
Product Details
- Cover Type:
- 32 Pages
- Publisher: P&R Publishing Company
- Publication Date: April 2012
- ISBN: FABC_CUTTING_9781596384200
Cutting: A Healing Response (Gospel for Real Life)
Publisher's Description
When feelings of guilt, worthlessness, or self-condemnation set in, some people seek painful release in their own flesh and blood. While cutting can bring temporary relief, it falls far short of the genuine change that is essential to true healing of the heart.
Through the direct and honest example of one young woman's story, Jeremy Lelek points those in such pain to the sufferings of Jesus Christ and the finished work of the cross as their means of hope, security, and healing. He helps them to turn from trusting in their own body and blood to trusting in the body and blood of Jesus, which alone has the power to bring true freedom.
About the Author
Jeremy Lelek is president of the Association of Biblical Counselors and of Metroplex Counseling in Dallas, Texas; adjunct professor at Redeemer Seminary in Dallas; and council member of the Biblical Counseling Coalition.
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“The Gospel isn’t just an ethereal idea. It’s not a philosophy and it’s not static. It moves and shapes and transforms the lives of those who by God’s grace alone put their faith in Jesus’ life, death and resurrection. I am grateful for ABC’s work of letting the Gospel bear it’s weight on these real life sorrows and pains.”
Matt Chandler
Lead Pastor, The Village Church
“I am impressed with this resource. Jeremy Lelek can take the most difficult cases we see in counseling offices and the church, and practically apply the Truths of the Bible to these issues in a very refreshing way. Cutting: A Healing Response is easy to read, theologically sound and easy to understand. I highly recommend it.”
Joshua Straub
PhD, Woodland Hills Family Church
“It seems pretty obvious that self-mutilation is a kind of self-inflicted punishment driven by extreme shame and guilt. What better remedy could there be than the gospel of Jesus Christ? By His stripes we are healed! (Is 53:6) Yet Christians often focus those struggling with this problem on their sin and on obedience to biblical commands, not realizing that their law–orientation mostly just adds fuel to the compulsion. This wonderful booklet skillfully shows how the resources of the gospel can resolve the underlying dynamics that lead to self–mutilation. Learn from this example of gospel counseling and give it out to your counselees!”
Eric Johnson
PhD, Michigan State University, Lawrence and Charlotte Hoover Professor of Pastoral Care, Southern Seminary, Director of the Society for Christian Psychology
“I’m grateful to see another biblical counseling resource demonstrate that even in the most complex of situations, like Justine’s, we have a profound message of hope in Christ: for our worst sin and shame, he offers forgiveness and cleansing; for the darkest moments of confusion, he gives light by his Word and Spirit; and for the deepest hurts, the one who has been wounded and yet who heals moves us by his mercy to share his love and compassion. Let this resource help you to listen and love more like Christ.”
Mike Wilkerson
Pastor and Director of Biblical Counseling, Mars Hill Church, Seattle and author of Redemption: Freed by Jesus from the Idols We Worship and the Wounds We Carry
Product Description
Publisher's Description
When feelings of guilt, worthlessness, or self-condemnation set in, some people seek painful release in their own flesh and blood. While cutting can bring temporary relief, it falls far short of the genuine change that is essential to true healing of the heart.
Through the direct and honest example of one young woman's story, Jeremy Lelek points those in such pain to the sufferings of Jesus Christ and the finished work of the cross as their means of hope, security, and healing. He helps them to turn from trusting in their own body and blood to trusting in the body and blood of Jesus, which alone has the power to bring true freedom.
About The Author
Product Details
- Cover Type:
- 32 Pages
- Publisher: P&R Publishing Company
- Publication Date: April 2012
- ISBN: FABC_CUTTING_9781596384200