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| Original Title: | The Peacegiver: How Christ Offers to Heal Our Hearts and Homes |
| ISBN: | 1590382234 (ISBN13: 9781590382233) |
| Edition Language: | English |
James L. Ferrell
Hardcover | Pages: 203 pages Rating: 4.4 | 13552 Users | 2245 Reviews
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What does the atonement mean, practically speaking? How is Christ the answer to a strained relationship with a spouse, child, parent, or sibling? What if I am being mistreated—how can the atonement help me cope with that? How can I discover the desire to repent when I don’t feel the need to repent" And how can I invite others to do the same? These are the challenging, difficult questions of daily life, questions to which the gospel must provide answers if it is to have living, cleansing, redeeming power.The Peacegiver is a book about the answers to these questions. Unlike other books about the atonement, The Peacegiver is written as an extended parable. It tells the story of a man struggling, with the help of a loved one, to come unto Christ. IN reading the rich details of his often difficult journey, we find ourselves embarked on a personal journey of our own. His questions are our questions; his problems, our problems; his discoveries, our discoveries. Along the way, the truths of the gospel are unfolded with surprising clarity and power, illuminating aspects of the atonement that few of us have ever heard or considered before. These surprising implications show us the way to deep and lasting peace in our hearts and homes.
"My peace I give unto you," the Savior declared. The Peacegiver explores in a deeply personal way what we must do to receive the peace he stands willing to give.
Mention Appertaining To Books The Peacegiver: How Christ Offers to Heal Our Hearts and Homes
| Title | : | The Peacegiver: How Christ Offers to Heal Our Hearts and Homes |
| Author | : | James L. Ferrell |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 203 pages |
| Published | : | January 1st 2004 by Shadow Mountain |
| Categories | : | Religion. Christianity. Lds. Nonfiction. Church. Inspirational. Spirituality. Self Help |
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Ratings: 4.4 From 13552 Users | 2245 ReviewsWrite-Up Appertaining To Books The Peacegiver: How Christ Offers to Heal Our Hearts and Homes
This story is about a marriage with a conflict. The author uses some old and new testament stories woven in the narrative to help the couple resolve their issues. This book is written by the arbinger institute (a Terry Warner creation--read my review of Bonds that Make us Free). This book is Warner's theory in practice. At times, it's a bit dramatic, but I liked the story and it was easy to read and it really makes you think about your relationships and whether you have adequate humility.I really liked this book! It gave me a new insight into the atonement if Jesus Christ and a way of realizing the way it affects me and others and how we should treat each other. It opened up new thoughts and feelings about all of this. I read it twice in a row to be sure to be able to write down insights instead of them fading away.
A friend offered to lend us this book on a Friday, with a very high recommendation. Both my husband and I read the whole thing over the weekend: its a quick read, and rather hard to put down. I loved it - It was profound and insightful, but in a very real and familiar way. The protagonist is invited to understand forgiveness and mercy through visions faintly reminiscent of Dickens A Christmas Carol, except that the scenes he witnesses are from the scriptures, rather than his own life. As the
Just so anyone who plans on reading this knows, the author of this book is not a novelist, he majored in Philosophy, so his writing reflects these facts. This is not a C.S. Lewis or Talmage writing style. It is much more simplistic in its presentation.With that said, I think this is a book I will have to buy for myself and read it on a regular basis. I think we all know the basics of the Atonement, some more than others, but this book helps you see multiple facets of the atonement and how they
This book is EXCELLENT. The Atonement is something that I really don't understand - and surely will not in this life. BUT this book helped me to see the power of the Atonement in way I never had before. I actually read it before my book group did, on recommendation and as a gift from a very good family friend. I knew I wouldn't be disappointed because I love and highly respect this person, but it was better than I thought it would be. It is written as a parable, so it's not just straight up
The Atonement is so important to our lives; on that point, Ferrell and I agree. The author's delivery was poor, his writing trite and silly, and in general written with a male focused slant that I found offensive. How odd, that I really disliked a book called "The Peacegiver". The parables were beaten until dead, the main character was stubborn and quite off-putting, and the author parades his professional and church callings in order to sell more books. I know that I missed the point of this
Good, insightful, thought-provoking. But in trying to drag out the lesson in order for you learn the most from it, the book would become slow and repetitive. More often than not I would forget the point and remember the dragging on. So the book could have been at least half its size and more impactful, but nonetheless a good read. While I am not a big fan of over-explaining, or in this case spending more time saying you are going to explain than explaining (the book could have been half as
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