Going Deep: Becoming A Person of Influence by Gordon MacDonald

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


I loved this book on a number of levels:

1) The need for the Church to nurture what the book calls "deep people" - disciples of Jesus committed to growing more like him in character and fulfilling their calling, is a topic close to my heart.
2) It provides a model and encouragement for how older Christians (which now I reluctantly admit includes me) can help nurture and mentor younger people
3) The story format used, not only shows how to do this practically, but naturally illustrates the ideas.
4) The story format also illustrates servant leadership in the Church and how a godly team can actually work.

I was in two minds about the story telling format early on, it does make the book longer than it would otherwise be. However by the end, I wanted to know what would happen to the characters involved, and I'm fairly certain that I've retained more of the ideas, because they have been presented in a story.



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