ABSTRACT
Chapter 1 takes all the sections in the Bible where Jesus is face-to-face with other people, and examines who said and did what. Jesus has a distinctive style: Jesus always dominates the conversation. When anyone else starts it, he abruptly changes the topic to something surprising, but always appropriate to what they were really intending. He is a good judge of what other people are concerned about, and he makes quick decisions, whether to cut his losses and move on, or to ask someone to join him. He is a master of timing. These kinds of interactional skills are found very widely among charismatic persons. Jesus is the archetype of the charismatic leader who has both frontstage and backstage charisma.
