Everyone wants to achieve greatness. They want to step out of the crowd of mediocrity and join the elite ranks of those that have captured our minds and hearts as the greatest ever. We want to be great moms and dads. We want great careers and marriages. Yet this life alludes many of us. But what if we could add the elements to our lives that could transform us into who we desire to be? It's possible, if we follow in the footsteps of the one person that Jesus called, "The greatest man ever."
What would your life look like if you made God’s kingdom your primary concern? Would your conversations be different? Would they move beyond box scores, movie reviews, and the weather? Would they center on issues like why we were put on this planet? Would your relationships change from functional to influential – where one encounter with you would change the way people live? >>> Bob Franquiz, Elements
Here’s what I like about Bob’s book: it’s not written to impress pastors and seminarians. He wrote it to motivate normal guys like me to live a life that contributes something to the story of God.
If you like the way Erwin Raphael McManus writes, you’ll eat Bob’s book up. Bob starts with scripture and then shows the reader how to apply it in a relevant and practical way. He explains that Christ revolutionizes our lives and we can in turn, like John the Baptist, point people to Jesus and turn our world right-side-up.
The more I dug into this book, the more it challenged me. I didn’t read and get warm and fuzzy. I got squirmy. I have a few raw edges that have been ignored lately. This book helped me clean out a bit of festering and infection.
Kudos to Bob for writing this book. I’m sure this is only the first of many challenging and insightful projects to come out of Miami Lakes.