Abuse Issues, Addictions & Troubled Children

Please note: The following books discuss delicate and sensitive topics from a Christian perspective but are not suitable for all ages.

Encouraging Words for Life's Tough Times By George & Sharon Billington A Christ-Centered Emotional Recovery Workbook. George and Sharon serve as Christian Counselors, and each of the 12 short chapters guides the hurting on a personal recovery path using prayer, scripture, counsel and journaling questions. Topics include depression, chronic illness, abuse, and grieving.There's nothing like it anywhere else, and you'll find recovery tips and tools that work for you. Please order directly through the Billington's Website and be sure to mention that I Lift My Eyes Ministry sent you their way.

The Path to Sexual Healing By Linda Cochrane Sexual sin has infiltrated the Christian community, leaving suffering and scarred lives in its wake. Where can believers go to find healing? Designed for victims of sexual abuse and those who've hurt others by sexual trauma, this sensitive, honest Bible study features meditations, Scripture memory verses, and discussion questions to promote healing and restoration. 112 pages, softcover from Baker.

Helping Victims of Abuse, Updated Edition By Lynn Heitritter & Jeanette Vought * How should Christians minister to victims of sexual abuse? Written by two seasoned professionals, this newly updated guide provides a sensitive and biblical perspective on how abuse affects children and family dynamics. Discover nine practical steps that can lead to mental, emotional, and spiritual wholeness in Christ. An excellent resource for counselors, families, and victims. 272 pages, softcover from Bethany.

A Healing Marriage: Biblical Help For Overcoming Childhood Sexual Abuse By Cheryl Tuggle & Brad Tuggle Sexual abuse infects every aspect, every relationship of our lives, but especially our marriages. Brad and Cheryl Tuggle share their story to show readers how marriage can be a refuge of openness and healing. Let God's promises bring hope and healing to your marriage.

Caring for Sexually Abused Children: A Handbook for Families & Churches By R. Timothy Kearney Dealing with sexual abuse is painful, especially when it involves a child you care about. When it happens in church families, we all bear the pain and need help in knowing how to respond. Dr. Tim Kearney has seen and felt such pain. In this warm and hopeful book he shows how the healing touch of God can come, frequently through God's people in the Christian community.

Give It All to Him: A Story of New Beginnings By Max Lucado / Thomas Nelson What if we could dump all the debris poisoning our hearts into a giant landfill and be free of it forever? This moving parable excerpted from Lucado's Next Door Savior tells the story of the divine trashman who willingly shoulders our soul-polluting garbage so that we may stand pure before God. Perfect for outreach! 64 pages, softcover from Nelson.

Listen to the Cry of the Child: The Deafening Silence of Sexual Abuse By Barbara J. Hansen The pain of sexual abuse is often concealed by those who carry its scars. Chained as prisoners of the past, many hide in secrecy afraid of the consequences of revealing the horrors of childhood experiences. On the surface they may seem carefree and happy, yet inside a festering wound exists. The only road to freedom from this prison requires confronting the past and revealing its pain in the light. Barbara Hansen knows the anguish of sexual abuse, pornography, infertility, postpartum depression, and marriage betrayal. once trapped in her own prison of anger and bitterness, she was finally set free through the grace of God. Her story provides hope for the hopeless and healing for those willing to face the past and be released.

Every Man's Battle: Winning the War ... Purity One Victory at a Time By Stephen Arterburn A practical, detailed plan for beating immorality, Every Man's Battle will help you find freedom from your past, embody purity today, and overcome temptation in the future.

Every Young Man's Battle : Strategies for Victory in the Real World of Sexual Temptation By Stephen Arterburn & Fred Stoeker with Mike Yorkey Every Young Man's Battle will show young men how to train their eyes and minds, how to clean up their thought life, and develop a realistic battle plan for remaining pure in today's sexually soaked culture. The authors, Stephen Arterburn and Fred Stoeker, offer young Christian men workable, biblical strategies for achieving sexual purity.

