Damned if We Are Not Forgiven

by William Justice

Overview

You’ve known people who are their own worst enemy. Or you may be one of them. Although they “know better,” they keep working against their own best interests. Some force people to reject them. Some get into trouble with the police. Some seem “accident prone.” Others destroy their bodies with alcohol and other destructive substances. Most of them have looked into the mirror of their soul and silently screamed, “Guilty! Pay! Damn you!” Then they became “hell-bent for destruction.” We each work to get for ourselves that which we feel we deserve. From both, a theological and a psychological perspective, this book examines the destructive, damning nature of sin – whether against the God’s law or in violation of one’s own adopted moral code. It examines three dozen destructive “defense mechanisms” commonly used to avoid feeling guilty. Then it examines common barriers to forgiveness and the healthiest way of coping with guilt feelings. (Many never even think of the need to forgive themselves. And many who see the need, do not know how to forgive themselves.) You will come away from this book better understanding how to help others or yourself. You will better understand Christ, Christianity, and the practical, here-and-now value of living the Christian life.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940016226088
Publisher:	William G.Justice
Publication date:	02/15/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

William G. Justice, D.Min., D.Phil., D.Litt., has authored twenty-four books and over 200 articles. He has taught the Bible for fifty years, having begun while a Piloting B-29 bombers for the U. S. Air Force during the Korean War. While serving for thirty-one years as a professional hospital chaplain, he became licensed as a Professional Counselor, and as a Marriage and Family Therapist, and has taught off-campus extension courses to candidates for Bachelor’s, Master’s, and Doctoral degrees for eleven colleges, universities, theological seminaries, and graduate schools. For fifteen years, he served as the Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Oxford Society of Scholars of Oxford Graduate School. Although retired, he continues as a Distinguished Professor, having taught, for several years, an historical course on the improving influence of Christianity on every society into which Christianity has been integrated.
A high school history teacher sparked his interest in history that as only grown over the past sixty-five years. His first timeline, still in progress, was of world history, which he began more than forty years ago.
He now lives in Powell, a suburb of Knoxville, TN.