Mark Sentell
Giving Account

Companion Guide

One page for each chapter. Read the chapter in the book, then come here for a short article that takes the idea further, a practice for the week, and questions to talk over with your brothers.

Part One: The Reversal

How a good instinct got turned inside out, what the biblical word actually means, and where the reversal first appeared.

  1. 1Hold Me AccountableWhat to Say When a Man Asks You to Hold Him AccountableGalatians 6:4–5
  2. 2The Word ItselfClose the Books: What the Month-End Report Teaches About AccountabilityLuke 16:1–2; Romans 14:12
  3. 3The Oldest ExcuseThe Second Clause: A Field Guide to Hearing Your Own ExcusesGenesis 3:8–13

Part Two: What Brothers Are For

If no man can hold me accountable, why do I need men at all? Galatians 6 supplies both halves of the answer.

  1. 4Bear Your Own LoadBurden or Load? What Galatians 6:2 and 6:5 Actually SayGalatians 6:4–5; Ezekiel 18
  2. 5Bear One Another's BurdensFive Things a Brother Can Do, and How to Get Better at EachGalatians 6:1–2; Ecclesiastes 4:9–12; Hebrews 3:13
  3. 6Faithful WoundsHow to Be Nathan Without Becoming the Police2 Samuel 12; Proverbs 27:6; Hebrews 13:17

Part Three: The Practice

What a man who believes accountability is a report he gives actually does on Monday.

  1. 7The Silence That WastesVague, Managed, Preemptive: Three Confessions That Aren't Quite AccountsPsalm 32:1–5; Proverbs 28:13
  2. 8First to SpeakWriting Your Four Lines: Examples of a Weekly Self-ReportJames 5:16; 1 John 1:5–9
  3. 9The Final AccountGiving Your Final Account in InstallmentsRomans 14:10–12; 2 Corinthians 5:10; Hebrews 4:13
  4. 10A Brotherhood of AccountYour First Monday: How to Start a Brotherhood of AccountActs 2:42–47; Ecclesiastes 4:9–12