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As Iron Sharpens Iron
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As Iron Sharpens Iron The book, As Iron Sharpens Iron, by the father and son team of Howard and William Hendricks, is a text I was prepared to dislike for it's perceived "trendiness" and formulaic composition, but instead I found it to be a thoroughly practical and virtually timeless work. The "trendiness" and formulaic composition, it turns out, were the result of my misapprehension of what mentoring is all about. A mentor, generally speaking, is a man (As Iron Sharpens Iron, we are told, was written by men for men in the Promise Keepers movement, but the underlying principles are applicable for all believers) who functions more or less as a father figure in the most positive sense, affecting and influencing the total development of another man (p 18). Specifically, a mentor is someone who is committed to you as an individual; to help you begin to grow, keep...
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