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How to be Free from Bitterness: and other essays on Christian Relationship
Written by Jim Wilson
Narrated by Ben Zornes
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This updated edition includes three new articles, study guides, readers' letters, and a new cover. It outgrew "booklet" size and is now debuting in paperback.
Bitterness often grows out of a small offense--perhaps a passing word, an accidental shove, or a pair of dirty socks left in the middle of the living room floor. Yet when bitterness takes root in our hearts, its effects are anything but small.
In this collection of short articles, Jim Wilson and others discuss what it means to live as "imitators of God." As the Apostle Paul says in Ephesians, we have been called to leave the bitterness and anger of the world and instead embrace the love and compassion of our God. The authors remind us that we are to forgive others just as we have been forgiven, pointing to Scriptural admonitions and examples as they offer sound teaching on the trials and temptations of everyday life.
Bitterness often grows out of a small offense--perhaps a passing word, an accidental shove, or a pair of dirty socks left in the middle of the living room floor. Yet when bitterness takes root in our hearts, its effects are anything but small.
In this collection of short articles, Jim Wilson and others discuss what it means to live as "imitators of God." As the Apostle Paul says in Ephesians, we have been called to leave the bitterness and anger of the world and instead embrace the love and compassion of our God. The authors remind us that we are to forgive others just as we have been forgiven, pointing to Scriptural admonitions and examples as they offer sound teaching on the trials and temptations of everyday life.
Author
Jim Wilson
Jim L. Wilson (DMin, Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary) is professor of leadership formation and director of the Doctor of Ministry program at Gateway Seminary. He has authored many books, including Future Church: Ministry in a Post-Seeker Age.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Great! Simple but powerful truths we all need to hear again and again.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Wow. I regard my childhood as happy, I have a good relationship with my parents, and am happily married with two children—and this book STILL spotlighted areas of bitterness and unforgiveness. And even better, it showed me how to deal with them. I’m already know I’m going to listen to this book again and again until I get the hang of it.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Beautiful book well worth the read if you are a human being.
Good audiobook narrator.