Synopses & Reviews
“This book touches on one of the most crucial needs of our day and offers a careful discipling of both new believers and older church members who have never been taught to really follow Christ. I thoroughly endorse this book!”-Henry T. Blackaby, author of Experiencing God WHO ARE YOU FOLLOWING? Leadership is a crucial issue. Who you follow says a lot about you. Even if your leader is yourself-which is what most of us prefer-people can immediately tell all sorts of things about you by who you follow. When Jesus presented the gospel, He always confronted people with the leadership issue. Whether the woman at the well, the rich young ruler, or Nicodemus, the bottom line that Jesus presented was the kingdom of God. To follow Him we must give up our own kingdoms-whether relationships, wealth, or power-and embrace God’s kingdom. Jan Hettinga addresses the roadblocks that keep us from following Christ-our mistrust of authority, our fear of giving up control, and our unwillingness to face our resistance to God’s kingdom. If you’re tired of working to control your life and long to surrender to Jesus, Follow Me will challenge you to examine your life and submit to Christ as He leads you into the safety of His kingdom.
Synopsis
Who you follow says a lot about you. If you’re tired of working to control your life and long to surrender to Jesus, Follow Me will challenge you to examine your life and submit to Christ.
Jan Hettinga addresses the roadblocks that keep us from following Christ including:
• our mistrust of authority
• our fear of giving up control
• our unwillingness to face our resistance to God’s kingdom
Synopsis
Who you follow says a lot about you. If you're tired of working to control your life and long to surrender to Jesus, Follow Me will challenge you to examine your life and submit to Christ.
Jan Hettinga addresses the roadblocks that keep us from following Christ including:
- our mistrust of authority
- our fear of giving up control
- our unwillingness to face our resistance to God's kingdom
Synopsis
Who you follow says a lot about you. If you're tired of working to control your life and long to surrender to Jesus, Follow Me will challenge you to examine your life and submit to Christ as He leads you into the safety of His kingdom.
Jan Hettinga addresses the roadblocks that keep us from following Christ including:
- our mistrust of authority
- our fear of giving up control
- our unwillingness to face our resistance to God's kingdom
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Follow Me examines the kingdom of heaven, challenging you to see what keeps you from truly following Jesus.
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How do you lead someone to Christ? This short tract developed by The Navigators shares the gospel clearly, explaining our need for salvation and how to come to faith in Christ.
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Explaining the Gospel can be challenging for some people. This short tract is a useful tool in explaining our need for salvation and how to come to faith in Jesus.
About the Author
Jan Hettinga lives in Snohomish, Washington, a community near Seattle. He is Sr. Pastor Emeritus at Northshore Baptist Church where he served as Sr. Pastor from 1979 to 2008.
During his years of ministry at Northshore he led the church into a church planting movement. The Northshore church planting network, or Northshore Network, began in 1996 and Dr. Hettinga continues to lead it today. Fourteen new churches have been started with several more about to launch.
The focus of Jan’s teaching is the life-transforming power of the Kingdom Gospel of Jesus. Without surrender to the leadership of Jesus there can be no heart level change. Bowing and believing, also known as repentance and faith are the two essential sides of salvation. Jan speaks and trains leaders nationally and internationally on transformation and multiplication related topics.
In 2005, Jan earned his Doctor of Ministry Degree in Transformational Leadership at Bakke Graduate University in Seattle. He teaches Kingdom Leadership and Church Multiplication wherever and whenever God opens the doors.
The Kingdom message is the subject of Jan’s book, Follow Me: Experience the Loving Leadership of Jesus {NavPress,1996} of which 33,000 have copies sold. He is working on several new writing projects at present. The Power of Choice is a pamphlet also written by Jan which explains the gospel Jesus and His first followers proclaimed.
Jan and his wife Scharme have three married children and 10 grandchildren. They enjoy spending time with family and friends, reading, walking and exploring the world.