When I Lay My Isaac Down

CHANGE THE WAY YOU THINK ABOUT PERSONAL CHALLENGES.

Sometimes there are times we make sacrifices to help us get ahead, to allow us more time with family, or because we believe in the cause. And then there are the sacrifices in which we have no say - "Isaac experiences" as in Genesis 22 - thrust upon us without warning or survival instructions.

This book outlines eight transformational power principles that Gene and Carol Kent learned in the process of facing the news that forever changed their lives. Their twenty five year-old son, a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy with an impeccable miltary record, shot and killed his wife's ex-husband. Jason Paul Kent, long recognized for his exemplary character - now walks a path no one could have predicted - and his family lives in the aftermath of a devastation most cannot imagine.

Carol's candid retelling of her emotional and spiritual agony will touch your heart. The principles the Kents learned in the process of surviving such unspeakable cirucmstances will bolster your faith, renew your hope and challenge you to new levels of personal and spiritual commitment.

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Contents
PROLOGUE: Does Life Get Any Better Than This?
  1.  An Unexpected Journey
  2.  Laying Isaac Down
  3.  Why Didn't God Do Something?
  4.  Stretcher Bearers and Yellow Roses
  5.  Even in This...
  6.  But Where Is The Lamb?
  7.  Embracing The Upside-Down Nature of the Cross
  8.  Finding Our Purpose in God's Grand Story
EPILOGUE: The Melody of the Future
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
NOTES
ABOUT THE AUTHOR