Table of contents
Sins of the Body
These books, originally published by Leadership Journal, offer deep dives on pressing issues of ministry and leadership from veteran ministry experts like Eugene Peterson, Fred Smith, Marshall Shelley, and others.
- Introduction
- 1 The War Within
- 2 Perils of the Professionally Holy
- 3 The War Within Continues
- 4 After the Affair: A Wife’s Story
- 5 Transference: Loosening the Tie That Blinds
- 6 Avoiding the Scarlet Letter
- 7 Strategies to Keep From Falling
- 8 Counseling Sexual Addicts
- 9 Counseling the Rape Victim
- 10 Helping the Sexually Abused
- 11 Counseling the Seductive Female
- 12 Lovingly Leveling with Live-ins
- 13 Treatment for Infidelity Fallout
- 14 After the Fiasco: Restoring Fallen Christians
The temptation we can’t entirely flee.
Sex—it attracts us and frightens us. Its highly-charged force has potential for great good or great harm. Mishandling sexual situations has caused Christian leaders to lose their ministries. Sex-related problems also confront pastors with confounding counseling situations. How to minister to casualties of the sexual revolution?
This book addresses these twin challenges of ministry: maintaining personal purity while maintaining close human contact, and offering a compassionate, healing touch to those who struggle because sex has been misused.
Editor Terry Muck has pulled together the candid, yet redemptive, stories of people who have faced the subtlest and most powerful sexual situations. Each chapter offers tested insight from those who have learned to walk wisely and minister effectively.
This is the nineteenth volume of THE LEADERSHIP LIBRARY, a continuing series from LEADERSHIP, the practical journal for church leaders published by Christianity Today, Inc. Other volumes in the series include Well-Intentioned Dragons, Preaching to Convince, and The Healthy Hectic Home.
