Howard G. Hendricks - As Iron Sharpens Iron: Building Character in a Mentoring Relationship

Mentoring, as my good Friend Howard and his son Bill suggest, is one of the most powerful yet under-utilized disciplines for men today. My life would not have taken the course it did without the input of a few key men along the way. As a coach, I saw firsthand the difference between players who had trusted mentors, and those who unfortunately did not. This straightforward book will inspire and motivate you in a profound way. I highly recommend it.

Howard and Bill Hendricks have produced a book much-needed in America today. As Iron Sharpens Iron is a classic Hendricks approach to life. Insightful, inspiring, and encouraging. No one will put the book down unchanged. Great information.

Dr. Howard Hendricks is one of my favorite people. He combines a great wit and keen intellect in his teaching. Both Howard and Bill have provided a much-needed message for Christians today: We all need mentors along lifes path. Their book also helps us to understand that we need to mentor others. I highly recommend it.

This book is a balanced combination of solid biblical principles and fascinating personal experiences. It grips you, instructs you, and excites you about doing what God wants you to do. It makes mentoring an adventure that leads to maturity and service.

I have admired, respected, and loved Howard Hendricks for more than forty years. As a speaker and writer on leadership and mentoring, he is without equal. Mentoring and being mentored are among the most important but often missed relationships in life. Howard Hendricks wisdom and insights are a treasure, and I recommend his book with enthusiasm. This book can change your lifeand that of another.

I can think of no one in the Christian world better qualified to speak on mentoring than Howie Hendricks. I am a product of his mentoring and can honestly say that few have shaped my life as he has. In this book, Howard and Bill do a phenomenal job of challenging those who need to be mentored, as well as those who need to mentor: This is a significant book.

An outstandingly helpful book on the powerful concept of mentoringsomething every Christian needs to be involved in. A great resource.

Howard and Bill Hendricks book could not come at a more important time in the history of the church and our nation. There is such a need, especially in the urban community, for mentorspeople who can encourage and challenge our youth and be personal examples of how to live. I strongly recommend this book.

The process of mentoring means duplicating and even multiplying. Howie and Bill Hendricks present great insight into the entire process of mentoring. It is a book worth reading, and then doing.

Anytime I can sit at Howard Hendricks feet to learn, Ill do it. Reading this book is no exception! I cannot think of an individual more qualified by experience and insight to address effective spiritual mentoring than Howard. Heres a graphic manual, eminently practical and applicable, by one who speaks out of his experience in the fine art of mentoring. Dont miss his insights!

Theres a long line of men in front of me with whom I share one thing in common: Howard Hendricks is our spiritual mentor. Every Timothy has a Paul. Dr. Hendricks is a Paul to us. His iron has sharpened our ax. Lay yours upon the grinder and watch the sparks fly!

Bravo! Howard and Bill offer refreshing, straight talk about mens needs, our tendency to avoid them, and some down-to-earth help. I felt invited to break out of some bad habits and ruts and to form some partnerships with older men of faith. Thank you!

Mentoring is not an option, it is a necessity. Dr. Hendricks and Bill give profound yet practical insight on the priority, process, and practice of this vital need in every mans life.

Howard Hendricks addresses a critical issue in todays issue in todays world with a clarity and directness that reaches both the mind and the heart.

I can think of no one more qualified than Howard Hendricks to tackle this much-needed subject of men mentoring men. With his son Bills help, Prof. Hendricks has produced a masterpiece. Men, buy and read this book! You will never be the same.

Howard Hendricks is a mentor of mentors! Christian leaders around the world have been marked by this man. As teacher, coach, guide, and patriarch, he has mentored thousands in a ministry of multiplication. May his tribe increase! Together with his son Bill, they have captured these transferable secrets.

This book challenges us to build into the life of another person as well as be responsive to having our life enhanced by another. It effectively convinces us that our physical, mental, and spiritual journeys of life urgently need a Paul, a Barnabas, and a Timothy relationship. You will find this book encouraging, inspiring, convicting, and enjoyable. We need it!

As you read this book, you will learn more about the importance of relationships in the process of becoming what God wants you to be. Howard and Bill help us to understand the importance of others in the process of becoming.

For more than 35 years I have known, loved, and admired Howie Hendricks. I am not alone, He has left his mark on thousands of lives. In a real sense, only he knows the mentoring secrets that have marked men for a lifetime. Im grateful he has decided to put into print his mentoring guidelines and techniques. They are threads drawn from the fabric of Gods timeless tapestry. As Iron Sharpens Iron will be the classic on mentoring, I commend Howie and his son Bill for this contribution to our lives.

Howard Hendricks is always worth listening to. Having benefited in a lifechanging way from being mentored by a man thirty years my senior, I can recommend mentoring enthusiastically. As Iron Sharpens Iron gives you a valuable how to guide to the process.