Saints, Sufferers, and Sinners: Loving Others as God Loves Us

by Michael R Emlet

Overview

A friend feels rejected. A counselee is angry. A church member's child is ill. You want to help, but where do you begin? Counselor Michael R. Emlet outlines a model of one-another ministry based on how God sees and loves his people as saints, while bringing comfort to the sufferer, and faithfully speaking truth to the sinner.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781645070511
Publisher:	New Growth Press
Publication date:	01/25/2021
Series:	Helping the Helper
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Michael R. Emlet, MDiv, MD, practiced as a family physician for over ten years before becoming a counselor and faculty member at the Christian Counseling & Educational Foundation (CCEF). He is the author of the books CrossTalk: Where Life & Scripture Meet, Descriptions and Prescriptions: A Biblical Perspective on Psychiatric Diagnoses and Medications, and Saints, Sufferers, and Sinners: Loving Others as God Loves Us, and the minibooks Asperger Syndrome, Chronic Pain, Angry Children, Help for the Caregiver, and Overeating: When Enough Isn't Enough.

Table of Contents

Part 1 Understanding People 1

Chapter 1 Operating Instructions Required 2

Chapter 2 What's True of Every Believer You Meet? 6

Chapter 3 Jesus Christ, the Ultimate Saint, Sufferer, and "Sinner" 12

Part 2 Loving Others as Saints 19

Chapter 4 Scripture Speaks to Saints 20

Chapter 5 How God Loves Saints: A Biblical Example 27

Chapter 6 Ministry Priorities for Loving Saints 33

Chapter 7 How We Love Saints: Everyday Examples 37

Chapter 8 How We Love Saints: Counseling Examples 43

Chapter 9 Barriers to Loving Others as Saints 51

Chapter 10 When Not to Start with the Good 55

Part 3 Loving Others as Sufferers 61

Chapter 11 Learning the Hard Way 62

Chapter 12 Scripture Speaks to Sufferers 65

Chapter 13 How God Loves Sufferers: A Biblical Example 72

Chapter 14 Ministry Priorities for Loving Sufferers 78

Chapter 15 How We Love Sufferers: Everyday Examples 84

Chapter 16 How We Love Sufferers: Counseling Examples 95

Chapter 17 Barriers to Loving Others as Sufferers 103

Chapter 18 Incarnating the Comfort of Christ to Sufferers 109

Part 4 Loving Others as Sinners 117

Chapter 19 Scripture Speaks to Sinners 118

Chapter 20 How God Loves Sinners: Biblical Examples 127

Chapter 21 Ministry Priorities for Loving Sinners 132

Chapter 22 How We Love Sinners: Everyday Examples 146

Chapter 23 How We Love Sinners: Counseling Examples 152

Chapter 24 Barriers to Loving Others as Sinners 160

Part 5 Remaining Balanced in Ministry 165

Chapter 25 A Ministry Balancing Act 166

Chapter 26 What Happens When We Are Imbalanced? 174

Chapter 27 Where There Is No Suffering or Sin 183

Acknowledgments 187

Scripture index 190