Review of Craftsmen: Skillfully Leading Your Family for Christ by John Crotts

Oren Martin and Barak Tjader
This book review appears in the Annotated Bibliography for Gender-Related Books in 2005, JBMW Volume 11 No. 2.

Category: Complementarian - the author recognizes the full personal equality of the sexes, coupled with an acknowledgment of role distinctions in the home and church.

Crotts opens up the wisdom of Scripture, particularly Proverbs, to instruct men on how to lead their families for Christ. Bringing rich application and a caring pastoral perspective, he demonstrates how biblical wisdom should inform men to live wisely in the areas of work, godliness, speech, sex, discipline, and temperament. This short book contains a wealth of wisdom that will help men become the godly leaders God has called them to be as they look to Christ, the perfect wise man.