Life Beyond Your Parents' Mistakes: The Transforming Power of God's Love

CCEF Minibooks

by David A. Powlison

What if your human parents were violent, deceptive, cold, or even just occasionally disappointing? Can their failures keep you from understanding God's love and having a growing relationship with your heavenly Father? Some say that you can't know God's love unless someone will stand in your parents' place, giving you a loving new image to use in relating to God. But is this true?In CCEFs Life Beyond Your Parents' The Transforming Power of God's Love, David Powlison speaks compassionately to those who are disappointed by their human parents, and he uses God's Word to show that our parents' mistakes cannot stop us from knowing God and his unfailing love. Using case studies from his extensive counseling experience, Dr. Powlison explains how turning to God for mercy and help will transform your life and your relationships.All the minibooks in our Christian bookstore offer gospel-centered hope for everyday issues like parenting, marriage, and personal change. These easy-to-read discipleship and biblical counseling resources tackle lifes toughest issues in 30 minutes or less.Minibooks are frequently used by pastors and ministry leaders to help others apply biblical wisdom to specific life issues. Churches, biblical counseling ministries, and missional organizations make the minibooks available in their acrylic display cases to further discipleship and gospel-centered living.

Genres: Counselling

24 pages, Paperback

First published July 2, 2010

About the author

David Powlison, MDiv, PhD, (1949–2019) was a teacher, counselor, and the executive director of the Christian Counseling & Educational Foundation (CCEF). He wrote many books and minibooks, including Speaking Truth in Love, Seeing with New Eyes, Good and Angry, Making All Things New, God's Grace in Your Suffering, Safe and Sound, and Take Heart. David was also the editor of The Journal of Biblical Counseling.

Reviews

[Brandy Sexton · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wonderful book!

[Brittany Bird · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book challenges the Christian to see how they have the responsibility and the freedom to understand God as who He says He is and shows Himself to be through His word, not from an understanding of who He is that is tainted by past experiences. Very encouraging and helpful!

[zikkery · Rating 1 out of 5]

“David Powlison speaks compassionately to those who are disappointed by their parents…” and yet all the takes in this book are absolutely bottom-tier, without compassion and without an ounce of understanding. Reading this is the equivalent of placing a bandage on a bullet wound.