on your youthfulness, but rather in speech, conduct, love, faith and purity, show yourself an example of those who believe” (1 Tim. 4:12). Peter followed suit, admonishing the church elders not to lord their authority over those in their charge, but to be godly examples (1 Pet. 5:3). As believers we need to follow in the footsteps of those who put flesh on principles and life into precepts—people we can pattern our lives after. This book describes the lives of some of my favorite biblical leaders and
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