Confessions of a Good Christian Girl : The Secrets Women Keep and the Grace That Saves Them

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• ISBN13: 9780785289418
• ISBN10: 0785289410
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-01-01
• Publisher: Harpercollins Christian Pub

Summary

In this powerful book, prominent Christian speaker and TV personality Tammy Maltby gets specific about the brokenness and pain in her own life and the lives of other "good Christian girls." This book is not a lurid expose, but an honest and courageous look at the secrets that often lurk behind a "victorious" Christian facade-secrets that range from feelings of inadequacy to sexual sins, shopping addictions, and thoughts of suicide. This book is also a passionate testimony to the Lord's eagerness to cleanse and heal those who turn to Him. And it is a fervent appeal to God's people to own up to the sin, brokenness, and shame in our midst and to extend to each other the same persistent, healing grace that Jesus extends to us.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. ix
"Daddy, Are You There?": Why Even Good Christian Girls Need a Word of Grace	p. 1
"I Can't Take It Anymore": The Desperate Pain of Suicide	p. 13
"I Just Want to Be Loved": The Shadowy Secrets of Sexual Brokenness	p. 37
"You Can't Treat Me This Way!": The Desolation of Family Violence and Abuse	p. 57
"It Should Have Been Forever": The Heartbreak of Divorce and Failed Relationships	p. 87
"I Never Meant to Go There": The Treacherous Trap of Addiction	p. 111
"Can God Hear a Crazy Woman?": The Torment and Stigma of Mental Illness	p. 141
"No Matter What I Do, I'm Never Enough": The Weariness of Constant Striving	p. 171
"How Much Longer, Lord?": Practical Grace for the Chronically Discouraged	p. 199
"Lord, That Was So Cool!": The Deeper-Still Adventure of Being God's Christian Girl	p. 227
What to Do When a Good Christian Girl Confesses to You	p. 255
Resources for Good Christian Girls	p. 259
Notes	p. 265
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