My Husband Has A Secret: Finding Healing for the Betrayal of Sexual Addiction By Molly Ann Miller Fifteen years ago, the author learned of her husband's addiction. She shares her struggles and she shares her struggles, and she shares the failures and successes. By learning from her experiences, you will understand codependence, coaddiction, grief, setting boundaries and more. If your spouse is one of the victims of the epidemic of sexual addiction, this book will give you comfort, information you need and faith and hope for your future.

Am I Good Girl Yet?: Childhood Abuse Had Shattered Her. Could She Ever Be Whole? By Carolyn Bramhall Carolyn Bramhall grew up in what seemed to outsiders to be a normal home, with hard-working parents, surrounded by apparently caring relatives. She graduated from Bible college, married, found a job as a youth worker. Then nightmares and panic attacks started to swamp her. She, her husband and two small children moved to work in America, but the internal stresses grew worse and a host of other personalities started to make their presence felt. In due course 109 separate entities, each created to carry some aspect of truly ghastly past pain, would identify themselves. What could she possibly do? Read about her journey to redemption and freedom through the Freedom in Christ Ministries.

Safe Kids: Policies & Procedures for Protecting Children in the Church By Blake Caldwell Child abuse scandals in the church shake our faith in our fellow neighbours, and sometimes even our faith in God. We cannot afford to ignore the issue, content to hope and pray that our children will be safe. Rather than waiting until something drastic happens and lamenting about it, churches can take active steps to put safeguards in place for their ministry. This is a manual designed to help churches structure the safest possible environment for their children's ministry. This manual provides: Forms and procedures to screen volunteers Ideas for structuring the church building to keep nurseries and Sunday school classrooms safe Instructions for training children's workers Information you must know to identify potential predators Policies for reporting suspected child abuse

In the Tears of a Wounded Child By Coco Mullins Enter into the true-life story of a young girl's struggle to battle one of man's darkest sides: child abuse. See how God provides for her and guards her spirit as she goes through tremendous tragedy and the insanity of what she knows as childhood. Coco has no idea of His presence in the basement while she tries to hang on tightly to her own little corner. Walk with her through her journey as she struggles with bitterness, denial, and the big question: "Why?" Find where God takes her in this story as He bottles all of her tears, only to replace them with true joy and happiness of His endless love. Go with her as she shares those events and explains some of life's hardest questions. Who knows, maybe you or someone you know will have their tears turned into joy.

It Shouldn't Hurt to Be a Kid: Healing for Broken Children By Patricia H. Rushford Every day, children are harmed by physical or emotional abuse and neglect. Rushford's practical guide empowers concerned adults to stop the cycle. Learn how parents, caregivers, pastors, and teachers can report suspected abuse, build nurturing relationships with hurt children, and prevent destructive patterns from recurring in future generations. 221 pages, softcover from Spire.

Adopting the Hurt Child By Gregory Keck Adopting the Hurt Child by Gregory Keck and Regina Kupecky Fewer and fewer families today are able to bring home a healthy newborn infant. The majority of adoptions now involve emotionally wounded, older children who have suffered the effects of abuse or neglect in their birth families and carry complex baggage with them into their adoptive families. ADOPTING THE HURT CHILD addresses the frustrations, heartache, and hope surrounding the adoptions of these special-needs kids. Written in a non-technical style accessible to a diverse audience, this book brings to light the grim truths, but also real hope that children who have been hurt - and often hurt others - can be healed and brought back into life by the adoptive and foster parents, therapists, teachers, social workers, and others whose lives intersect with theirs.

Domestic Violence and the Church By Helen Conway A thought-provoking look at the true nature of domestic violence including emotional, verbal, economic and physical abuse. Information about the protection and services available to victims is given, together with suggestions as to how the church can assist individual victims.

No Place for Abuse: Biblical & Practical Resources to Counteract Domestic Violence By Catherine Clark Kroeger & Nancy Nason-Clark It's a leading cause of injury and death to women worldwide. Sadly, not even the church is immune from the scourge of domestic violence. This immensely helpful guide illustrates the gravity of the problem through stories and statistics; explores relevant Scriptures; and provides counseling tools, sermon outlines, Bible studies, and more. You can make a difference! 168 pages, softcover from InterVarsity.

