Disciplines of a Godly Man

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Kent Hughes was in pastoral ministry for 41 years, the last 27 as senior pastor of College Church in Wheaton. These works, both classic and contemporary are a great resource that I will draw from in the future. But sexual immorality and all impurity or covetousness must not even be named among you, as is proper among the saints. Kent Hughes’s inspiring and bestselling book Disciplines of a Godly Man—now updated with fresh references and suggested resources—is filled with godly advice aimed at helping men grow in the disciplines of prayer, integrity, marriage, leadership, worship, purity, and more. This valuable book focuses on practical discipline in many differing aspects of our lives in 19 chapters split into 6 parts.

As Kent Hughes explains in the beginning of his book, Disciplines of a Godly Man, in today's culture there is an alarming lack of spiritual leadership in today's evangelical churches.

Disciplines of a Godly family is equally good - packed with great practical ideas for the family man.

There are also Bible reading plans (including M'Cheyne, which I recommend), helpful Proverbs regarding speech, hymns, choruses, and praise Psalms. This book is an excellent overview of the practices that Christian men should work to incorporate into all aspects of their lives. And his suffering was not only the cross, but it was and is suffering that comes from identification with his bride, the church. The chapters on marriage and fatherhood are about what you'd expect, though I think he does a good job of warning fathers not to be too harsh in punishment; something often quite lacking in the Christian world. A helpful challenge for me to live up the biblical commands for Christian men across the whole of life.About 2/3rd of the way through, it was hard to keep going - perhaps because it offers so much to work on that it feels a bit overwhelming. Update: When I originally read this book, it was a book I thought would be beneficial to re-read every 2 years. Kent Hughes' Disciplines of a Godly Man a positive influence on thousands of adults, this adaptation by Kent, his son Carey, and veteran youth leader Jonathan Carswell outlines the disciplines necessary to help a young man align every facet of his life with the fundamental truths of the Bible.