Dawson Trotman: In His Own Words

by The Navigators

As Dawson Trotman came to understand what role he was to play in God’s kingdom, he got down to business doing what he was gifted developing effective processes for teaching people how to read, study, and memorize Scripture. Out of his passion came a new approach to discipleship and with it a ministry organization called The Navigators.Dawson In His Own Words contains excerpts from his personal journals, private correspondence, original sermons, and “Faithful Men,” the unfinished manuscript he had intended to be his major work on discipleship.The book also contains 52 devotions built around his writings and Scripture plus images, illustrations, essays, and articles created by Daws so you can see firsthand how he would have presented them.

238 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 24, 2011

Reviews

[David Mills · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Headwaters of Today’s Discipleship Movement

Today’s discipleship movement began with the man Dawson Trotman and this book provides his early thinking on this urgent topic.

[J · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good, but not great book. The biggest issue to me is that the title is misleading. Most of the book is not Dawson Trotman's words. It's a devotional book in which three authors write devotionals on snippets from Dawson's journals and other writings. I was excited to read a book full of Trotman's words and insights I hadn't previously seen, instead I got a devotional with just a few of his words.

Still, the snippets that are included are good, many of which I'd never seen or read before. The devotionals are good enough as well. So it was worth the read and if I hadn't had to readjust my expectations I probably would have enjoyed it even more.