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About the Author

Dan B. Allender, PhD, is a founder of Mars Hill Graduate School near Seattle, where he serves as president. He also is a professor of counseling, a therapist in private practice, and a popular speaker. He is the author of a number of books, including To Be Told, How Children Raise Parents, The mostrar mais Healing Path, and The Wounded Heart. Dan and his wife, Rebecca, are the parents of three children mostrar menos
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Obras por Dan B. Allender

Encouragement: The Key to Caring (1984) 617 exemplares
Bold Love (1992) 599 exemplares
Sabbath: The Ancient Practices (2009) 240 exemplares
Bold Purpose (1709) 98 exemplares
Bold Love Discussion Guide (1992) 42 exemplares
Workbook for To Be Told (2005) 24 exemplares
Communication (Intimate Marriage) (2005) 16 exemplares
Forgiveness (Intimate Marriage) (2005) 14 exemplares
Family Ties (Intimate Marriage) (2005) 11 exemplares
When Trust Is Lost (1992) 4 exemplares
When Trust is Broken (1998) 3 exemplares
Lágrimas secretas 1 exemplar
Self-Esteem 1 exemplar
Lust 1 exemplar
Feeding Your Enemy 1 exemplar
Samen sterk 1 exemplar

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Conhecimento Comum

Data de nascimento
1952-08-23
Sexo
male
País (no mapa)
USA
Locais de residência
Bainbridge Island, Washington, USA

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As Christians we all need encouragement and we are all called to give encouragement to one another.
 
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MenoraChurch | 3 outras críticas | Feb 6, 2023 |
This book is part of the eight book Ancient Practices series under the general editorship of Phyllis Tickle. Others have included Fasting by Scot McKnight and Sacred Meal by Nora Gallagher.

Dan B. Allender, of Mars Hill Graduate school, has a Masters from Westminster Theological Seminary and a PhD in Counselling Psychology from Michigan State University, so is well placed to look at this important topic of Sabbath from the theological and pastoral aspects. This is a well written book, it it light, anecdotal, refreshing and lively. Sabbath, he writes, is 'not a day off, but a day of celebration and delight. The Sabbath is a day when the kingdom to come has come and is celebrated now rather than anticipated tomorrow'...it is 'far more than a diversion; it is meant to be an encounter with God's delight' (p.12).

As with all in this series the aim of the book is to consider an ancient practice, here Sabbath, in its ancient roots to its current practice. However, it concentrates on current practice with only glimpses of its 'ancient roots' in the scriptures. There is no looking at how the biblical horizon might fuse with the contemporary horizon - it's not that kind of book.

What springs to mind when we think of Sabbath? Church going, no shopping, no driving - unless its to church - a day off from the pressures of work? Allender maintains that it should be a day of delight not merely the cessation of work. God rested on the seventh day, not because he was weary, he celebrated and delighted in his creation. Allender's enthusiasm for the Sabbath comes over and provides some inspiring examples. It's a book that promises much - the first chapters were really inspiring, but the promise seemed to fade the further I went into the book, which was a shame.

This is an important topic, particularly in our work-driven culture. If this book does no more than raise the question: what does Sabbath mean for me, how can I delight in God in it and encounter God's delight through it? it will have been worthwhile.
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stevebishop.uk | 4 outras críticas | Jul 23, 2020 |
Healing the Wounded Heart draws on excellent data regarding the effects of sexual abuse and trauma on the body and how to address these issues in a therapeutic setting. Allender also works from a Christian framework that postulates the active malignant presence of evil in the world, which I find hard to swallow. The prose is definitely a step up from some of his previous work and his vision of hope in the midst of extreme degradation is truly inspiring.
 
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b.masonjudy | 1 outra crítica | Apr 3, 2020 |

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Obras
54
Membros
5,680
Popularidade
#4,350
Avaliação
3.9
Críticas
30
ISBN
118
Línguas
9
Marcado como favorito
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