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Summary: This is a GREAT Book. . .
Review: I was so excited to learn that Dr. Howell had written a book on leadership! He was one of my professors when I was in seminary. He lives what he preaches and teaches! This book is a character study on the lives of many of the Old and New Testament heroes. Dr. Howell's clear and precise writing cause one to ponder his/her theology of leadership. He encourages his readers to make sure that their theology of leadership is thoroughly biblical and kingdom-oriented. There are an abundance of leadership books available, but very few of them do as good a job as Howell does when it comes to a truly biblical worldview. I am very happy with the book. Paul Heier, author of Leading Out of Love
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Summary: This is a GREAT Book. . .
Review: I was so excited to learn that Dr. Howell had written a book on leadership! He was one of my professors when I was in seminary. He lives what he preaches and teaches! This book is a character study on the lives of many of the Old and New Testament heroes. Dr. Howell's clear and precise writing cause one to ponder his/her theology of leadership. He encourages his readers to make sure that their theology of leadership is thoroughly biblical and kingdom-oriented. There are an abundance of leadership books available, but very few of them do as good a job as Howell does when it comes to a truly biblical worldview. I am very happy with the book. Paul Heier, author of Leading Out of Love
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Summary: SERVANTS OF THE SERVANT
Review: The body of Christ is most fortunate to have such a refreshing focus on the attitudes of a Biblical leader. This is most needed when the ministry of Jesus Christ has been reduced to the business world's pragmatic approach and the re-defining of success. Don Howell, Jr. communicates clearly from a scholar's mind with a warm heart. Most books are either too academic or too warm and fuzzy at the expense of truth. This biographical analysis of eleven leaders in the Old Testament and seven in the New Testament manifests the most comprehensive grasp of subject matter this pastor has ever read, and yet it is expressed in the clearest of terms. This offering is worthy of the best seminary classroom study and at the same time useful for an inexperienced Sunday School teacher's devotional reading. The beginning chapter might have been better placed at the end of the book so as to not discourage the uninitiated in a well reasoned Hebrew and Greek word study. But that aside, I have never read any book with which my mind agreed more or my heart rejoiced so much. For Christians in the "It IS about ME" generation, a suitable correction is afforded those open to growth and change. For faithful servants who have decreased so that Christ could increase, this is priceless encouragement. The treatment is so thoroughly Biblical that no honest person can read it and conclude that the substance and essence of the book is just the author's opinion.
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Summary: SERVANTS OF THE SERVANT
Review: The body of Christ is most fortunate to have such a refreshing focus on the attitudes of a Biblical leader. This is most needed when the ministry of Jesus Christ has been reduced to the business world's pragmatic approach and the re-defining of success. Don Howell, Jr. communicates clearly from a scholar's mind with a warm heart. Most books are either too academic or too warm and fuzzy at the expense of truth. This biographical analysis of eleven leaders in the Old Testament and seven in the New Testament manifests the most comprehensive grasp of subject matter this pastor has ever read, and yet it is expressed in the clearest of terms. This offering is worthy of the best seminary classroom study and at the same time useful for an inexperienced Sunday School teacher's devotional reading. The beginning chapter might have been better placed at the end of the book so as to not discourage the uninitiated in a well reasoned Hebrew and Greek word study. But that aside, I have never read any book with which my mind agreed more or my heart rejoiced so much. For Christians in the "It IS about ME" generation, a suitable correction is afforded those open to growth and change. For faithful servants who have decreased so that Christ could increase, this is priceless encouragement. The treatment is so thoroughly Biblical that no honest person can read it and conclude that the substance and essence of the book is just the author's opinion.
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