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  • When Life Goes Dark: Finding Hope in the Midst of Depression, By Richard Winter
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    When Life Goes Dark

    Finding Hope in the Midst of Depression

    by Richard Winter

    Depression strikes millions, across all ages and demographic groups. Approximately one in eight will have a severe depressive episode at some point in their life. Women experience depression twice as often as men. And over fifty percent of peoplewith serious depression do not get adequate help. What can be done?Psychiatrist and theologian Richard Winter explores the complex medical and psychological ...

  • A Model for Marriage: Covenant, Grace, Empowerment and Intimacy, By Jack O. Balswick and Judith K. Balswick
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    A Model for Marriage

    Covenant, Grace, Empowerment and Intimacy

    by Jack O. Balswick and Judith K. Balswick

    Jack and Judy Balswick offer a vision of marriage that is both profoundly spiritual and thoroughly practical. Drawing insight from Christian theology and from social science research, the Balswicks bring together their years of teaching, writing and being married to each other to produce a book of faith and wisdom for facing the challenge of marriage in the twenty-first century.

  • Ashamed No More: A Pastor's Journey Through Sex Addiction, By T. C. Ryan
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    Ashamed No More

    A Pastor's Journey Through Sex Addiction

    by T. C. Ryan
    Foreword by Walter Wangerin, Jr.

    There are some things we just don't talk about.Things like sex, particularly when our sexuality is a matter of personal struggle.Things like the vulnerabilities of our pastors, who must maintain a façade not merely of respectability but of moral and psychological superiority.We don't talk about things that make us feel insecure, that make us feel unsettled. But the nature of spiritual growth, even ...

  • No Stones: Women Redeemed from Sexual Addiction, By Marnie C. Ferree
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    No Stones

    Women Redeemed from Sexual Addiction

    by Marnie C. Ferree
    Foreword by Mark Laaser

    In this book Marnie C. Ferree offers a unique resource for women struggling with sexual addiction. Taking her book's title from the parable where Jesus extends grace to the woman caught in adultery, Ferree bravely shares her own story of sexual addiction, recalling her years of shame from living a double life and the moment when she ultimately had to tell the truth. But more than just offering her ...

  • Why Do Christians Shoot Their Wounded?: Helping (Not Hurting) Those with Emotional Difficulties, By Dwight L. Carlson
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    Why 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 ...

  • Released from Shame: Moving Beyond the Pain of the Past, By Sandra D. Wilson
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    Released 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.

  • Reconcilable Differences: Hope and Healing for Troubled Marriages, By Virginia Todd Holeman
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    Reconcilable 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. ...

  • Relational Masks: Removing the Barriers That Keep Us Apart, By Russell Willingham
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    Relational 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 ...