Providing a different perspective on a familiar topic, Ruth Tucker’s Leadership Reconsidered: Becoming a Person of Influence (978-0-801-06824-9, $14.99, Baker Books/Baker Publishing Group) releases this month. Tucker, who was the first female faculty member at Calvin Theological Seminary, believes what’s missing from most leadership discussions today is the idea of legacy.

“Too often, we fail to emphasize the critical role of legacy to that of leadership,” she told Christian Retailing. “People take leadership courses and read leadership literature so that they can become (a) leader—so they can raise their own profile.”

The author’s take came as a surprise to some of her students when she presented the genesis for the book in a leadership studies class. Many of her students had come to the class expecting to hear 12-step development programs. Instead, she challenged what she felt was the “phoniness” of such promises.

“As we dug into the material, they seemed eager to join me in challenging the leadership industry that is typically given a pass,” she said.

Tucker offers examples of biblical leaders like Moses and Jesus as well as historical figures like Martin Luther King Jr., but she also sees value in dissecting the leadership skills of such figures as Adolf Hitler and Vladimir Putin.

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Popular author and TV preacher gives hope for readers in hard times

John Hagee, author of the best-seller Jerusalem Countdown, delivers a message of hope to readers in Life’s Challenges, Your Opportunities. The pastor of Cornerstone Church in San Antonio aims to provide answers in the book for the significant questions of why God allows suffering and why bad things happen to good people. The author himself knows a little about life’s setbacks, having undergone open-heart surgery in October.

In the book, Hagee first explains the God-given destiny that is available to each person.

Myles Munroe release signals push to expand readership into business circles.

“The book is about being in charge of your own gift, refining and developing it.” —Myles Munroe

A popular speaker and prolific writer with best-sellers Applying the Kingdom and Releasing Your Potential (Destiny Image Publishers) to his credit, Myles Munroe’s In Charge: Finding the Leader Within You from his new publisher, FaithWords, signals a more concentrated push to the corporate world.

The growing trend of presenting the gospel as a form of self-help is squeezing out the true message of Jesus, writes Michael Horton in Christless Christianity: The Alternative Gospel of the American Church (978-0-801-01318-8, Baker Books/Baker Publishing Group), which releases this month.

Horton, professor of systematic theology and apologetics at Westminster Seminary California and editor of Modern Reformation magazine, believes that too much outside influence, such as consumerism, has changed the message of the church.

Holman Bibles (B&H Publishing Group) released iStand: A One Minute Bible for Students last month. The softcover Bible targets high school students with profiles of historical characters that made bold choices, questions for personal reflection, weekly worship themes and devotional content from the Livingstone Corporation (producers of The Apologetics Study Bible and The Life Application Bible). The Bible retails for $17.99.

Zondervan released the KJV/Amplified Parallel Bible in Italian DuoTone binding last month. The Bible contains texts of both versions side-by-side for reading and study along with a concordance and the words of Christ in red. The Bibles were released in a regular print Italian DuoTone Gold/Rich Red (8-point type) for $64.99 and a large print (10-point type) Italian DuoTone Rich Red/Camel for $69.99.