Biblical counseling

 God’s Healing for Life’s Losses: How to Find Hope When You’re Hurting

I’m excited to announce the upcoming (March/April) release by BMH Books of the book: God’s Healing for Life’s Losses: How to Find Hope When You’re Hurting.

To view the cover image, go here: http://bit.ly/60yaGq

Here’s the current wording for the back cover.

Find Hope When Your Hurting—Biblically and Relevantly

You’re tired of quick quips (“Just trust God”) and false hopes (“Time heals all wounds”). You’re ready for real and raw, honest and hopeful conversation about suffering, loss, and grief—from a Christian perspective. You’re longing for real answers, for real people, with real struggles. You’ve come to the right place. When life’s losses invade your world, learn how to face suffering face-to-face with God. Learn how to journey:

From Denial to Candor: Blessed Are Those Who Mourn

From Anger to Complaint: A Lament for Your Loss

From Bargaining to Crying Out to God: I Surrender All

From Depression to Comfort: God Comes

From Regrouping to Waiting: When God Says “Not Yet”

From Deadening to Wailing: Pregnant with Hope

From Despairing to Weaving: Spiritual Mathematics

From Digging Cisterns to Worshipping: Finding God

How do you deal with suffering and despair; the times when life seems so overwhelming that you just want to give up? Bob Kellemen has the answers. If you’re looking for tired clichés (“Just put on a happy face”), impersonal academic discourse, and worldly wisdom, then this is not the book for you. But if you want a thoroughly biblical and intensely honest examination of suffering from someone who has walked the path from “hurt to hope in Christ,” then God’s Healing for Life’s Losses is just the book for you.

—Ian Jones, Ph.D., Chairman, Counseling Department, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary

“God’s Healing for Life’s Losses takes on traditional thoughts about grief and loss and turns them upside down. Dr. Kellemen takes us down to take us up as he develops a biblical theology of suffering and hope. There is a refreshing honesty about the pain of loss and the permission to be real with God and others as we embrace the mourning process together. This book is biblical, personal and healing; I highly recommend it.”

—Garrett Higbee, Psy. D., President, Twelve Stones Ministries; Executive Director, Harvest Biblical Soul Care

Robert W. Kellemen, Ph.D., LCPC, served for over a dozen years as Chairman of the Master of Arts in Christian Counseling and Discipleship Department at Capital Bible Seminary. In his three pastoral ministries, Bob has ministered to 100s of grieving parishioners. In his role as Founder and CEO of RPM Ministries (www.rpmminstries.org) Bob is known for his Christ-centered, comprehensive, compassionate, and culturally-informed approach to equipping God’s people to use God’s Word in their personal ministry.

07/02/2010, 21:50

BCSFN Friends,

I wanted you to know that after five years as the launch director of the BCSFN, that I've passed the baton of leadership to Ian Jones and Ron Hawkins. No burning bridges, nothing at all negative. I've been working on the transition for over a year. 

Ian and Ron are very busy, so at this point it is doubtful that they will be able to keep up the Facebook BCSFN Fan Page.

I will be taking off the automated posts from my blog and I will no longer be posting resources, etc., on the Facebook BCSFN Fan page.

For those of you who would appreciate free resources, daily blog post notices, and a community interacting about biblical counseling and spiritual formation, you can join the Facebook RPM Ministries Fan Page here:

http://bit.ly/10xca8

In Christ's Grace,

Bob

07/06/2010, 20:21

Quotes of Note about God’s Healing for Life’s Losses

Note: The following Quotes of Note are excerpted with permission from God’s Healing for Life’s Losses (http://bit.ly/dme4R8).

“In suffering, God is not getting back at you; He is getting you back to Himself.”

“There is no human experience which cannot be put on the anvil of a lively relationship with God and man, and battered into a meaningful shape.” 

“When tragedy occurs, we enter a crisis of faith. We either move toward God or away from God.” 

“Shared sorrow is endurable sorrow.”

“No grieving; no healing. Know grieving; know healing.”

“Christianity doesn’t in any way lessen suffering. It enables you to take it, to face it, to work through it and eventually convert it.” 

“God wants to give us something, but cannot, because our hands are full—there is nowhere for Him to put it” (Augustine).

“Perhaps we suffer so inordinately because God loves us so inordinately and is taming us. God loves us too much to allow us to forget our neediness.” 

“We live in a fallen world and it often falls on us.” “Our world is a mess and it messes with our minds.” 

“God refuses to allow us to get too comfy here. Instead, He allows suffering—daily casket processionals—to blacken our sun so we cry out to His Son.” 

“The only person who can truly dare to grieve, bear to grieve, is the person with a future hope that things will eventually be better.”

“When we trust God’s good heart, then we trust Him no matter what. We need not pretend. We can face and embrace the mysteries of life.”

“Spiritual friendship with God results in 20/20 spiritual vision from God.”

“To deny or diminish suffering is to refuse arrogantly to be humbled. It is to reject dependence upon God.”

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Which quote most impacts you? What other quote brings you comfort during times of suffering?