Iron Sharpens Iron: Friendship and the Grace of God

The modern world, with its emphasis on speed and busyness and the mis-named "social" media, has not been an especially welcoming place to develop long-lasting, solid friendships that help to nurture the heart. Providing exemplars and guidance in this challenging situation, this book on friendship looks at some of the details of the friendships of the eighteenth-century pastor-theologian Andrew Fuller to help us think about and engage in meaningful relationships that provide joy and comfort (in the older sense of that term as "strength") for the Christian journey. This is an ideal study for anyone desirous of being a better friend as well as those interested to know something of the history of Christian friendship.

120 pages.

Contents

1 A Mini-History of Friendship

2 Who Were Andrew Fuller and John Ryland?

3 Friendship of John Newton and John Ryland

4 Friendship of Andrew Fuller and Thomas Steevens

5 Friendship of Andrew Fuller and John Ryland