Reclaiming Friendship: Relating to Each Other in a Frenzied World

by Ajith Fernando

Friends. We all crave them. Yet how do we nurture friendships in a frenzied, fragmented, fallen world?

Ajith Fernando sees the obstacles. But he convinces us that even today we can make true friends. Drawing insights from Proverbs and Ecclesiastes, this book shows us how to find friends, fulfillment, and wisdom through--


commitment
Christian discipline
spiritual accountability
team ministry
service to others
reliance on God's strength

Genres: Christian, Nonfiction

160 pages, Paperback

First published April 26, 1991

About the author

Ajith Fernando serves as Teaching Director of Youth for Christ in Sri Lanka after being National Director for 35 years. Ajith is a visiting lecturer and Council President of Colombo Theological Seminary and also serves as Visiting Scholar at Tyndale University College and Seminary in Toronto. He has written 15 books and his books have been published in 19 different languages. The Call to Joy and Pain was awarded the Christianity Today Book of the Year Award for church and pastoral leadership.

Reviews

[Binoy Chacko]

The author mainly dwells in Proverbs. Basically as survey/exposition of the verses on friendship in the book of Proverbs. There are a lot of real live examples in the book.

[Rebecca Chapman]

Simple, straightforward discussion on friendship centered around the wisdom found in Proverbs.