Wellington Boone, author of the popular, well-reviewed Christian marriage manual Your Wife Is Not Your Momma, delivers the unvarnished truth about what it takes for Christian believers to become Christ-like.
While becoming a believer in Jesus and joining the Christian faith are a gift of God a person need only accept, following Jesus requires much more. To walk in the footsteps of Jesus means making sacrifices like those he made if one is to imitate the example of Christ every day.
In The Low Road to New Heights, Wellington Boone elucidates the often difficult path to becoming a true disciple of Christ. Through examples drawn from real life and passages from the Bible, Bishop Boone gets to the heart of the matter: by living a humble life, Christians can conform to the character of Jesus. In an engaging style, Boone offers a serious spiritual regimen–a kind of high-energy Christian aerobics routine–that will last a lifetime. For those who want to move from being Christians in name only to being spiritually committed followers of Christ, Boone provides the no-nonsense, down-to-earth advice and inspiration they need to achieve their goal.
Atlanta-based pastor Boone (Your Wife Is Not Your Momma) here instructs readers on living humbly, like Jesus. Humility, says Boone, is one of the most important words that has defined the nature and character of Jesus Christ, meaning that in descending from heaven to earth, Jesus fundamentally lowered himself. Therein, suggests Boone, is one of the secrets to pursuing the Christian life. This slim book is full of useful hints, designed to help readers actually follow Jesus' example of humility: for starters, says Boone, Christians should pray as Jesus prayed, and they should never hesitate to spread God's message. But this is not merely a religious how-to. Boone also threads musings on biblical stories throughout; for example, he points to Moses as a model of servant leadership. He draws on more recent historical personages, such as Harriet Tubman, in showing that humility does not make one a doormat. Perhaps the book's only flaw is that at times it reads like two books in one; interwoven with the discussion of humility is a great deal on leadership. Though this material is not wholly irrelevant Boone suggests that humility is not at odds with leadership, for the best leaders are those who submit themselves to God it nonetheless feels shoehorned. But that is a small complaint with a book so full of insight and wisdom. Boone, never ponderous, writes with a light touch, and his timely reminder of an oft-neglected virtue is sure to be accessible and inspiring to a wide-ranging audience. Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
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Wellington Boone, author of the popular, well-reviewed Christian marriage manual Your Wife Is Not Your Momma, delivers the unvarnished truth about what it takes for Christian believers to become Christ-like.
While becoming a believer in Jesus and joining the Christian faith are a gift of God a person need only accept, following Jesus requires much more. To walk in the footsteps of Jesus means making sacrifices like those he made if one is to imitate the example of Christ every day.
In The Low Road to New Heights, Wellington Boone elucidates the often difficult path to becoming a true disciple of Christ. Through examples drawn from real life and passages from the Bible, Bishop Boone gets to the heart of the matter: by living a humble life, Christians can conform to the character of Jesus. In an engaging style, Boone offers a serious spiritual regimen?a kind of high-energy Christian aerobics routine?that will last a lifetime. For those who want to move from being Christians in name only to being spiritually committed followers of Christ, Boone provides the no-nonsense, down-to-earth advice and inspiration they need to achieve their goal.
Bishop Wellington Boone is one of today's most dynamic and sought-after Christian speakers and a trusted spiritual father who develops leaders who influence multitudes. For many years he has served on boards of major Christian ministries and he shares his leadership insights in all of his books. He is an international ministry leader, bestselling author, featured speaker for CBN, Regent University, Focus on the Family, Promise Keepers, Campus Crusade for Christ, the Salvation Army, World Changers, and other major organizations and denominations in addition to serving his congregation, The Father's House, in Norcross, Georgia.
Researcher George Barna and his co-author Harry Jackson, Jr., rate Bishop Boone as one of the 17 most influential Black Americans of the past century.
Bishop Boone is currently featured on the TBN program "Heaven in Your Home" and has produced other radio and TV programs featuring his messages of Christ-like character, personal consecration, lifelong marriage, and a biblical worldview for all of life. He has founded service ministries such as the Fellowship of International Churches, Goshen Learning Centers in Africa, Global Outreach Campus Ministries, Kingmakers (women's association), and Network of Politically Active Christians in Washington, DC. He lives out his message of humility and Christ-like servanthood with Katheryn, his wife of 36 years, and three grown children.
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Endorsements and Book Reviews
Publisher's Weekly review of Your Wife Is Not Your Momma (Doubleday)
Bishop Wellington Boone, "a nationally recognized pastor and speaker at Promise Keeper rallies, paints an engaging portrait of God's master plan for marriage relationships. The message is simple and, although directed at husbands, is for everyone, married couples, singles and divorcees."
Your Wife Is Not Your Momma will be released in a Second Edition by APPTE Publishing in July 2010 in response to popular demand.
Publisher's Weekly review of Low Road to New Heights (Doubleday; WaterBrook Multnomah)
"This slim book is full of useful hints, designed to help readers actually follow Jesus' example of humility. . . . But this is not merely a religious how-to. Boone also threads musings on biblical stories throughout. . . . He draws on more recent historical personages, such as Harriet Tubman, in showing that humility does not make one a doormat."
Charisma Magazine review of Low Road to New Heights
"In his challenging and inspiring book The Low Road to New Heights, Wellington Boone identifies the source that often leads Christians to feel depressed and defeated in their lives, offering spiritual heights therapy to recover from the common curse of 'self'--pride. Humility, prayer and leading by serving remove pride."
New Man Magazine review of Breaking Through (Broadman & Holman, 1996)
"To the uninitiated, the term 'worm training' may conjure up bizarre images of iron-pumping invertebrates. But to those who have heard the energetic messages of Christian teacher and pastor Wellington Boone at Promise Keepers conferences and other events, it means happy marriages, brotherly love and a renewed relationship with God.
"The concept of worm-training actually comes from a psalm of David's: 'But I am a worm and no man. . . .' And to Boone's biblical acumen it symbolizes man's need to be broken before God (Ps. 22:6).
" 'A worm never protests,' writes Boone. 'A worm doesn't fight back. A worm doesn't find ways to escape the crushing blow from above.' Essentially, a worm is at your mercy, as we are at God's Accept it, as a worm does.' "
"It's wild stuff, but the way Boone tells it in his first book, entitled Breaking Through, makes perfect sense. Worm-training, he says, produces humility and a spirit of servitude. It's the first step toward the kind of Christian living that unites God's kingdom on earth."
This review is from: The Low Road to New Heights: What it Takes to Live Like Christ in the Here and Now (Hardcover)
I saw Mr. Boone on the 700 Club, and his words spoke directly to my heart. His book does the same. One of the most inspiring Christian books I have read. Thank You !
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