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Heart of the Problem: When You're Tired of 'Just Coping' with Your Struggles and Want to Find a Cure, You're Ready to Face the...
Gives encouragement to everyone who has ever faced a situation that felt insurmountable. By seeking God's answer, even the most complex problems can be solved once and for all.
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240 pages, Hardcover
First published December 20, 1996
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January 3, 2021
There isn’t a problem too big for God. I was challenged to get face to face with God and seek His answers and not my own.
January 29, 2015
So, I should preface this by saying that I am no longer an evangelical Christian, the way I was when I bought this book.
It's kind of a nostalgia thing for me. I do find the answers given here to be trite and simplistic, and it never ceases to amaze me that "Bible Believers" never seem to realize that they are serving their own, cultural interpretation of the scriptures, rather than the scriptures themselves.
I can't help but think it would be more honest, and better, to view the Bible as a tool toward a spiritual relationship, rather than point to a handful of context-free verses and demand that they be authoritative.
I think of the homosexuals and the people in hideous marriages, the rape victims who are told 'if you have sex you're married in God's eyes' ... and I think there really are a lot of ways that your life can go that give the lie to the "truth of scripture." Which is really the truth of focusing your life on a handful of verses and the Christian subculture.
Having lived the evangelical life, the swarming horde of examples listed strike me as extremely, even dishonestly, selective. I know this is supposed to be uplifting and so only catalogs the wondrous successes of his ministry... but that's really not how it works. There's a lot of fail and meh in the average ministry, and the children (or child-like people) who completely believe this stuff are wont to look a bit foolish.
On the other hand, the overall message of standing up for what you believe in, "faith in a higher power," honesty and forgiveness... those are all good things.
It's kind of a nostalgia thing for me. I do find the answers given here to be trite and simplistic, and it never ceases to amaze me that "Bible Believers" never seem to realize that they are serving their own, cultural interpretation of the scriptures, rather than the scriptures themselves.
I can't help but think it would be more honest, and better, to view the Bible as a tool toward a spiritual relationship, rather than point to a handful of context-free verses and demand that they be authoritative.
I think of the homosexuals and the people in hideous marriages, the rape victims who are told 'if you have sex you're married in God's eyes' ... and I think there really are a lot of ways that your life can go that give the lie to the "truth of scripture." Which is really the truth of focusing your life on a handful of verses and the Christian subculture.
Having lived the evangelical life, the swarming horde of examples listed strike me as extremely, even dishonestly, selective. I know this is supposed to be uplifting and so only catalogs the wondrous successes of his ministry... but that's really not how it works. There's a lot of fail and meh in the average ministry, and the children (or child-like people) who completely believe this stuff are wont to look a bit foolish.
On the other hand, the overall message of standing up for what you believe in, "faith in a higher power," honesty and forgiveness... those are all good things.
July 2, 2013
A little repetitive in the workbook for writing down and applying insights. Easy stories to relate a point. Typical of counselors / psychologists who turn their work towards Christian roots and less worldly understanding of the mind and emotions. Straightforward and practical guideline for profound healing and help to change one's focus and perspective.
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