Draw Close to the Fire: Finding God in the Darkness [Paperback]

Terry Wardle (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1998

This book lays out the source of healing and charts the path toward healthy relationships and spiritual maturity. How do you respond when you find yourself facing a dark and difficult valley? Most of us want to hurry through the tough times. But when we draw close to the fire of God's presence, we discover priceless treasures found only in the darkness of difficulty and discomfort. For those experiencing the darkness of deep emotional wounds, this book lays out the source of healing and charts the path toward healthy relationships and spiritual maturity.

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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Draw Close to the Fire is starkly personal and authentic. Wardle shows us how to find God and our own wholeness by embracing emotional pain rather than running from it. In so doing he is not just telling us what works for him. He is standing on the shoulders of the wisest people in history. --Dr. Robert E. Coleman, Director, Billy Graham Institute on Evangelism, Wheaton College

The best book I have read in a long time. I will be recommending it to everyone I know. Wardle's honesty and realistic approach are both refreshing and disarming. --Robert S. McGee, author of The Search for Significance, and founder of the Rapha Treatment Centers

Draw Close to the Fire is starkly personal and authentic. Wardle shows us how to find God and our own wholeness by embracing emotional pain rather than running from it. In so doing he is not just telling us what works for him. He is standing on the shoulders of the wisest people in history. --Dr. Robert E. Coleman, Director, Billy Graham Institute on Evangelism, Wheaton College --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

About the Author

Dr. Terry Wardle is Professor of Spiritual Formation at Ashland Theological Seminary, Ashland, Ohio, and holds a D.Min. from Fuller Theological Seminary. He is the author of Healing Care, Healing Prayer: Helping the Broken Find Wholeness in Christ (2001), Draw Close to the Fire: Finding God in the Darkness (1998), The Transforming Path (2004), and numerous other books. He conducts frequent seminars on emotional healing for counselors, pastors, therapists and other caregivers. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 255 pages
• Publisher: Chosen Books Pub Co (June 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0800792580
• ISBN-13: 978-0800792589
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.4 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,934,848 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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27 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Finding God and His working in times of personal crisis, May 31, 1998

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Christians aren't immune to the trails and troubles of this world, in fact the opposite may be true. Terry Wardle describes his assent into a period of darkness in his own life and the things that God taught him along the way. Refreshingly there is none of the quick-fix solutions that seem to pervade modern counseling. Instead we find the hidden value in allowing a loving and patient God to deal with us in measured and gradual steps. Personal growth and genuine healing are the results of allowing God to work in us at His paces and through His word and messengers. Rooting out our deepest hurts and restoring us to our position in Christ is often more painful when approached in this way but infinately more successful. The author ends his book with a call for the wounded to become healers for others facing severe crisis. I highly recommend this book for it's clarity, compassion, and candor. It literally helped me to find my way through the deepest darkness of my life.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great book, Great author, August 3, 2011

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One of two books (Keller's "King's Cross" being the other) that got me through the darkest weeks of my life. Written from the author's own experience with an emotional breakdown, this book from its beginning says things you need to hear (and that others often won't say.) Rather than trying to deaden the pain, this book counsels you not to squander your chance to learn things that can only be learned in the dark. A precious resource and a potential life-saver.