{"product_id":"transforming-friendship","title":"Transforming Friendship","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Stott would never have called it ''mentoring'', but, throughout his life, he instinctively drew alongside younger men and women from across the world, gently pastoring them within the context of a warm, genuine and healthy \"Paul-Timothy\" friendship. Why aren''t these intergenerational friendships more common in the Church today?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Transforming Friendship, John Wyatt acknowledges that recent serious scandals and suspicion prevalent in our culture have made people more cautious about these kinds of relationships. The church, therefore, needs to lead the way in seeing friendship transformed into something safe, life-giving and Christlike.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWyatt shares the transformative experience of being Stott''s close friend. Using examples from the Bible, Christian history and the church today, he makes the case for a model of \"Gospel-crafted\" friendship, with a particular emphasis on the need for more Paul-Timothy type relationships like the one he enjoyed with Stott.\u003c\/p\u003e Friendship is a topic of increasing importance in the public sphere. This book addresses why Christians need to offer the world a compelling and authentic example of how to do friendships well. Included are multiple testimonies from friends of Stott’s from around the world. John Wyatt is an experienced author, speaker and podcaster in the UK with an audience in the USA and beyond from his Premier Media podcast, Matters of Life and Death. The book also takes the time to examine when friendship goes wrong, setting out the hallmarks of healthy and safe friendships that prevent any abuse. This book draws on the author’s personal friendship with John Stott and offers a model for \"gospel-crafted\" friendships based on biblical and other historic examples.","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57314126627198,"sku":"NW9781789741230","price":10.78,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781789741230.jpg?v=1778530913","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/transforming-friendship","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}