This is a brilliant and exceptionally thoughtful book on the modern intricacies intersecting culture and Christian theology. Hardesty's explanation of why our approach to following Christ is like our modern day apprenticeship is relatable and consistent across the book. His experiences make the anecdotes at the beginning a chapter an integral part of the message which is rare for Christian books in my opinion. I gained a lot from this book and highly recommend picking it up!

Thank you Netgalley and Penguin Random House Christian Publishing Group for this early digital copy of All things Together. I really enjoyed this helpful book on what it means to be an apprentice to Christ. And let's be honest the Lord of the rings analogies made it fun! It was similar to John Mark Comer's Practicing the way but that didn't take anything away from having read it first. Hardesty is a fantastic writer and gave lots of practical ways of what it looks like to be a follower of Christ. He gives personal examples from his own life that helps the reader to understand the Union-Abiding & Obeying-Imaging model. This was a rich read with sound theology and profound insights. Highly recommend for anyone who wants to grow in their faith and apprenticeship to Christ.

Solid stuff, but familiar for anyone who has read some other writers in spiritual formation. Still good though!

(I received a free digital copy of this book from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review)

The first half introduced the idea of discipleship as apprenticing—most powerful was the author's own experience as a service plumber.
The second half introduced seven practices, which I felt were a little too introductory.
I especially enjoyed the author's commentary in the notes.
Perhaps I was hoping for a closer explanation of modern fragmentation versus integration in Jesus. The author mentioned this framework (union, abide and obey, image God), but I wanted to see that explored more.