Luann Adams » Recommended Reading http://luannadams.com Luann is a therapist who works with individuals, couples, and families. Sun, 25 Apr 2010 16:54:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Reordered Love, Reordered Lives http://luannadams.com/blog/reading/reordered-love-reordered-lives/ http://luannadams.com/blog/reading/reordered-love-reordered-lives/#comments Sat, 27 Feb 2010 18:54:33 +0000 Luann http://luannadams.com/?p=169
by David K. Naugle
“Happiness” has been a word so overused by our culture as to lose its meaning. In “the pursuit of happiness”, people make all sorts of unprincipled decisions. Dr. Naugle explores the deeper meanings of authentic happiness based on the power of reordered love to heal disordered lives.“
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The Civil War as a Theological Crisis by Mark A. Noll: Book Cover
From the pen of historian Mark Noll comes this small but challenging study of the church throughout the multifaceted crises of the Civil War. Christians in America were split over many issues, including those of slavery as an institution in general, American slavery uniquely, and African-American slavery most intensely — as well as over the role of tradition and authority within Christendom.
 
This one is required my intellectual hip-boots, but is well worth the effort. I will never see American church history or contemporary Christianity the same again.“
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by Timothy Keller
An in-depth revisit to Jesus’ parable of “the prodigal son”, as it’s often referred to,  Timothy Keller considers first the wayward son, then the dutiful older brother. He reveals the sad truth that both sons missed the Father’s heart. Since the word “prodigal” actually means “recklessly generous”, it is the Father who is prodigal in His outpouring of love, grace, provision, and endless delights!
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by John Piper, Ric Ergenbright
 This little gem of a book from Dr. John Piper is a delight of poetry and art. It is a deeply moving meditation on the ancient story of Job. Because poetry is meant to be read aloud, a CD is tucked into the back cover of the book containing the author’s reading of his poetry, interspersed with a lovely, solo, Celtic-sounding voice singing “Be Thou My Vision”. This is a little treasure to be savored over and over.“
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by Robert S. McGee
I began recommending this book/workbook many years ago as a foundation for rebuilding accurate self worth, especially for those suffering shame-based trauma of many kinds.
 
Dr. McGee’s “recipe for disaster” is the belief that “performance + approval of others = personal worth”. Using his book/workbook as structure has provided many with a way to keep the momentum moving forward on a daily basis while in therapy.
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Michael Horton’s little book, “Too Good To Be True: Finding Hope In a World of Hype” reminds us that when we expect only blessings in life, we’re locked in a vicious cycle of desire and disillusionment.  “We need to find our solace in the real God, not an imaginary-friend version that we have created out of the trends and catch-phrases of the world around us.”

This is a powerful little book that clears away the chatter of our culture, and replaces it with nourishing truth!

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Learning to Tell Myself the Truth by William Backus

This book/workbook provides a solid, structured approach to replacing commonly held and damaging misbeliefs with Scriptural truth. He organizes this work by especially targeting anxiety, depression, anger, and perfectionism. Each chapter provides practical tools for replacing the “mischief maker” misbeliefs with truth, then offers direction for integrating truth into thought and behavior patterns.

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