I Am a Follower: The Way, Truth, and Life of Following Jesus

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FOLLOW ME.
These two words echo the heart-defining call of our Lord Jesus Christ tohis 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 explainshow Christians in a twenty-first-century corporate-obsessed culture haveshifted away from a Jesus art of following toward a popularized form of leading.
Through a colorful mlange of practical applications, imaginative metaphors,and probing biblical exposition based in gospel truth, Sweet reveals that thesummons of Jesus and the message of the New Testament point clearly to anemphasis not on imitation but on incarnation, not on leading but on following.
Join Sweet on an exciting and intentional journey from leadership cult tofollowership 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 shepherdsof 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 aboutleading, 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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Leonard Sweet (PhD, University of Rochester) holds the E. Stanley Jones chair at Drew University. Founder and president of SpiritVenture Ministries, he also serves as a distinguished visiting professor at George Fox University, and is the chief writer for preachingplus.com. Sweet is a popular speaker and has written numerous books, including Jesus Drives Me Crazy, SoulTsunami, SoulSalsa, Carpe Maana, and (with Brian McLaren and Jerry Haselmeyer) A Is for Abductive: The Language of the Emerging Church.