreword

1. Why integrity matters

Watch your life

The call for integrity

The nature of integrity

A life in sync

2. What integrity looks like

Was Paul inconsistent?

Sincerity: pure motives

Consistency: living life as a whole

Reliability: reflecting God's faithfulness

God's faithfulness and ours

Section A – Over to you...

B: Leadership and calling

3. True accountability

God sees

God knows

God cares

4. Serving others

The orientation of Christian service: 'for your sake'

Vulnerability in Christian service

Sacrificial love

Parental concern

5. Gospel priorities

Contemporary challenges

Integrity – no deception

Fidelity – no distortion

Humility – no self-promotion

Certainty – no illusions

Section B – Over to you...

6. Exercising authority

The model for authority: the gentleness of Christ

The foundation for exercising authority: the gospel of Christ

The purpose of authority: building up the body of Christ

The context of authority: a life like Christ's

7. Building community

Leadership that strengthens others

Leadership that encourages transparency

Leadership that creates trust

Leadership that stimulates teamwork

Leadership that lives the life

8. Confronting failure

Integrity in our response to injury

Integrity in appropriate discipline

Integrity in generous forgiveness

Recovering integrity

9. Handling Money

Working together

Careful administration

Creating ownership

Honouring the Lord

Section C – Over to you...

10. Weakness and power

Weakness is the occasion for God's power

Weakness is the consequence of being united to Christ

Weakness is productive

11. Status and true ambition

The folly of self-commendation

The foundation for the Lord's commendation

Our true ambition

12. Pride and the call to humility

A big let-down

Up and away

A big pain

Down is up

Section D – Over to you...

13. Living contentedly

Road blocks or bridges?

Patient endurance

Complete consistency

Settled contentment

14. Living consistently

The call to a holy life

The call to live consistently

The call to Christian distinctness

The call to commitment

The resources we need

15. Living authentically

Outward decline and inward renewal

Present trouble and future glory

The seen and the unseen

Section E – Over to you...

Postscript

For further reading

Notes

The Good Book Stall

This detailed study of John Stott’s life is also the story of the emergence of Evangelical thinking as a mainstream part of present day belief across the denominations. John Stott’s involvement in that emergence is bound up with his life’s work at All Souls, Langham Place, London and preaching, teaching and leading, around the globe.  
As Roger Steer tells John Stott’s story from his birth to the present day, he introduces us to the many men and women who worked with or disagreed with this charismatic man. He has preached to many thousands of people in very many countries and situations, he has written best selling books that have brought people to Christ, while retaining his gift of remembering individuals and forging lasting relationships.  
His upper-class background and education gave him easy access to important and moneyed people but he always has a heart for the poorest of his congregation and worked towards including them in the life of the church. I could go on and on, there is so much material in this book that it is not a quick read, but it is an inspiring and enjoyable one.

Inside Story: The Life of John Stott

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Integrity matters. We expect it of leaders in all walks of life. But why is integrity so rare? Jonathan Lamb looks at the example of the apostle Paul in 2 Corinthians and offers us a model of integrity in leadership that spans the centuries.

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