Download or read book Sometimes the Truth Hurts Before It Sets You Free written by Denise Gambone and published by Austin Macauley Publishers. This book was released on 2023-05-26 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fortunes and misfortunes, experiences and adversity endured in life are sometimes the result of choices we make, sometimes due to events we have no control of. My name is Denise. These are my stories. It was a time of clashing values, the end of the freewheeling 60s, the beginning of the tumultuous 70s, and the evolving 80s. Told in her distinctive style, Sometimes the Truth Hurts are stories of loss, rebellious youth, stubborn independence, and determination to overcome adversity and achieve a secure and better place in life. Unexpected outcomes, irony and humor resonate throughout, reflecting perseverance of the human spirit. Some stories may be considered controversial, but are told openly and honestly without moral judgement, life lessons, contemporary and timeless, rendered unabashedly from the heart and soul.

Download or read book The Truth Will Set You Free written by Alice Miller and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2007-03-21 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than twenty years ago, a little-known Swiss psychoanalyst wrote a book that changed the way many people viewed themselves and their world. In simple but powerful prose, the deeply moving Drama of the Gifted Child showed how parents unconsciously form and deform the emotional lives of their children. Alice Miller's stories about the roots of suffering in childhood resonated with readers, and her book soon became a backlist best seller. In The Truth Will Set You Free Miller returns to the intensely personal tone and themes of her best-loved work. Only by embracing the truth of our past histories can any of us hope to be free of pain in the present, she argues. Miller uses vivid true stories to reveal the perils of early-childhood mistreatment and the dangers of mindless obedience to parental will. Drawing on the latest research on brain development, she shows how spanking and humiliation produce dangerous levels of denial, which leads in turn to emotional blindness and to mental barriers that cut off awareness and the ability to learn new ways of acting. If this cycle repeats itself, the grown child will perpetrate the same abuse on later generations -- a message vitally important, especially given the increasing popularity of programs like Tough Love and of "child disciplinarians" like James Dobson. The Truth Will Set You Free will provoke and inform all readers who want to know Alice Miller's latest thinking on this important subject.

Download or read book Handbook of Contemporary Preaching 2nd Edition written by Michael Duduit and published by B&H Publishing Group. This book was released on 2024-07-15 with total page 537 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The art of preaching is one of the most important acts of ministry. The sermon serves as a transformative force—imparting knowledge, challenging beliefs, and convicting hearts. Recognizing the importance of this sacred task, Handbook of Contemporary Preaching, 2nd Edition equips pastors with invaluable tools and insights, enabling them to prepare and deliver sermons that resonate deeply with their congregations. In a single volume, editor Michael Duduit compiles the insight, methods, and experience of over fifty celebrated preachers, including R. Albert Mohler, Hershael York, Robert Smith Jr., Bryan Chappell, Jim Shaddix, Tony Merida, Ed Stetzer, and many others. This handbook covers every aspect of contemporary preaching: The roots of contemporary preaching ​Contemporary preaching methods, including expository, topical, doctrinal, narrative, and alternative preaching models Sermon preparation and presentation Preaching and the biblical text Preaching as a part of ministry Preaching to the needs of people in contemporary contexts With its expansive bibliography and topical format, Handbook of Contemporary Preaching, 2nd Edition is designed to be a timeless resource in every pastor’s library. In this book, pastors, teachers, and seminarians will find invaluable insight and comprehensive guidance for the art of preaching. Contributors: R. Albert Mohler, Nathan Finn, Chuck Fuller, Tyshawn Gardner, Scott Gibson, Chris Rappazini, Robert Smith, Jr., Calvin Miller, Bryan Chapell, Frank Pollard, David S. Dockery, Scott Pace, Hershael York, Lloyd John Ogilvie, Stuart Briscoe, Jeffery Campbell, Ralph Douglas West, Eric Johnson, David Allen, Simon Vibert, Stephen Rummage, Daniel Block, Ken Mathews, Paul House, C. Hassell Bullock, Heath Thomas, Robert Sloan, Sidney Greidanus, Channing Crisler, Scott Hafemann, Richaed Melick, Al Fasol, Jim Shaddix, Don Sunukijian, Michael Quicke, Tony Merida, Jesse Nelson, Clayborn Lea, Mike Glenn, Micah Fries, Ed Stetzer, Kris Barnett, Bryan Carter, James Emery White, Tim McKnight, Charlie Dates, Mike Milton, Rick Blackwood, James Noble, Maurice Watson, Vic Anderson, Timothy Mann, Ben Brammer, Clayton King, and Dennis Phelps