Battered but Not Broken: Help for Abused Wives & Their Church Families By Patricia Gaddis Written for abuse victims and their pastors and friends, this book offers step by step intervention techniques and resources for assisting victims of domestic violence and challenges the church to take a stand against this crime, which is a leading cause of injury and death to women in the United States.

Refuge: A Pathway Out of Domestic Violence & Abuse By Detective Sgt. Donald Stewart Drawing on 20 years of experience with domestic violence cases, police detective Stewart offers you expert advice on recognizing the signs of a potential abuser, reaching safety, navigating the legal system, and breaking this terrible cycle. This is a great resource for churches wanting to assist victims and hold offenders accountable.

Violence in Families: What Every Christian Needs to Know By Al Miles Domestic violence is an often glossed-over danger in families today, and Christian families are not immune. The warning signs can be hidden or disregarded. Reverend Al Miles confronts the issues surrounding family violence, it causes, and possible solutions. He also discusses how all people are affected and can help address the issue. With an honest and down-to-earth tone, this book provides guidance and information for lay people as well as for individuals with the complex nature of domestic violence.

When Violence Is No Stranger: Pastoral Counseling with Survivors of Acquaintance Rape By Kristen Leslie The paucity of resources for pastoral care of acquaintance-rape survivors highlights the invisibility of this growing crime and its largely uncharted pastoral challenges. In fact, more rape is by an acquaintance. Only 16 percent of such cases are reported; and because they are difficult to prosecute, only 5 percent of those reported result in guilt verdicts. Focusing on the psychospiritual effects of this sexualized violence, Kristen Leslie offers the psychological and theological tools to religious professionals for understanding the deep spiritual trauma of the survivor and how best to work with her to reconstruct a personal world of meaning, trust, and faith. Based on extensive interviews with survivors. Leslie explains the personal and theological issues they raise, what they found helpful from religious professionals, the images and metaphors most germane to their trauma and recovery, and how they coped with or healed from the experience of rape. An exemplary and important study in practical theology, Leslie's volume will not only equip pastoral caregivers and counselors with specific guidelines. It will also enlighten them on the crucial role that theology can play in the re-construction of shattered lives

Ending Violence in Teen Dating Relationships: A Resource Guide for Parents and Pastors By Al Miles Miles, a nationally recognized expert in the field of domestic violence and teen relationship violence, explores the complex issue of teen dating violence. Through interviews and other research, he provides critical information that parents, caregivers, clergy, and educators can use to protect teens and help them foster healthy dating relationships. Miles offers thoughtful advice and answers to such questions as: What constitutes violence in teen dating relationships? Why is the problem so pervasive? What are the warning signs that parents and other caring adults can watch for that may indicate a teen is being either abused or abusive? And what can the church do to help?

Healing Spiritual Abuse: How to Break Free from Bad Church Experiences By Ken Blue Many of us have gone through bad church experiences that have left us feeling like failures. Blaming ourselves, we asked for God's forgiveness, but still felt distant from the church and sometimes from God too. Often, however, the fault is not ours but that of Christian leaders who abuse spiritually. How can we recognize the signs of spiritual abuse? What can we do to gain healing from the wounds we have experienced? With clarity and refreshing honesty, Ken Blue answers these questions and offers hope and healing to the victims of spiritual abuse. In addition he shows Christian leaders how to avoid abusive patterns and instead offer Christ's gospel of grace to every casualty of bad church experiences.

