
Stumbling Blocks
Conquering the stuff that holds you back
Monarch Books (Publisher)
Published on 20. July 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
160 pages
978-0-85721-200-9 (ISBN)
Description
It can be your own pain or a friend's that leaves you wondering where God really is. It can be the loss of someone close, the sudden disappearance of that big chance or a deep spiritual ache that no-one understands. And sometimes everything you've learnt in church is no help at all - prayers seem to fall flat and you feel mocked by your own faith.
'Stumbling Blocks' is born out of real life pain and a realisation of just how fragile faith can be. So many issues can cause you to walk away from God - as so many have. So how do you hold on to God through the deep questions, the pain, broken dreams and disappointment - times when God should be at his most real? Authors Gavin and Anne know the kind of personal suffering that tests faith to the limit. Every day their work brings them into contact with hurting young people. They don't have all the answers, but they show how to meet the questions head-on. That's because they've been through it all themsleves.
Gavin and Anne Calver were never likely to ever have a family. Struggling to conceive they lost a baby and endured one of the most challenging pregnancies imaginable. Even after thirteen blood transfusions - nine of them "in utero", with brain damage and cardiac arrest a real possibility, their second baby had only a five per cent chance of survival. 'Stumbling Blocks' is for when you - like Gavin and Anne, need to know that whatever challenge is in your way walking through it with God will lead you out so much the stronger.
'Stumbling Blocks' is born out of real life pain and a realisation of just how fragile faith can be. So many issues can cause you to walk away from God - as so many have. So how do you hold on to God through the deep questions, the pain, broken dreams and disappointment - times when God should be at his most real? Authors Gavin and Anne know the kind of personal suffering that tests faith to the limit. Every day their work brings them into contact with hurting young people. They don't have all the answers, but they show how to meet the questions head-on. That's because they've been through it all themsleves.
Gavin and Anne Calver were never likely to ever have a family. Struggling to conceive they lost a baby and endured one of the most challenging pregnancies imaginable. Even after thirteen blood transfusions - nine of them "in utero", with brain damage and cardiac arrest a real possibility, their second baby had only a five per cent chance of survival. 'Stumbling Blocks' is for when you - like Gavin and Anne, need to know that whatever challenge is in your way walking through it with God will lead you out so much the stronger.
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Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
SPCK Publishing
Edition type
New edition
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 9 mm
Weight
180 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-85721-200-9 (9780857212009)
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10/2012
Monarch Books
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Persons
Gavin is the director of mission for the Evangelical Alliance, helping to mobilise mission across England. He is passionate about seeing the local Church fulfil its calling to take the gospel of Jesus into every community. A theology graduate, ordained evangelist and regular public speaker, he loves adventure and is a passionate AFC Wimbledon supporter.
Heis the author of Game Changers, Disappointed With Jesus?, Stumbling Blocks, Lazy, Antisocial and Selfish?, and On the Front Line.
Heis the author of Game Changers, Disappointed With Jesus?, Stumbling Blocks, Lazy, Antisocial and Selfish?, and On the Front Line.
Content
Contents
Foreword 9
Acknowledgments 13
Introduction 15
1 Stumbling block: Fallen idols 21
2 Stumbling block: Faith stealers 33
3 Stumbling block: I feel sceptical and cynical 45
4 Stumbling block: When the feelings go 57
5 Stumbling block: I hate church 67
6 Stumbling block: Broken dreams 79
7 Stumbling block: When life is bad 89
8 Stumbling block: Christianity feels mundane 107
9 Stumbling block: Where are all the men? 119
10 Stumbling block: I just don't have time! 131
11 Stumbling block: Quick-fix Christianity 143
Conclusion 153
Notes 159
Foreword 9
Acknowledgments 13
Introduction 15
1 Stumbling block: Fallen idols 21
2 Stumbling block: Faith stealers 33
3 Stumbling block: I feel sceptical and cynical 45
4 Stumbling block: When the feelings go 57
5 Stumbling block: I hate church 67
6 Stumbling block: Broken dreams 79
7 Stumbling block: When life is bad 89
8 Stumbling block: Christianity feels mundane 107
9 Stumbling block: Where are all the men? 119
10 Stumbling block: I just don't have time! 131
11 Stumbling block: Quick-fix Christianity 143
Conclusion 153
Notes 159