Power. Those who don't have it want it. Those who have it want

more. We live in a world preoccupied with power and influence.

Not even the church is immune to its lure.

What did Jesus think of power? How did he wield it? What constraints did he place on its use?

David Prior ranges over the whole gamut of power and its effects-economic, religious, political, social and spiritual-as seen through the life of Jesus from his infancy to his confrontation with Pilate and victory over the grave. Throughout we are confronted with rich and penetrating insights from the Gospels that challenge the way we live.

David Prior, a graduate of Oxford and Ridley Hall, is an Anglican pastor and the author of The Message of 1 Corinthians in The Bible Speaks Today series.