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The collected works of Charles Stanley. Winning the war within, How to handle adversity, and The gift of Forgiveness.
Charles Stanley's Bible-based answers to the most difficult life questions have touched millions through his bestselling books and nationwide TV and radio broadcasts, earning him recognition as one of the most respected pastors in America. He guides his readers through their most personal struggles in this collection of three bestselling works.
Winning the War Within clarifies the distinction between a test and a trial (which may come from God) and a temptation (which never comes from God), and explains God's solutions for coping with trials, for triumphing over temptations, and for recognizing the difference. Reviewing your life with a series of relevant questions--What's the problem? Who's to blame? How can I defend myself? What happens if I fall?--leads to an honest discussion of the struggles we all face every day. Writing from a solid background in Bible teaching, Stanley talks about temptation, the enticements that trip us up, the protection God provides us, and the escape route God makes available if we go too far.
From the battle within ourselves, Stanley then addresses the trouble we face from the outside world in How to Handle Adversity.
When hard times comes--job lost, a friend's divorce, a sister's illness, a parent's death--our first response is usually to ask why. Yet Charles Stanley contends, "The real question each of us needs to ask is, 'How should I respond?'" He gives practical guidelines to help you move through adversity and discover God's will in each situation, showing how He wants to develop your potential and demonstrate His faithfulness to you. Learn to grow through your pain and discover the lessons that God can teach you inadversity.
Finally, Stanley discusses the crucial need of forgiveness in our lives for us to truly feel at peace with ourselves and others. If you lose your temper over little things that happened in the past, or find yourself hating the ones you should love the most, you may suffer with an unforgiving--and unforgiven--spirit. To ask for forgiveness is to accept peace, and The Gift of Forgiveness shows what a difference it can make in your life--and what happens when you try to live without it.
551 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1997
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About the author
Charles F. Stanley
553 books664 followersDr. Charles F. Stanley is the senior pastor of First Baptist Church Atlanta, founder of In Touch Ministries, and a New York Times best-selling author who has written more than fifty books, and has sold more than nine million copies. He demonstrates a keen awareness of people's needs and provides Christ-centered, biblically-based principles for everyday life.
Charles Frazier Stanley was born September 25, 1932, in the small town of Dry Fork, Virginia. The only child of Charley and Rebecca Stanley, Charles came into the world during a time when the entire nation felt the grip of the Great Depression. To make matters worse, just nine months later, his father Charley died at the young age of 29.
However, Charles refused to let the Great Depression or the difficulties of his life define him. Instead, like his father and grandfather before him, he clung to God’s Word and took up the mantle to preach the gospel to whoever would listen.
Dr. Stanley’s motivation is best represented by the truth found in Acts 20:24, “Life is worth nothing unless I use it for doing the work assigned me by the Lord Jesus—the work of telling others the Good News about God's mighty kindness and love.” This is because, as he says, “It is the Word of God and the work of God that changes people’s lives.”
Dr. Stanley’s teachings can be heard weekly at First Baptist Church Atlanta, daily on “In Touch with Dr. Charles Stanley” radio and television broadcasts on more than 2,800 stations around the world, on the Internet at intouch.org, through the In Touch Messenger, and in the monthly, award-winning In Touch magazine.
Charles Frazier Stanley was born September 25, 1932, in the small town of Dry Fork, Virginia. The only child of Charley and Rebecca Stanley, Charles came into the world during a time when the entire nation felt the grip of the Great Depression. To make matters worse, just nine months later, his father Charley died at the young age of 29.
However, Charles refused to let the Great Depression or the difficulties of his life define him. Instead, like his father and grandfather before him, he clung to God’s Word and took up the mantle to preach the gospel to whoever would listen.
Dr. Stanley’s motivation is best represented by the truth found in Acts 20:24, “Life is worth nothing unless I use it for doing the work assigned me by the Lord Jesus—the work of telling others the Good News about God's mighty kindness and love.” This is because, as he says, “It is the Word of God and the work of God that changes people’s lives.”
Dr. Stanley’s teachings can be heard weekly at First Baptist Church Atlanta, daily on “In Touch with Dr. Charles Stanley” radio and television broadcasts on more than 2,800 stations around the world, on the Internet at intouch.org, through the In Touch Messenger, and in the monthly, award-winning In Touch magazine.
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April 20, 2018
Simply speaking this is a book that has achieved to change my life for the best!!!!
The best hardcover collection (including three books)I have read for decades....
Marvelous, with much spiritual insight, powerful, resounding, conclusive and irrefutable!!!
This kind of books make me wish that I could write far better reviews....
I cannot imagine why any one could refuse reading it....
It has change in a dramatic way my focus and perception of peoples and situations also circumstances, has comforted and giving me much needed hope, I experienced a supply of fresh strength, and of course it has rekindle my appreciation for the Bible as indeed God's living Word....
For all of you who do not know about Charles Stanley, a few introductory words:
Charles F. Stanley is the founder of In Touch Ministries and a New York Times best-selling author. While his teaching is transmitted throughout the world to millions of people, Dr. Stanley has been said to demonstrate a practical, keen awareness of people's needs and provide Christ-centered, biblically-based principles for everyday life.
Charles Frazier Stanley (born September 25, 1932) is the senior pastor of First Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia. He is the founder and president of In Touch Ministries and also served two one-year terms as president of the Southern Baptist Convention from 1984 to 1986. He has an evangelical and dispensationalist theology.
Having said that, I myself for decades watch his Programm on TV, and am greatly blessed....
In brief you have here three masterpieces by Stanley...
Winning the war within; how to handle adversity; and the gift of forgiveness!!!
I don't want to spoil, so please if you can then read it for yourself....
I only want to say that you will be much blessed and feel lucky having come across them!!!
Also it works.... again listen to this... actually IT WORKS!!!!
This books are powerful tools to help you develop your character and are great shields against dangers lurking on your way...
So, I have had a marvelous time reading this treasure, wishing the same for each one of you my friends....
Dean;D
The best hardcover collection (including three books)I have read for decades....
Marvelous, with much spiritual insight, powerful, resounding, conclusive and irrefutable!!!
This kind of books make me wish that I could write far better reviews....
I cannot imagine why any one could refuse reading it....
It has change in a dramatic way my focus and perception of peoples and situations also circumstances, has comforted and giving me much needed hope, I experienced a supply of fresh strength, and of course it has rekindle my appreciation for the Bible as indeed God's living Word....
For all of you who do not know about Charles Stanley, a few introductory words:
Charles F. Stanley is the founder of In Touch Ministries and a New York Times best-selling author. While his teaching is transmitted throughout the world to millions of people, Dr. Stanley has been said to demonstrate a practical, keen awareness of people's needs and provide Christ-centered, biblically-based principles for everyday life.
Charles Frazier Stanley (born September 25, 1932) is the senior pastor of First Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia. He is the founder and president of In Touch Ministries and also served two one-year terms as president of the Southern Baptist Convention from 1984 to 1986. He has an evangelical and dispensationalist theology.
Having said that, I myself for decades watch his Programm on TV, and am greatly blessed....
In brief you have here three masterpieces by Stanley...
Winning the war within; how to handle adversity; and the gift of forgiveness!!!
I don't want to spoil, so please if you can then read it for yourself....
I only want to say that you will be much blessed and feel lucky having come across them!!!
Also it works.... again listen to this... actually IT WORKS!!!!
This books are powerful tools to help you develop your character and are great shields against dangers lurking on your way...
So, I have had a marvelous time reading this treasure, wishing the same for each one of you my friends....
Dean;D
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