Rebuilding Your Broken World [Paperback]

Gordon MacDonald (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 7, 2004

What happens when your ideals and desires, plans and strategies, all go awry? From what sources might one find the resolve to begin a rebuilding process? "The fact is," writes Gordon MacDonald in Rebuilding Your Broken World, "the God of the Bible is a God of the rebuilding process. And not enough broken people know that."

No stranger himself to brokenness, Gordon MacDonald draws from personal experience and discusses the likely sources of pain, the humiliation, and the long- and short-range consequences of a broken personal world. And he offers encouraging answers to the questions everyone asks when their worlds fall apart: Is there a way back?

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Gordon MacDonald has been a pastor and author for more than fifty years.  He serves as Chancellor at Denver Seminary, as editor-at-large for Leadership Journal, and as a speaker at leadership conferences around the world. His books include Building Below the Waterline, Who Stole My Church, A Resilient Life, and Ordering Your Private World.  Gordon and his wife, Gail, live in New Hampshire.

Product Details

• Paperback: 261 pages
• Publisher: Thomas Nelson; Repackaged ed edition (January 7, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0785261206
• ISBN-13: 978-0785261209
• Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.6 x 8.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #264,728 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding Insights for All Avenues of Christian Life August 21, 2001

By Nancy J. Warren

Format:Paperback

MacDonald offers painfully insightful looks into the lives of "broken world people." I have witnessed many persons of great faith whose personal worlds have crashed down around them, and MacDonald's book offers hope and practical advice for rebuilding their lives. I especially appreciated the chapter devoted to strategies on how to avoid "broken world experiences." Great insights for every Christian!

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars This book changed my life. May 23, 2005

By J. Moore

Format:Paperback

I was the cause of my world being broken. Within days of this terrrible implosion a friend told me to read this book. God absolutely used this book in rebuilding my broken world. Now I have a life that is much more than I ever thought I could have. The road was long and not easy but you can rebuild your life again.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Inspiring and encouraging August 9, 2001

By A Customer

Format:Hardcover

This book offers hope and inspiration for those who have been broken....It leads the reader to a clear understanding of God's unbelievable grace. I thank God that Gordon MacDonald and his wife, Gail, are willing to share from their pain and experience. Their writings have been a true gift.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars My broken world March 17, 2012

By Christian E Rose

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I heard this book discussed on the radio, Focus On The Family, and realized it was a good one for me to get. I was sure right. It was written by a man who went through what I did. I could relate to Gordon's situation and it is a great book of hope and proof of God's grace.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars A great study on dealing with life's difficulties November 26, 2011

By Neurodoc

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Everyone's life has moment where it becomes broken, whether by your own hand or no fault of your own. Loss of any kind can do it, death, divorce, lost relationships, lost job, and making sinful choices. This is a book that explores how to face and overcome your broken world and how to heal as quickly as possible by dealing with guilt, shame, anger- all the human emotions that come with loss and major transitions in life. MacDonald gives an honest and very personal look into his world and God continues to use him as he shows others the way to being back in God's will and mercy and surviving the storm. Excellent read!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars D.A. Church June 29, 2010

By David Church

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This book should be required reading for anyone in leadership in a group or ministry like Celebrate Recovery. Even if you are not in leadership you will feel like you have come in contact with a loving but strong commrade. Gordon MacDonald has the seasoned, boots on the ground experience, intellect and compassion to connect with "broken world people". Don't miss the insight, encouragement and strategies for the future within these pages.

5.0 out of 5 stars Rebuilding Your Broken World December 26, 2012

By TAMMY MCKEEVER

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This is a great book to help those who have sinned and want to restore their relationship to God and others.

3 of 12 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars Not as good as first book. May 24, 2000

By A Customer

Format:Paperback

This is a very good book, but pales in comparison to "Ordering your Private world.