Download or read book The Lukewarm Lutherans written by L. C. Reed and published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2022-08-01 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Lutheran church is known for sound doctrine and order in its service, but in their efforts to stay true to the teachings of Martin Luther, something seems to get lost. Passion in the message, passion in prayer, and passion in worship has led to a lukewarm lifestyle in the hearts of Lutheran believers. Rituals and traditions have taken the place of relationship with God so much so that the idea of having a true personal relationship with God is foreign to most Lutheran believers. The Lukewarm Lutherans points out some simple truths about the Lutheran church that needs to be addressed before Christ returns and the Lutheran church finds itself in the same predicament as the church of the Laodiceans mentioned in the Revelation of Jesus Christ who warns that they will be violently rejected by Christ at his return.

Download or read book Out of the Ashes written by Julie Bryson and published by Tate Publishing. This book was released on 2007-11 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Julie Bryson's memoir Out of the Ashes she relates how God used the mysterious disorder of autism to reveal great truths and revelations about himself, an unseen spiritual realm, and his unprecedented power. Bryson writes an inspiring and life-changing account that will inevitably revive religious traditions nationwide and invoke trust in the Almighty God to bring you Out of the Ashes into the light of victorious living.

Download or read book God Grant Me Courage written by Tina Krause and published by Barbour Publishing. This book was released on 2015-02-17 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: God, Grant Me Courage is a brand-new devotional prayer book written for you, grad. Each of the 160 prayers, written from a graduate's unique perspective on life, is topically arranged and complemented by a related scripture selection. Sixteen timely topics include: Courage to Make Wise Choices, Courage to Stand Strong in My Faith, Courage to Face My Fears, Courage to Speak the Truth, and Courage to Be a Godly Example. Whether you've just completed high school or college, God Grant Me Courage will inspire your heart and remind you that God hears each one of your prayers.

Download or read book The Truth Will Set You Free But First It Will Piss You Off written by Gloria Steinem and published by Random House. This book was released on 2019-10-29 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A beautifully illustrated collection of Gloria Steinem’s most inspirational and outrageous quotes, with an introduction and essays by the feminist activist herself “A fearless book full of passion, resolute perspective, and unbiased hope for the future.”—Janelle Monáe For decades—and especially now, in these times of crisis—people around the world have found guidance, humor, and unity in Gloria Steinem’s gift for creating quotes that offer hope and inspire action. From her early days as a journalist and feminist activist, Steinem’s words have helped generations to empower themselves and work together. Covering topics from relationships (“Many are looking for the right person. Too few are trying to be the right person.”) to the patriarchy (“Men are liked better when they win. Women are liked better when they lose. This is how the patriarchy is enforced every day.”) and activism (“Revolutions, like trees, grow from the bottom up.”), this is the definitive collection of Steinem’s words on what matters most. Steinem sees quotes as “the poetry of everyday life,” so she also has included a few favorites from friends, including bell hooks, Flo Kennedy, and Michelle Obama, in this book that will make you want to laugh, march, and create some quotes of your own. In fact, at the end of the book, there’s a special space for readers to add their own quotes and others they’ve found inspiring. The Truth Will Set You Free, But First It Will Piss You Off! is both timeless and timely. It is a gift of hope from Steinem to readers, and a book to share with friends.

Download or read book Lying and Deception in Everyday Life written by Michael Lewis and published by Guilford Press. This book was released on 1993-02-05 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I speak the truth, not so much as I would, but as much as I dare...."-- Montaigne "All cruel people describe themselves as paragons of frankness.'" -- Tennessee Williams Truth and deception--like good and evil--have long been viewed as diametrically opposed and unreconcilable. Yet, few people can honestly claim they never lie. In fact, deception is practiced habitually in day-to-day life--from the polite compliment that doesn't accurately relay one's true feelings, to self-deception about one's own motivations. What fuels the need for people to intricately construct lies and illusions about their own lives? If deceptions are unconscious, does it mean that we are not responsible for their consequences? Why does self-deception or the need for illusion make us feel uncomfortable? Taking into account the sheer ubiquity and ordinariness of deception, this interdisciplinary work moves away from the cut-and-dried notion of duplicity as evil and illuminates the ways in which deception can also be understood as a adaptive response to the demands of living with others. The book articulates the boundaries between unethical and adaptive deception demonstrating how some lies serve socially approved goals, while others provoke distrust and condemnation. Throughout, the volume focuses on the range of emotions--from feelings of shame, fear, or envy, to those of concern and compassion--that motivate our desire to deceive ourselves and others. Providing an interdisciplinary exploration of the widespread phenomenon of lying and deception, this volume promotes a more fully integrated understanding of how people function in their everyday lives. Case illustrations, humor and wit, concrete examples, and even a mock television sitcom script bring the ideas to life for clinical practitioners, behavioral scientists, and philosophers, and for students in these realms.

