Craig

Gengwall @147,
“Craig #93 “The comps I know focus very much on loving, sacrificial service as the way of exercising leadership and authority.”

I agree Craig that they would say that but that doesn’t make it a practical reality. In particular, loving sacrificial service is the opposite of authority (although I think, as we have been discussing, that leadership can be done in a loving and sacrificial way). The key continues to be authority. One can not be servant and master at the same time. If comps want to be master, then they are not engaged in loving sacrificial service no matter how hard they claim to be. Conversely, if one offers the kind of loving sacrificial service that Ephesians 5 calls for, then they, like Christ, have relinquished authority and taken the role of servant. It is a practical impossibility to have it both ways.”
I think I can agree with your conclusion if the definition of authority and its contrast with leadership is correct as I outlined @142. That’s why I was seeking some more support for these definitions @142. I may be wrong, but I don’t think comps see such a sharp contrast and therefore don’t agree with your conclusions.