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    A Work of Heart: Understanding How God Shapes Spiritual Leaders, Updated Edition
    A Work of Heart: Understanding How God Shapes Spiritual Leaders, Updated Edition
    A Work of Heart: Understanding How God Shapes Spiritual Leaders, Updated Edition
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    A Work of Heart: Understanding How God Shapes Spiritual Leaders, Updated Edition

    Written by Reggie McNeal

    Narrated by Kirby Heyborne

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    About this audiobook

    Revised and updated edition of the classic work on spiritual leadership

    In A Work of Heart, bestselling author and missional expert Reggie McNeal helps leaders reflect on the ways in which God is shaping them by letting us see God at work in the lives of four quintessential biblical leaders: Moses, David, Jesus, and Paul. McNeal identifies the formative influences upon these leaders, which he sees as God's ways of working in their lives: the same influences at work today forming leaders for ministry in our times. He explores the shaping influence of culture, call, community, conflict, and the commonplace.

    - Offers guidance for church leaders to let God shape their hearts from the inside out

    - Reggie McNeal is the author of the bestselling book Missional Renaissance

    - Gives reassurance for maintaining perspective while doing the demanding work of ministry

    The book includes illustrative stories of contemporary leaders opening their hearts to God's guidance.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherChristianAudio.com
    Release dateOct 15, 2019
    ISBN9781545913246
    A Work of Heart: Understanding How God Shapes Spiritual Leaders, Updated Edition
    Author

    Reggie McNeal

    Reggie McNeal enjoys helping leaders pursue more kingdom-focused lives. He currently serves as a senior fellow for Leadership Network and city coach for GoodCities. In his consulting and speaking, Reggie draws on his experience as a pastor, denominational leader, seminary teacher, and leadership development coach for thousands of church leaders across North America and the world. His books include The Present Future, Missional Renaissance, A Work of Heart, and Kingdom Come.

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    • 3/5
      Good book but fairly basic and a little bit boring. It is useful information if you don't already know the matter discussed. But there is a lot of good throughout each chapter.
    • 3/5
      Once again I'm forced to write a review of a Christian leadership book and once again, I'm of two minds.If the idea of delving into scripture to mine leadership qualities doesn't bother you, then this book is one of the best that I've read.McNeal begins by examining the lives of Moses, David, Paul, and Jesus to see how leadership qualities are evident in their lives. McNeal rightly emphasizes the importance heart-formation through remaining close to God and allowing him to change you.In the second half of the book, McNeal examines six areas where the leader's qualities are worked out:1) Culture2) Call3) Community4) Communion5) Conflict6) CommonplaceI was privileged to read this book through with a Bible College student in a mentoring relationship. There was always plenty of material and insights to discuss.Here are a few of my problems with leadership books in general. The Bible doesn't speak about leadership—shepherding and servanthood are the key metaphors.Furthermore, the idea that there is a separate class of people who operate on a special "leadership" level seems foreign to the thrust of the New Testament. Jesus' disciples didn't look like people with high-level leadership qualities. They became effective once they were empowered by the Spirit.We should examine what we mean by "leadership qualities," too. Don't we mean the sort of personal characteristics that make people successful in the business world today? What right do we have to dive anachronistically through scripture in an attempt to uncover these 21st century values?On a hermentutical level, why do we assume that the personal qualities of people like Moses and David are qualities we should emulate? Scripture is the story of how God used these people—not how they were skilled enough to be used.There you have it. If you enjoy the "christian leadership" genre, this is one of the best on the topic. If you share my reservations, leave this book on the shelf.
    • 4/5
      This book is an excellent resource for those called to Christian leadership, as it offers a thorough biblical orientation in the first section's review of how God shaped the hearts of Moses, David, Paul & Jesus for leadership. McNeal then makes those insights personal through detailed observations of how those principles apply to the lives of men & women called to leadership today. This is a very dense book, not quick or easy reading.