Download or read book Personal Life Improvement written by Nasrul Noh and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2013-07-25 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are ways to improve your life, as long as you're willing to work at it. This book will help you improve in all aspect of your personal life.When you spend a few bucks on this book, you should have in mind that improving yourpersonal life is the master-key that unlocks the door of wealth and success.Most of us are willing in improving something about ourselves. Yes that's right, things about our lifestyle, our productivity, our sanity, our organization, our happiness, our effectiveness, our impact on the environment, our minds, our dreams, etc.And you can spend a few hundreds of dollars on books and couple of hours on websites, tv shows.Most people will spend time going to seminars looking for answers.Now you have found this book which has the answers you are looking for. My book ''Personal life Improvement'' will help and guide anyone who reads it, on how to improve their personal life so look no further. If you are looking forward to improve your personal life, you have to Buy My Book!

Download or read book The internal techniques applied by top celebrities in Hollywood to live a life of greatness written by Marven Lutherman and published by BookRix. This book was released on 2018-11-14 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you want to know the internal techniques applied by top celebrities in Hollywood to live a life of greatness, then you are at the right place. Every top celebrity has an incredible access to these techniques. Now you can apply these techniques and make your life great. By applying the techniques in this book you will be able to eliminate negative thoughts, emotions that limit your success. You will be able to install new beliefs that empower your life. You will know how to take actions with clarity. You will be a goal achiever just not a goal setter.

Download or read book The Truth Hurts written by Andrew Boe and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2020-08-11 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Criminal justice systems are not designed to seek the truth. In places like Australia, court proceedings remain an adversarial blood sport at times distorted by smoke and mirrors or failed by individual shortcomings. Navigating it is difficult and uncertain for any one of us but more so if you are poor, not white - or not white enough - not a straight male or have no formal education. Simply put, the most vulnerable among us are unfairly exposed to unjust outcomes. Drawing on his experiences as a child of Burmese migrants fleeing a military junta and his evolution from a naive law clerk, too shy to speak, into a lawyer whose ponytailed flamboyance and unbridled willingness to speak truth to power riled many within the legal establishment, Andrew Boe delves into cases he found unable to leave behind. These cases have shaped who he has become. Taking us from a case of traditional punishment gone wrong in the Gibson Desert to deaths in police custody on Palm Island and in Yuendumu in the Northern Territory - places where race relations are often stalled in a colonial time warp - to an isolated rural home, and the question of what is self-defence after decades of domestic abuse; to cases of children abandoned, 'stolen' and then fought over; and into prison interview rooms and courthouses around the country where Boe defended serial killers, rapists, child sex offenders, murderers as well as the odd politician - he holds fast to the premise that either every one of us is entitled to the presumption of innocence or none of us are. THE TRUTH HURTS is an unflinching exploration of the fault lines in our justice system by an outsider who found his way in. With forthright and uncompromising focus, Boe, now a barrister, spares no one, including himself, in this thought-provoking and at times brutal account. He argues that to give each other a 'fair go', we should all first acknowledge the flaws in the current system, address our individual and collective weaknesses, and engage in a nuanced, real conversation about the human cost of not getting to the truth. 'It lacks nothing but a kill switch' - Trent Dalton

Download or read book Don t Read This Unless You Want More Money written by Dov Baron and published by Baron Mastery Institute. This book was released on 2010-09 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Don't Read This...Unless you are looking for a practical guide to cashing in¿on your unique value.People have all kinds of ridiculous ideas about what it takes to achieve vast amounts of wealth and success¿consistently those ideas are¿dead wrong!What you have heard until this point about wealth has likely been from those who did not, do not, or are ever likely to have it. The intriguing thing is for those who don't have it, money comes with a set of myths perpetuated by those who don't have it.Yes, the economy has changed. However, the opportunity for you to live the life of your dreams does not die at the announcement of a recession.Dõv Baron cuts bone deep and gives YOU the competitive edge for growing your own 'Niagara Falls' flow of affluence.Throughout these pages you will discover not only how to survive¿BUT how to thrive by offering the world what you naturally already have, even if you're not sure what it is¿yet. This book removes the hard work of what it takes to discover and apply the real core affluence formula.Here's a small sample of what you'll discover inside this book:¿EXPOSED: Why your friends guarantee your financial affluence or poverty¿DISCOVER: How to get people to Bang Down Your Door to Give You Money¿How to get rich while you relax by the pool¿and so much more!

