Led by a Carpenter: Finding God's Purpose for Your Life!

by D. James Kennedy

Christians know that we are to walk the walk that Christ walked, making everyday decisions as God would have us do. The recent popularity of the WWJD? Movement highlights this desire. Yet few Christians take the time to explore God's Will in every aspect of their lives and set goals that reflect a biblical approach to everyday life. D. James Kennedy uses biblical principles forged in his own life and in the life of the church to highlight practical ways for believers to go deeper in their spiritual walk and set long-term goals according to God's Will. Readers will learn to partner with Christ and set goals that will affect the way they interact with family, friends, church, community, colleagues, and their environment.

192 pages, Hardcover

First published October 25, 1999

About the author

Dennis James Kennedy was an American Presbyterian pastor, evangelist, Christian broadcaster, and author. He was the senior pastor of Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, from 1960 until his death in 2007. Kennedy also founded Evangelism Explosion International, Coral Ridge Ministries (now known as D. James Kennedy Ministries), the Westminster Academy in Fort Lauderdale, the Knox Theological Seminary, radio station WAFG-FM, and the Center for Reclaiming America for Christ, a socially conservative political group.
In 1974, he began Coral Ridge Ministries, which produced his weekly religious television program, The Coral Ridge Hour, carried on various networks and syndicated on numerous other stations with a peak audience of three million viewers in 200 countries. He also had a daily radio program, Truths That Transform, from 1984 on. During his lifetime, Coral Ridge Ministries grew to a US$37-million-a-year non-profit corporation.
In 2005, the National Religious Broadcasters association inducted Kennedy into its Hall of Fame.

Reviews

[Rebecca Baughman]

This is my second time reading this book. Last time was in 2004. The problems that the author wrote about then, we are seeing now. We definitely need to be a light to our earthy world. A really good read.

[Leslie Yong · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is certainly a great book for those who are still seeking for God’s plan and purpose of their life. And They need not look elsewhere but turn to the Bible. And instead of searching through the Bible, the author clearly defined and summarized it under a twofold purpose.
1. The cultural mandate of Gen. 1:26-28
a) be refashioned into His image.
b) be fruitful & multiply (evangelize)
c) subdue the earth & exercise dominion in His name
2. The Great Commission to take the Gospel to every creature, and to disciple all nations

This is a good read as at the end of it a challenge for the readers to accept what Jesus has showed us and to be obediently led by the carpenter.

[Anna Middleton · Rating 5 out of 5]

True gem. The author is so God given talented . He put so many factual incidents and true examples/forms of everything humankind struggles with TODAY. Some many evil things are being done around me I didn’t even know until I read and completed this book. 📕 Thank you Jesus for gift of reading and writing .

[Donna · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a well-organized, well-written book that offers a straightforward Christian message. Kennedy accomplishes what he sets out to do: "to help us discover what it means to be salt and light to a corrupt and fallen world" in each aspect of our lives. Kennedy's rich use of examples makes for pleasurable, if thought-provoking, reading.