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Sexual abuse : beauty for ashes /

From disgrace to grace and from victims to victors. Sexual abuse ravages the soul, causing unimaginable distress, damage, and disgrace. It is faced honestly and openly in the Bible -- but can the church truly help those who have been sexually abused? Bob Kellemen says yes, it can; and using the bibl...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kellemen, Robert W. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Phillipsburg, New Jersey : P & R Publishing, [2013]
Colección:Gospel for real life series.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Grace for our disgrace
  • God's central message to you. God's mission statement
  • The central message of life and of ministry
  • The central message of 2 Samuel 9 to 1 Kings 2
  • Understanding the damage done by sexual abuse : 2 Samuel 13. Why examine the damage done?
  • Our journey in : compass points of the soul. Journey one : the damage of loss of trust : the attempted destruction of faith (2 Sam. 13:1-12)
  • Journey two : the damage of powerlessness : the attempted destruction of hope (2 Sam. 13:2, 11-14)
  • Journey three : the damage of shame : the attempted destruction of peace/shalom (2 Sam. 13:13-17)
  • Journey four : the damage of being used and feeling useless : the attempted destruction of love (2 Sam. 13:14-20)
  • Painting portraits of the damage done. The loss of faith : the door of the heart bolted shut
  • The loss of hope : the death of dreams
  • The loss of peace : the downcast eyes
  • The loss of love : the torn robes of the King's child
  • From victim to victor in Christ : beauty for ashes
  • The journey out : the pathway to God's healing hope. Sustaining : it's normal to hurt
  • Healing : it's possible to hope
  • Reconciling : it's horrible to sin, but wonderful to be forgiven
  • Guiding : it's supernatural to mature
  • Keep clinging to Christ
  • Applying the gospel to daily life.