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Christians of any age or experience in the faith understand that Jesus Christ functions as the example by which God intends people to treat one another. However, there is an undeniable intimidation factor in asking regular people with their struggles and insecurities to emulate the actual Son of God. In this book, the author highlights specific key moments in the Gospel story that demonstrate the qualities of Jesus’ behavior and unpacks them to make them accessible and adoptable. Being able to behave in a Christlike fashion even once can be the inspiration that enables others to do the same, and this book hopes to impart the understanding that makes that chain reaction possible. Using Bible verses and comprehension questions as a guideline, this book can help the reader become inspired by Jesus one manageable step at a time.
Lansdown’s book is structured as an interactive experience, presenting readers with specific and relevant Bible passages to read and soak in. These are augmented by some useful context in regard to modern perspectives and challenges. Finally, helpful question prompts allow the reader to add themselves to these lessons. This last part is crucial because if readers are to successfully make these kinds of changes in their behavior and life, they have to do so in their own way and with their own strengths and weaknesses. More than just consisting of simple chapter and verse memorization, this book is about seeing the opportunities to be led by Jesus’ example and being given the blueprint to take those chances. Readers who find that mere study is not empowering enough, or who desire to follow their faith but don’t know how to begin, will benefit greatly from this book's teaching.