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Jones identifies five possible assumptions behind the longing for self-forgiveness and clears the path to complete forgiveness in Christ. Paperback, 17 pages $3.49 |
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FREEDOM FROM GUILT
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Finding Release from Your Burdens Are you living under a cloud of guilt that you can't seem to shake no matter what you do? Do you feel guilty about everything, all the time? We all have different ways of dealing with our guilty feelings, but none of them work for very long. Timothy S. Lane explains that our strategies for dealing with guilt don't work because guilt is not just a bad feeling. It's a real problem...
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PORNOGRAPHY, SLAYING THE DRAGON
David Powlison
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"Private sexual fantasy can preoccupy vast areas of a person's mental life," notes David Powlison. "As explicit sexual images proliferate in films and magazines, on television, and over the Internet, the temptations increase and the bondage seems unbreakable. Even Christians can find that their lives have become a push-pull struggle between indulging in fantasy and resisting it. Is it really possible to slay the...
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PTSD
Timothy S. Lane
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The event occurred in the past, possibly many years ago, but you still carry it with you wherever you go. Some days the memory keeps replaying over and over again in your mind. You feel angry, jumpy, maybe even guilty or ashamed. You want to move on with your life and wonder why you can't just "get over it." With wisdom and compassion gleaned from many years of counseling, Timothy S. Lane walks with you through this...
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REDEEMING YOUR PAINFUL PAST
Stephen Viars
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Do you ever feel like your past is haunting you? Maybe it's a mistake you made that can't be made right or something that was done to you that can never be undone. You see the effects of it in your daily life, but struggle to know how to move forward. Sometimes you manage to forget for awhile, but it feels like you are never completely free of it. Stephen Viars walks through the various ways the past can influence...
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CARING FOR SURVIVORS
Basyle Tchividjian and Justin S. Holcomb
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How is your church ministering to children in your congregation who have experienced sexual abuse? Jesus told us that whoever received a child in His name received Him (Matt. 18:5). Is this the guiding principle that informs how your congregation cares for its most vulnerable members? Is your church armed with compassion and a care plan for these survivors, or are you somehow communicating insignificance to them?...
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THE SPIRITUAL IMPACT OF SEXUAL ABUSE
Diane Langberg
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Are you ministering to someone whose trauma of sexual abuse has shattered their trust in God? Do you see them wrestling with the dichotomy between what they are told about God and the bitter fact of their wounds? If the abuse happened when they were a child, they may have a particularly fractured understanding of trust, truth, and love. How can you begin to reach out to them? What do you need to understand about...
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WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS TO ABUSE SURVIVORS
Victor Vieth
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Pastors and church personnel often struggle to apply intentional and appropriate doses of both biblical grace and stringent accountability to victims and perpetrators of child sexual abuse. Churches can regularly be prone to turn the tables on survivors by applying a heavy dosage of conviction to victims and misguided clemency toward perpetrators. The mishandling of abuse incidents in the church will drive victims...
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