For someone who didn't have a father to invest this type of Godly influence into their lives, this book would probably be invaluable at an early age.

Be involved, be willing to be uncomfortable, to be challenged, and to fail, if all for the glory of Christ. Hughes does an excellent job of breaking down the various types of discipline that are severally lacking in masculinity today and provides simple steps to practice to improve yourself and make yourself a more Christ honoring man. I think this is a serviceable introduction to the disciplines but readers should approach it with the Gospel firmly in their heart and mind.

that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish. 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. Went through this book and a few other books with some guys at our church over the last 6 months and this was definitely a favorite in the group.

I went through this book with other men together and every single chapter there was stuff that convicted us and encouraged us.After the introduction the book that talks about the importance of discipline of godliness author R. Every Christian man, whether a new believer or a mature Christian, will be challenged again and again by this remarkably wise and fascinating book.

My most recent reading of this book was in the last two years as I slowly went over it with some of the high school young men in my church. Just when we think we are the safest, when we feel no need to keep our guard up, to work on our inner integrity, to discipline ourselves for godliness - temptation will come! 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.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. And his suffering was not only the cross, but it was and is suffering that comes from identification with his bride, the church. He retired from his pulpit ministry at College Church and was given the title Senior Pastor Emeritus in December 2006.