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PaperbackHope-Focused Marriage Counseling
A Guide to Brief Therapy
by Everett L. Worthington Jr.
Guiding troubled couples is so difficult because divorce is so easy. But it can be done. Everett Worthington, one of today's most widely respected and widely published Christian counselors, offers a comprehensive manual for assisting couples overcommon rough spots and through serious problems in a manner that is compassionate and effective yet in a brief amount of time.His hope-focused (rather than ...
PaperbackWhy Do Christians Shoot Their Wounded?
Helping (Not Hurting) Those with Emotional Difficulties
by Dwight L. Carlson
It's no sin to hurt.
Thousands of Christians suffer real emotional pain--such as depression, anxiety, obsessiveness. Many other Christians, including prominent leaders, believe emotional problems are the result of sin or bad choices. Theseattitudes often only add to the suffering of those who hurt.
In this book Dwight Carlson marshals recent scientific evidence that demonstrates many ...
PaperbackReleased from Shame
Moving Beyond the Pain of the Past
by Sandra D. Wilson
Sandra D. Wilson explains the patterns of thinking and feeling common to children of dysfunctional families and helps readers start on their own journey toward freedom and wholeness.
PaperbackLiving Without Enemies
Resources for Reconciliation
by Marcia A. Owen and Sam Wells
With senseless violence occurring throughout society, people are suffering and communities are groaning. Fear and not knowing where to begin hold many back from doing anything at all. But is "doing something" really what is most needed?Marcia Owenand Samuel Wells come together to tell the story of a community's journey through four different dimensions of social engagement. After attempts to seek ...
PaperbackReconcilable Differences
Hope and Healing for Troubled Marriages
by Virginia Holeman
What does it take to really make right a severely damaged relationship? When going back to how things were is not nearly good enough, is there hope for true transformation and healing? Counselor and teacher Virginia Todd Holeman weaves together biblical insight and rich theological reflection while drawing from the best of current psychological studies on forgiveness, repentance and reconciling. ...
PaperbackRelational Masks
Removing the Barriers That Keep Us Apart
by Russell Willingham
The Avoider. The Deflector. The Self-Blamer. The Aggressor. Recognize someone you know? Or yourself?We all know people who seem to get stuck in unhealthy patterns of relating to others. Sometimes we're puzzled by a loved one's evasiveness or surprised by a friend's defensive aggression. Occasionally we look in the mirror and see such troubling behaviors in ourselves. All of these are masks that ...
PaperbackRefuge from Abuse
Healing and Hope for Abused Christian Women
by Nancy Nason-Clark and Catherine Clark Kroeger
Abuse is ugly. It is always wrong. It is never part of God?s design for healthy family living. It distorts relationships and shatters dreams. It creates pain and despair. It never produces hope.You know this all too well--that's why you've picked up this book.Nancy Nason-Clark and Catherine Clark Kroeger know the pain of women who have been abused, especially the unique pain of ...
PaperbackInner Healing
A Handbook for Helping Yourself and Others
by Mike T. Flynn and Douglas H. Gregg
This straightforward handbook by Mike Flynn and Doug Gregg shows how God can set a new course for our lives and provides us all the tools necessary to embark on a journey of inner healing. Writing from a biblical perspective which seeks to correctcommon myths and misunderstandings about this vital ministry, Flynn and Gregg's work will be valued both by those who want to help their hurting friends ...
PaperbackMarriage Counseling
A Christian Approach to Counseling Couples
by Everett L. Worthington Jr.
Marriages are in trouble today. That is clear. Effective mothods of combating this trend are less evident. Counselors, pastors and social workers need more than mere theories or mere moralizing. They need a practical and comprehensive model for understanding couples and their problems. They need a throughly Christian perspective that is biblical, compassionate and human.Everett Worthington provides ...
PaperbackTo Think Christianly
A History of L'Abri, Regent College, and the Christian Study Center Movement
by Charles E. Cotherman
Foreword by Kenneth G Elzinga2020 ECPA Top Shelf Book Cover Award
In the late 1960s and on into the next decade, the American pastor and bestselling author Francis Schaeffer regularly received requests from evangelicals across North America seeking his help to replicate his innovative learning community, L'Abri, within their own contexts.
At the same time, an innovative school called ...
