I remember reading David Seamands’ Healing For Damaged Emotions and finding it helpful. Published in 1981, the Kindle edition is currently available for free. There is a place for understanding that present inclinations toward negative and sinful activities may point to past experiences which we have not properly dealt with. It’s not a substitute for …

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I think I first read True Community by Jerry Bridges under the title True Fellowship. The Kindle edition is currently available for free at Amazon. It is a wonderfully practical and straightforward unfolding of that which is called koinonia in the original language of the New Testament. Small groups could do worse than read through …

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Praying Backwards by Bryan Chapell is available for free for the rest of today. Get in quick, I think there won’t be more than twelve more hours for this. Thanks again to Gospel eBooks for the link. Christians often say, “In Jesus’ name” to close their prayers. But is this truly a desire of the …

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Thanks again to Gospel Ebooks for the link. I read The Me I Want To Be when it was first released back in 2010. John Ortberg is a helpful writer/pastor who focuses on Christian spiritual formation, deepening our identity in Christ. His books contain genuine insight, and challenge which is accompanied by gentle, often self-deprecating …

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