Download or read book EVOLVE OR DIE written by David KING and published by Pelican Publishers. This book was released on 2020-11-08 with total page 435 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Success in life involves not just about doing the right things, but also not doing the wrong things. Doing the right things alone will not guarantee success because if you are doing the right things and also doing some wrongs things, the effects of the two will end up cancelling each other out and such person could end up becoming worse off. Being successful require consistent actions, that is being consistent in doing a series of right things that will stack up to give success. Successful people develop a clear mindset on their goals and what they need to do to get there, they understand that without clarity there is no direction. Imagine trying to travel to a destination that you have not been before and you don’t know how to get there, you have no plan, no map and no GPS navigational system, obviously any path will seems like the obvious choice to get you to your destination. It is however certain that such path will not get you to the destination but to somewhere you did not desire, and most likely that will not be a good destination or a preferred choice. And because there is no clarity on how to get to the destination, when obstacles and challenges shows up as they always do, such a persons with no plan of action and objective focus will quickly find every reason to quit.

Download or read book As I Lay Pondering written by Kayce Stevens Hughlett and published by BQB Publishing. This book was released on 2019-12-01 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Psychotherapist, healer, and artist of being alive, Kayce Stevens Hughlett, offers readers the personal gift of transformation in this devotional daybook. Like Mark Nepo's classic "Book of Awakening," Hughlett invites individuals to enliven their lives day-by-day through 365 practical reflections and prayers of inspiration, purpose, freedom, and joy. Infused with teachings from historical and current wisdom figures like Carl Jung, Martha Beck, Buddha, Jesus, Lao Tzu, Thomas Merton, Sue Monk Kidd, Anne Lamott, and others, "As I Lay Pondering" feels like sitting down for a conversation with a close friend. Filled with soul, it will meet you where you are whether looking for a recharge or grasping for a lifeline. It is a book you can turn to anytime and read cover to cover, randomly or one entry at a time. Filled with inspiration, short stories, and simple activities to deepen the pathway to presence, this book is the ideal companion for any personal journey.

Download or read book Self and Deception written by Roger T. Ames and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 1996-07-03 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume contains essays by a range of distinguished philosophers on the problem of self-deception, or rather, self and deception. The work proceeds from the assumption that changing constructions of self within Western cultures, and alternative notions of self in other cultures requires that we rethink traditional strategies for explaining the phenomenon of self-deception. The concept of self is central to any sustained inquiry into self-deception, the pertinent issue being what sort of self is victim (or beneficiary) of self deception. Several of the authors here base their thinking on the model of "other-deception," and include discussion of the notions of double selves, multiple selves, and subsystems of the self, to address this troubling problem. Other authors argue that "other-deception" is not an adequate or reliable model to guide our thinking on this issue. The psychological and moral dimensions of self-deception generate a rich discussion, as do its epistemic implications. The concept of emotionality also receives sustained attention.

Download or read book The Joy of Philosophy written by Robert C. Solomon and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1999-11-18 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Joy of Philosophy is a return to some of the perennial questions of philosophy--questions about the meaning of life; about death and tragedy; about the respective roles of rationality and passion in the good life; about love, compassion, and revenge; about honesty, deception, and betrayal; and about who we are and how we think about who we are. Recapturing the heart-felt confusion and excitement that originally brings us all to philosophy, internationally renowned teacher and lecturer Robert C. Solomon offers both a critique of contemporary philosophy and an invitation to engage in philosophy in a different way. He attempts to save philosophy from itself and its self-imposed diet of thin arguments and logical analysis to recover the richness and complexity of life in thought. Solomon defends the passionate life in contrast to the life of thoughtful contemplation idealized by so many philosophers, attempting to recapture the kind of philosophy that Nietzsche celebrated as a "joyful wisdom."

Download or read book A Variation of Inspiration written by Reginald Barnes and published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2023-06-06 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A variation of inspiration is exactly what Reginald Barnes hopes and prays that the reader will find in this book. There are many great books available to readers, but there are also too many books that are not healthy reading material. Speaking for myself, I can confirm this to be true, for many books can have adverse effects on us. A Variation of Inspiration consists of true-to-life Bible-related material. Some are based on personal experience, some on family experience, but all are related to the true Scripture. Each poem has a story to explain what inspired the writing of each poem. Each story has a Bible verse related to the story. Each poem, story, and verse has a picture that relates to the topic of the poem. It is the author's hope and prayer that you will find something in this book that will be an inspiration to you.