Tired of trying to measure up
Subtitle: getting free from the demands, expectations, and intimidation of well-meaning Christians
By: Jeff VanVonderen.
Publisher: Bethany House
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Minneapolis, Minn
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780764205378
Subjects: Grace (Theology); Liberty -- Religious aspects -- Christianity; Shame -- Religious aspects -- Christianity; Christian life
Description: "Written to point the way to freedom for Christians who live under an unwritten religious code of expectations and rules that drain them of spiritual strength"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Originally published: Minneapolis, Minn. : Bethany House, c1989.
Table of contents: title: Wounded by shame; title: Introduction: Why can't I measure up?; title: How it all began; title: What's wrong with me?; title: The power of past relationships; title: When shame is the name of the game; title: Run over by shame; title: Spiritual abuse; title: I feel as though it's never enough; title: Healed by grace; title: Introduction : chains do drop off; title: Breaking the "give-up/try-hard" cycle; title: God says you don't have to live in shame; title: God's stance toward the wounded; title: God's solution to shame : a new creation; title: Fighting the new fight : theologically; title: Fighting the new fight : in real life; title: Fighting the new fight : exercises.