God and the Victim
Title | God and the Victim PDF eBook |
Author | Lisa Barnes Lampman |
Publisher | Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing |
Total Pages | 340 |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 9780802845467 |
Written by teachers, theologians, and practitioners well known for their expertise in the field, God and the Victim probes and examines issues of evil, justice, victimization, and forgiveness. Working from the view that crime is primarily a spiritual issue, the authors look at examples of victimization in the Bible for guidance about how we can better minister to victims today. --from publisher description.
God and the Victim
Title | God and the Victim PDF eBook |
Author | Jennifer Erin Beste |
Publisher | OUP USA |
Total Pages | 175 |
Release | 2007-09-28 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0195311094 |
Destroyed by severe interpersonal harm, and that God's grace is mediated, at least in part, through loving, interpersonal relations and facilitated healing."--Résumé de l'éditeur.
Victim of Grace
Title | Victim of Grace PDF eBook |
Author | Robin Jones Gunn |
Publisher | Zondervan |
Total Pages | 208 |
Release | 2013-04-23 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0310412676 |
Robin Jones Gunn reveals poignant truths from her life as well as from the lives of women in the Bible as she flips the notion that we are at the mercy of circumstances. She asks, what if God has dreams for you? What if he is accomplishing those dreams in the midst of shattered hopes? When life doesn’t go as expected, it’s easy to feel like a victim. We look at the events that have gone wrong and view our lives as impaired. What if we could see our future as God sees it? Would our view radically change if we understood we are indeed victims rather than of happenstance? God, the Relentless Lover, has vigorously sought you. He has instilled dreams in your heart that are grander than you can imagine. But the route to their fulfillment often is through a path you wouldn't seek. What if God wants to take the hopes that tug at your heart and enliven them? Are you ready to live inside the mysterious joy of being a victim of grace?
Suffering and the Heart of God
Title | Suffering and the Heart of God PDF eBook |
Author | Diane Langberg |
Publisher | New Growth Press |
Total Pages | 316 |
Release | 2015-09-01 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1942572034 |
She's seen slave dungeons in Ghana. Genocide in Rwanda. Systemic sexual abuse in Brazil. Child abuse and domestic violence in the US. After forty years of counseling abuse survivors around the world, Dr. Diane Langberg, a world renowned trauma expert, remains certain that what trauma destroys, Christ can and does restore. This book will convince you, too, of the healing heart of God. But it's not a fast process, instead much patience is required from family, friends, and counselors as they wisely and respectfully help victims unpack their traumatic suffering through talking, tears, and time. And it's not a process that can be separated from the work of God in both a counselor and counselee. Dr. Langberg calls all of those who wish to help sufferers to model Jesus's sacrificial love and care in how they listen, love, and guide. The heart of God is revealed to sufferers as they grow to understand the cross of Christ and how their God came to this earth and experienced such severe suffering that he too is "well-acquainted with grief." The cross of Christ is the lens that transforms and redeems traumatic suffering and its aftermath, not only for the sufferer, but it also transforms those who walk with the suffering. This book will be a great help to anyone who loves, listens to, and seeks to help someone impacted by trauma and abuse. There is no quick fix, but there is the hope for healing through the love of God in Christ.
Jesus the Forgiving Victim
Title | Jesus the Forgiving Victim PDF eBook |
Author | James Alison |
Publisher | Doers Pub Llc |
Total Pages | 572 |
Release | 2013 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 9780981812328 |
James Alson's original talks in a 6 disc video course.
Letters from My Father's Murderer
Title | Letters from My Father's Murderer PDF eBook |
Author | Laurie Coombs |
Publisher | Kregel Publications |
Total Pages | 232 |
Release | 2015-06-25 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 082544229X |
An extraordinary true story of grace, mercy, and the redemptive power of God When her father was murdered, Laurie Coombs and her family sought justice—and found it. Yet, despite the swift punishment of the killer, Laurie found herself increasingly full of pain, bitterness, and anger she couldn’t control. It was the call to love and forgive her father’s murderer that set her, the murderer, and several other inmates on the journey that would truly change their lives forever. This compelling story of transformation will touch the deepest wounds and show how God can redeem what seems unredeemable.
When Did we See You Naked?
Title | When Did we See You Naked? PDF eBook |
Author | Jayme R. Reaves |
Publisher | SCM Press |
Total Pages | 267 |
Release | 2021-03-31 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 033406032X |
Was the stripping and exposure of Jesus a form of sexual abuse? If so, why does such a reading of Jesus’ suffering matter? The combined impact of the #MeToo movement and a further wave of global revelations on church sexual abuse have given renewed significance to recent work naming Jesus as a victim of sexual abuse. Timely and provocative "When did we see you naked?" presents the arguments for reading Christ as an abuse victim, as well as exploring how the position might be critiqued, and what implications and applications it might offer to the Church.