Focusing on the book of Psalms, this guide offers a practical approach to enhancing one's prayer life. It encourages readers to engage deeply with the text, fostering a more authentic and fulfilling spiritual practice. Through step-by-step insights, it inspires individuals to explore the richness of prayer, making it a transformative experience.
Exploring the complexities of faith, the book addresses the doubts that often challenge believers, stemming from personal trials, heartbreak, or intellectual struggles. It offers guidance and encouragement for those grappling with their beliefs, aiming to provide hope and a pathway to a deeper understanding of faith. Through its insights, it seeks to reassure readers that questioning is a part of the journey, ultimately leading to a stronger spiritual foundation.
Exploring the biblical models of shepherding, mentoring, and equipping, They Smell Like Sheep unlocks the secrets of leadership for anyone.What kind of leadership will effectively lead the church into the morally turbulent twenty-first century? The same kind of leadership that led it through the morally and politically chaotic first century. Shepherding.This is the kind of leadership Jesus used, and this is the kind of leadership that will take his church where he wants it to go.While the term "shepherd" produces warm images of love, care, and tenderness, it also describes a form of leadership that is perilously protective, dangerous, dirty, and smelly."Shepherd" is something that every follower of Christ, the Good Shepherd, is called to become.Lynn Anderson, in this important book, leads us backwards in time to discover and identify the biblical leader for the future needs of the Christian community. Anderson's deep dig for truth will concern, convict, and confront us about where leadership has been, and will set a new standard for where the future leader must go.