Dan Dumas
Author of A Guide to Expository Ministry
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Dan Dumas has served as a college pastor for fourteen years with extensive experience discipling young people. Dan serves as a senior vice president at the Southern Baptist theological seminary, where he teaches and provides leadership for youth conferences (RENOWN and D3). He also teaches classes show more at Boyce College. Dan lives with his wife and children in Louisvillie, Kentucky. show less
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A Guide To Biblical Manhood 1 copy
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That fact shines through in every chapter of Live Smart: Preparing for he Future God Wants for You. Dumas offers 14 short chapters of advice rooted in Proverbs for his young audience. In the four sections of the book, he focuses on the reader's relationship with God, with others, with themselves, and with the Gospel.
If you are looking for a theological treatise, you pulled a book from the wrong shelf. Live Smart is written on a popular level for a young audience. But that does not mean it doesn't contain powerful, crisp Biblical wisdom. It is packed with boots-on-the-ground advice that young people need to consider as they transition into adulthood. Dumas covers topics from submitting to authority, loving the church, the value of hard work, the joy of service, fleeing sexual immorality, and taking risks in life.
I can see this book becoming a great gift for high school graduates or being used as a Bible study for high school juniors and seniors looking to the future. One suggestion I would make to the editors is to include a short section of questions for group study. A tool like that would only enhance the value of the book as a discipleship tool.… (more)