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...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Phillipsburg, New Jersey :
P & R Publishing,
[2013]
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Colección: | Gospel for real life series.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.