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Boyhood and Beyond: Practical Wisdom for Becoming a Man Review
User Submitted Boyhood and Beyond: Practical Wisdom for Becoming a Man ReviewsNovember 22, 2008 Top Resource For Growing Godly Young Men If you have sons, and desire them to grow into Godly mature young men, I cannot recommend this book enough. We have 3 sons, and they love listening to and reading this book. It discusses such topics as honesty, temptation, inventing, authority, forgiveness and much more. The author presents the material in small, easy to digest chapters, and then asks questions at the end to promote discussion. The book does not come across "preachy" but explains and presents situations that your sons might encounter as they mature. The author shares experiences from his boyhood and manhood, and his style of writing engages the readers and helps them relate. This book is an ideal resource for your boys as they grow into Godly young men.Boyhood and Beyond: Practical Wisdom for Becoming a Man November 21, 2008 Wonderful Book I've been reading this book with my husband an son. What a treasure. Bob relates godly advice through his stories. I recommend this book for every young man! November 2, 2008 A great resource My 11 yr old son and I are reading this book. I read everything I give him to read before he does to be certain there aren't any views I personally believe are wrong. I am finding nothing I disagree with in this book. It really tells him how to be a man. I will be buying Created For Work next. August 23, 2008 Get it. This is an absolutely outstanding book, and one you must have, whether you are raising boys or girls. In fact, its wisdom applies to adults. The chapter on "Mr Industry vs Mr Sloth" had us ROFLOL and is worth the price of the book. Get one for each child and inscribe it. It is that good--check the reviews. Mr. Schultz has also written two other excellent books, "Created for Work" and "Practical Happiness: A Young Man's Guide to a Contented Life." Just get them all and save on the shipping. July 12, 2008 Echo Rave Reviews I read Bob's other book, Created For Work, and absolutely loved it! My children (boys and girls) and I all gleaned so much from it. So I was greatly encouraged to purchase Boyhood and Beyond for my husband to go through with my son who is still at home. They are about 5 chapters into it and are thoroughly enjoying it. At first my husband thought this was a bit young for our son (16), but as they've continued reading and discussing he finds it is still very applicable for training up a young man. In fact, he wishes that he'd had just such a book as a young man himself! We have taken Bob in as part of our family now. God bless, Shymilan May 12, 2008 The Best book for Boys I have found This is the best book I have found to help boys prepare for manhood. We often think that they will grow up all by themselves but we now live in a society where many boys are being raised with no man in their lives. This book gives simple practical ways for a boy to begin to prepare for the responsibilities of manhood. I not only highly recommend it, I have purchased many copies and given them to many families. All have thanked me and found it extremely helpful. March 21, 2008 Better than I expected. Such a great book. Well worth your money! Your son should not leave boyhood without reading this book. February 8, 2008 Amazing Insights I bought this book on a whim, not something I usually do. I have read a chapter at a time to my three younger boys, ages 6, 9 and 13. But the funny thing is that after I read the chapters, I end up sharing them with my older sons, ages 19 and 17. They are just that good! Each chapter has exhortation or insight about becoming a man that is applicable, challenging, and memorable. I have even caught myself sharing some of these with my own friends at parties, they are that challenging and meaningful. This author has earned my respect over and over. Some of the highlights are the chapter on dirty diaper collecting, Mr. Sloth vs. Mr. Industry, Integrity, Justice, being Shy....and wait, we're only about 2/3 done with the book! I HIGHLY recommend this book. I will say it's best to read for age 9 and above...but little ones can read it again some day. The older the reader, the more applicable it will be. P.S. I'm a mom reading this to her sons...ideally, dad would be doing the reading but I have to say it works with me doing it. I'm the one who is homeschooling during the day and it just fits along with our Bible reading time. Sometimes, my husband will have me read them again at devotionals with all 5 of our sons. September 9, 2007 Boyhood and Beyond This is a GREAT resource for teenage boys. It shows the positive side to maturing and stresses the reward of it not only in the physical relm but the spiritual relm. We read it as a devotional and each one has a real life attention grabbing situation that appeals to boys and examples of how to (and sometimes how NOT to) handle the situation. It's a very appealing dose of wisdom that our boys ENJOY! April 26, 2007 Becoming a Man, as God Intends Author Bob Schultz, coming from the background of an outdoor man of the Pacific Northwest, who works with his hands, both for a living and as part of his own service toward God, has managed to craft in BOYHOOD AND BEYOND, a highly useful and relevant work to guide boys into becoming men as God intends, one who protects and provides for his family, yet has enough humility to stoop to help a weaker one in need of a helping hand. I have been using this book for almost a year now with my eleven-year-old homeschooled grandson, who loves these lessons and the time we spend together discussing them. He has recently begun covering the chapters on his own, with me close by as a sounding board for scriptural truths he wishes to discuss further. My grandson was particularly looking forward to the chapter, "Preparing for a Wife," but was a little surprised and disappointed at the author's idea of how to do that. On the first page of that chapter, Schultz says, "God designed perfect classrooms for marriage training. They are called little sisters. Hopefully, you have one or more of these little girls around your home." My grandson has two, but even though I have been telling him essentially the same thing as Schultz, it seemed to sink in better for him, coming from Schultz. The book is organized in thirty-one chapters, so used as a daily devotional, can be covered in about a month. The author has put forth topics relevant for Christian boys, and I have not detected any denominational bias in his writing, yet it is in no manner without backbone. He simply sticks with the essentials. Schultz does not equivocate on important matters. One of the latter chapters is, "A Time to Kill," which he opens with these words, "One challenge of growing into a man is learning when it is time to kill and when it is not. Sometimes people get mixed up and kill when they shouldn't and refuse to kill when they should. How can a boy know when it is right?" He closes that chapter with, "We live in a day when people will kill their own babies yet won't kill a diseased mouse in their pantry. We are in need of men who have eyes to see the value of animals. We need men who have the courage to kill when it is time to kill." Parents concerned about how the insidious subtlety of ungody agendas may be creeping in and and negatively influencing their sons will appreciate such uncompromising words as the foregoing. In writing this book, the author has self-apparently drawn wisdom from God Himself, through His written word, and not from the world, the flesh and the devil, all of which are at enmity with God. We own another book by the author, CREATED FOR WORK, and I plan to start using that one soon with all three of my homeschooled grandchildren, currently 11, 8 and 6, having high hopes that chore time will go more smoothly thereafter! I plan to let you know through another review of that book! For more Boyhood and Beyond: Practical Wisdom for Becoming a Man reviews click here.
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