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I Am A Follower: The Way, Truth, and Life of Following Jesus
By: Leonard Sweet
Thomas Nelson / 2011 / Paperback
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▼▲"Leadership" has become a runaway obsession for those who are called to equip the body of Christ for service in the Kingdom of God. The concept of "followership" is all but lost in the wake of this leadership fetish, a near hypnotic obsession. Jesus' clear call, and the pattern of New Testament leadership, are actually found in a pattern of followership. We've been told otherwise but when it comes to a movement in our churches, our families, or the workplace, everything rises or falls on followership.
Sweet proposes an intentional shift from leadership cults to followership cultures. He critiques the issue of leadership obsession but focuses on reigniting a passion for the "follow me" theme found throughout the gospels and the entire New Testament. Building on a set of metaphors/images, he stirs the imagination by showing what it means to be a follower of Christ and explains the vital cog that followership and the first follower play in helping others enter into the Kingdom of God.
I Am A Follower moves readers:
Sweet proposes an intentional shift from leadership cults to followership cultures. He critiques the issue of leadership obsession but focuses on reigniting a passion for the "follow me" theme found throughout the gospels and the entire New Testament. Building on a set of metaphors/images, he stirs the imagination by showing what it means to be a follower of Christ and explains the vital cog that followership and the first follower play in helping others enter into the Kingdom of God.
I Am A Follower moves readers:
- from leaders that are over to followers that are among
- from sages and gurus to scouts and guides
- from Saul's armor to David's sling
- from having the right answers to asking the right questions
- from architects to gardeners
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▼▲| Title: I Am A Follower: The Way, Truth, and Life of Following Jesus By: Leonard Sweet Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 240 Vendor: Thomas Nelson Publication Date: 2011 | Dimensions: 8.38 X 5.50 (inches) Weight: 10 ounces ISBN: 0849946387 ISBN-13: 9780849946387 Stock No: WW946387 |
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▼▲FOLLOW ME.
These two words echo the heart-defining call of our Lord Jesus Christ to his disciples.
Sadly, this life-changing invitation has lost much of its original meaning. Immersed in a society that worships success, we have succumbed to a trendyfixation with leadership. In I Am a Follower, author Leonard Sweet explains how Christians in a twenty-first-century corporate-obsessed culture have shifted away from a Jesus art of following toward a popularized form of leading.
Through a colorful mélange of practical applications, imaginative metaphors, and probing biblical exposition based in gospel truth, Sweet reveals that the summons of Jesus and the message of the New Testament point clearly to an emphasis not on imitation but on incarnation, not on leading but on following.
Join Sweet on an exciting and intentional journey from leadership cult to followership culture. Discover for yourself the way, the truth, and the abundantlife of following Jesus Christ and what it truly means to Follow Me!
At times I felt like I was reading Jeremiah, challenging the shepherds of Israel. This is a much needed and long overdue book.BOB ROBERTS, senior pastor, Northwood Church
If there was ever a leader who could convince me that its really never been about leading, that would have to be Len Sweet. May we all, like Len, become followers.MARK BATTERSON, lead pastor, National Community Church
These two words echo the heart-defining call of our Lord Jesus Christ to his disciples.
Sadly, this life-changing invitation has lost much of its original meaning. Immersed in a society that worships success, we have succumbed to a trendyfixation with leadership. In I Am a Follower, author Leonard Sweet explains how Christians in a twenty-first-century corporate-obsessed culture have shifted away from a Jesus art of following toward a popularized form of leading.
Through a colorful mélange of practical applications, imaginative metaphors, and probing biblical exposition based in gospel truth, Sweet reveals that the summons of Jesus and the message of the New Testament point clearly to an emphasis not on imitation but on incarnation, not on leading but on following.
Join Sweet on an exciting and intentional journey from leadership cult to followership culture. Discover for yourself the way, the truth, and the abundantlife of following Jesus Christ and what it truly means to Follow Me!
At times I felt like I was reading Jeremiah, challenging the shepherds of Israel. This is a much needed and long overdue book.BOB ROBERTS, senior pastor, Northwood Church
If there was ever a leader who could convince me that its really never been about leading, that would have to be Len Sweet. May we all, like Len, become followers.MARK BATTERSON, lead pastor, National Community Church
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