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Clayton King is founder and president of Clayton King Ministries and Crossroads Missions and Summer Camps, professor of evangelism at Anderson University, and teaching pastor at NewSpring Church. The author of more than a dozen books, including Stronger and Overcome, King regularly speaks to mostrar mais hundreds of thousands of people all over the globe. He and his wife, Shane, are winners of the Young Adult Book of the Year Award from the Christian Retailer's Association for True love Project. They have two sons and live in South Carolina. mostrar menos

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What doesn’t kill us makes us stronger or so the saying goes. In fact, non-lethal pain can be debilitating: grief, chronic illness, loss of a job, flesh-eating-bacteria (or whatever). But as emotionally and physically draining hard times can be, they can also be a means for a fresh work of God, shaping you into who he wants you to be. Clayton King, founder and president of Clayton King Ministries and Crossroads Missions & Summer Camps, knows pain . In Stronger he tells the story of losing both of his parents before he turned forty and the trauma and turmoil it put him in.

His mother died unexpectedly after being rushed to emergency. She had a secret addiction to prescription drugs. King’s father was in the later stages of diabetes, undergoing dialysis three times a week. King was not there when either of his parents past away. He was stuck in Toronto, Canada, unable to get a flight home when his mother died. He left his dad’s side to attend an awards ceremony for his kid when his father passed away. King shares about his pain, regret, and feelings of brokenness. His parent’s deaths also opens up other wounds (like his grandfather’s abandonment of his father).

However this book is not about wallowing. King wants us to see how God uses hard times, pain and moments of weakness to further our transformation, “Sometimes God will remove the weakness and sometimes he will redeem the weakness, but he will never waste your weakness” (18). King shares about where God met him, blessed him amidst brokenness, taught him humility and redeemed the pain. In the middle of his grief, God’s spirit was present with him, he was able to experience God’s grace and forgiveness in a vulnerable time.

This would be a good book for anyone facing hard times (which is all of us, at some time). King is personal and vulnerable. While saying to someone in a crisis, “God works out all things according to his pleasure” is trite, when someone shares that truth through their experience, it is a more apt word. That being said, those in raw grief probably aren’t ready to read a book like this quite yet. Still I give this four stars.

Note: I received this book from Baker Books in exchange for my honest review.
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Jamichuk | May 22, 2017 |
Pontius Pilate's question about truth becomes more significant now. To know the difference between a truth and a lie in our mind where thoughts first begin is almost sacred. Clayton King in "Overcome" writes about living a healthy Christian life by recognizing the lies we are told. Replacing those lies with truth takes us down the correct fork in the road.

This book is full of richness while at the same time it is written so simply. His instructions on a way to live a better Christian life do not leave feelings of fear. This is another outcome of the author's strategy. We are released from fear. One scripture about truth comes to mind thanks to Clayton KIng. "Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free."… (mais)
 
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Topazshell | May 7, 2017 |
Well Clayton is a fabulous speaker and he brings some of that to his writing. In this book Clayton explains his encounters with God and his experiences with listening to the Holy Spirit. Some of the stories are wild and exciting, others are about how to look for everyday opportunities to listen for the Holy Spirit.
 
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JWarrenBenton | 2 outras críticas | Jan 4, 2016 |
Well Clayton is a fabulous speaker and he brings some of that to his writing. In this book Clayton explains his encounters with God and his experiences with listening to the Holy Spirit. Some of the stories are wild and exciting, others are about how to look for everyday opportunities to listen for the Holy Spirit.
 
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JWarrenBenton | 2 outras críticas | Jan 4, 2016 |

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Obras
15
Membros
275
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#84,339
Avaliação
½ 4.3
Críticas
6
ISBN
26

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