If only this book weren’t needed. If only men and women didn’t beat their partners. If only spouses didn’t cruelly manipulate and control. If only people didn’t bully elderly relatives…
Most incidents go under the radar, and it is estimated that only around a third come to the attention of the police.
This book goes right to the heart of the matter: the human heart. We see how to walk with sufferers and apply the Bible to everyday-life situations. We learn how to do ‘one anothering’ in our churches and communities.
While offering practical help, the author focuses strongly on lasting solutions that are achieved only through God’s power.
Tabella dei contenuti
Section 1: Listening to the pain
1. Hidden realities 3
2. People or objects? 12
3. The hopelessness trap 21
4. What is God like? 29
Section 2: Speaking words
of transformation
5. Stay or go? 41
6. Pursuing change 50
7. Speaking of a bigger God 58
8. Changing mirrors 67
Section 3: Encouraging practical change
9. Into the light 77
10. Brand-new lives 85
11. Looking to the future 93
12. Fallout and freedom 101
Postscript 110
Appendix A: Disclosure of abuse flow chart 113
Appendix B: Sample domestic abuse notice 114
Appendix C: Prayers for the abused 116
Appendix D: Useful resources and
organizations 118
Notes 121
Circa l’autore
Helen Thorne is Director of Training and Mentoring at London City Mission. She is a trustee of Biblical Counselling UK. She blogs, speaks and writes on subjects such as self-harm, the fantasy trap and identity. She attends Dundonald Church in Wimbledon.
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