Toxic Faith: Experiencing Healing Over Painful Spiritual Abuse By Stephen Arterburn Most of us began our journey into faith with trusting hearts. Yet incidents of abuse, media accounts of perverted religion, personal disappointments, loss, betrayal and even unrealistic expectations of God can cause us to develop a warped or damaged view of faith. Too often, what began as an authentic relationship with God deteriorates into a defective faith with an incomplete or poisoned view of God - one that allows the religion, not the relationship with God, to control our life. Let this volume help you: Heal your distorted view of God as weak, distant, and uncaring. Find release from your striving to earn God's love Break free from an unhealthy dependency on religion. Learn how you can once again grow in the grace and knowledge of God. Learn how you can rediscover the reality of true faith in a loving God as you move beyond the suffocating limits of your own toxic faith.

The Subtle Power of Spiritual Abuse By David Johnson & Jeff VanVonderen No one should leave church feeling manipulated, controlled, shamed, or condemned. But places of shelter and encouragement can become abusive if spiritual leaders begin to use their authority to meet their needs for importance, power, or spiritual gratification. Here you'll discover how to identify an abusive church and also how to break free from its destructive legalism. Topics covered include: How spiritual abuse develops--and why those under its grip often don't see it The subtle ways that leaders and systems "hook" and control believers, robbing them of their joy in Christ Scriptural help in recognizing healthy spiritual relationships Effective strategies for escaping abusive situations Insightful, practical, and solidly grounded in Scripture, this book has what you need to recover a grace-filled relationship with God and His church.

Transforming the Inner Man: God's Powerful Principles for Inner Healing and Lasting Life Changes By John Loren & Paula Sandford Discover the basic steps to a life-changing, deeper intimacy with your divine Father! Introducing spiritual keys that will reach into the depth of your heart, the Sandfords share biblical insights on sanctification; performance orientation; the necessity of forgiveness; the role of the Christian counselor; judgment and expectancy; generational sin; and more.

Choosing Forgiveness: Turning from Guilt, Bitterness, and Resentment Towards a Life of Wholeness and Peace By John Loren & Paula Sandford It may be natural to seek revenge, but the Sandfords demonstrate how God can provide you with supernatural grace to forgive and be forgiven! Discussing this antidote to sin and its healing effect on damaged relationships, they share biblical insights on this pivotal characteristic---and its necessity for the spiritual growth of believers. 224 pages, softcover from Charisma.

Boundaries Face to Face: How to Have That Difficult Conversation You've Been Avoiding By Dr. Henry Cloud & Dr. John Townsend The authors of Boundaries now take the principles from that book and apply them to the most common difficult situations and relationships. This is practical handbook that will help you have that difficult conversation you've been avoiding. Includes a discussion guide with tips on preparing for that conversation and how to deal with counterattacks. Learn how to confront well and establish healthy boundaries.

Freedom from Addiction: Breaking the Bondage of Addiction and Finding Freedom in Christ By Neil Anderson Freedom From Addiction was written specifically to meet the needs of Christians with addictive behavior in recovery. Many Christians are locked in a cycle of addiction, particularly in the areas of alcohol and drug abuse. Many have turned to 12-Step programs for help but have found the "higher power" undefined. We know that Jesus Christ is the Higher Power. In a positive, non-condemning way, Anderson provides an alternative model of recovery for substance and alcohol abusers a model that will also work for individuals struggling with other kinds of addictions. We are saints according to God's Word (Ephesians 1), and true freedom comes from realizing our identity in Christ. More Neil Anderson Materials

Celebrate Recovery Curriculum Kit: A Program for Implementing a Christ-Centered Recovery Ministry in Your Church By Rick Warren Alcoholism divorce abuse codependency domestic violence drug addiction Celebrate Recovery fills a long standing need in the church in its role as Christ's healing agent. Developed by John Baker and Rick Warren of the renowned Saddleback Church it is drawn from the Beatitudes and helps people resolve painful problems in the context of the church as a whole. Whether your congregation is large or small, this 25-session fellowship based curriculum truly will be a celebration of Christ in the life of your church and its members. Everything you need is here: one 20-minute DVD introductory guide for leaders; one leader's guide; four 4 volume participant's guides; CD-ROM with 25 lessons -- Road to Recovery series; CDROM with sermon transcripts and reproducible promotional materials; 4 volume audio CD sermon series; all in a proven, ground breaking program, painstakingly and prayerfully developed to help people discover new dignity, strength, joy, and growth in the image of Christ.

