Cry of the Soul

OPEN A WINDOW INTO YOUR HEART

So often we find ourselves caught between extremes. Either we feel too much or not at all. We tend to ignore our feelings or fight them off as if they were an enemy. But all emotion - whether positive or negative - can give us a glimpse of the true nature of God.

We want to control our negative emotions and dark desires. God wants us to recognize them as the cry of our soul to be made right with Him.

Beginning with the Psalms, Dr. Dan Allender and Dr. Tremper Longman III explore what Scripture says about our darker emotions. In this ground-breaking book they reveal that often our attempts to control our emotions - far from an attempt to be Christlike - are really a form of rebellion against God or an attempt to flee from Him.

Contents
Foreword
Introduction
  1.  Emotions: The Cry of The Soul
  2.  The Psalms: The Voice of the Soul
  3.  Relationships: The Context of the Cry
  4.  Unrighteous Anger: A Refusal to Wait for Justice
  5.  Righteous Anger: An Assault Against Injustice
  6.  Unrightous Fear: A Destructive Anxiety
  7.  Constructive Fear: The Fear of the Lord
  8.  Dark Desire: Envy and Jealousy
  9.  Devine Desire: The Jealous Love of God
10.  Abandonment and Despair: The Loss of Hope
11.  Redemptive Despair: The Restoration of Hope
12.  Unholy Contempt: Evil's Mockery
13.  Holy Contempt: The Mockery of Evil
14.  The Corrosive Power of Human Shame
15.  The Redemptive Power of Divine Shame
17.  The Goodness of God
Acknowledgments
Authors

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COMMENTS from Readers
Book Dimensions: 13.5 x 21.5 cm.

Comments from people who have used this material:

"This book shows that emotions are neither an embarrassment nor an impediment to spirituality, but the very stuff God uses as He shapes His salvation in us."
Eugene H. Peterson, author of The Message

If we are to be rescued from the incessant tendency to phychologize the gospel, then this book will be a good start. Dan and Tremper give us not more psychological information, but biblical encouragement to be faithful."
Michael Card, Singer, songwriter, and author of Immanual: Reflections on the Life of Christ

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