Good News for the Chemically Dependent and Those Who Love Them By Jeff VanVonderen Addiction to alcohol and drugs leaves confusion, despair, and broken relationships in its wake. Chemical dependency is a silent storm quietly raging within the church. Updated with information on the latest designer drugs, including crystal meth, this powerful resource will help guide individuals, families, and churches through their darkest times.

Freedom from Addiction Workbook By Neil Anderson The Freedom from Addiction Workbook will walk you through a lasting spiritual recovery using a unique Christ-centered model of recovery for anyone struggling with alcoholism, gambling, drug addictions, eating disorders, or other self-destructive behaviors. Based on the book, Freedom from Addiction, this interactive workbook will help you apply the powerful Steps to Freedom in Christ directly to the addictive lifestyle.

When Someone You Love Abuses Drugs or Alcohol By Cecil Murphey Addiction. It's a trial we're never ready to encounter. We can't believe that a loved one would make such a life-altering mistake by entering into the dark world of drug or alcohol addiction. When people we love are struggling, we struggle as well. Sometimes we wish that we could fix their lives for them. But we also forget to care for our own needs, both physically and spiritually, during these difficult times. Cecil Murphey offers spiritual encouragement for people whose loved ones suffer from drug or alcohol addiction. These daily readings will help you focus on God in the midst of your trials.

Understanding and Counseling Persons with Alcohol, Drug and Behavioral Addictions By Howard Clinebell Widely regarded as the best of its kind, this compassionate, comprehensive guide is revised and updated for the next generation. Clinebell explores the many causes of addiction and lays out a practical plan for helping the afflicted in the context of family and church, as well as community programs like Alcoholics Anonymous. Includes an new annotated bibliography. 384 pages, softcover from Abingdon.

Adult Children: The Secrets of Dysfunctional Families By John Friel It is estimated that as many as 34 million people grew up in alcoholic homes. But what about the rest of us? What about families that had no alcoholism, but did have perfectionism, workaholism, compulsive overeating, intimacy problems, depression, problems in expressing feelings, plus all the other personality traits that can produce a family system much like an alcoholic one? Countless millions of us struggle with these kinds of dysfunctions every day, and until very recently we struggled alone. Pulling together both theory and clinical practice, the two authors provide a readable explanation of what happened to us and how we can rectify it.

The Healing Journey for Adult Children of Alcoholics By Daryl Quick Children of alcoholic parents have suffered wounds that affect their lives for years to come. They learn to protect themselves from the pattern of hurt that they have come to expect in life. The results of such constant vigilance against pain can range from ulcers, sleeplessness, addictions, depression and anger to a string of broken relationships. But adult children of alcoholics can go through a healing journey that will help them recover from their painful past and be set free to live as God intended. Daryl Quick takes readers step by step through new ways of feeling, thinking and acting that will replace the ineffective patterns they have been locked into for years. With moving stories and helpful exercises, Quick shows how adult children of alcoholics can find hope and healing.

Ten Things Parents Should Know about Drug & Alcohol Abuse By Jep Hostetler "From the Publisher:" A major book. A leading authority on abuse talks frankly to parents: "10 Myths That Die Hard"; "10 Most Commonly Asked Questions With Answers"; "10 Things You Can Do to Promote Drug-Free Lifestyles in Your Family"; "10 Things You Can Do to Promote Community Involvement." The author connects with both adults and young people as a writer, professor, speaker, and world class magician (which he uses to demonstrate his subject). Attractive, authoritative, and easy to read. 6 x 9 128 pages paperback.

Thirst: God and the Alcoholic Experience By James Nelson In Thirst, author James Nelson shares wisdom from his own recovery as he reflects on the complex theological issues involved in addiction and recovery. He asserts that at the heart of all addiction is the longing for the holy. This book is an invaluable resource for addicted persons, their families, counselors, clergy, and anyone interested in the spiritual side of addictions.

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