The Wounded Spirit [VHS Tape]

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• VHS Tape
• ISBN-10: 084999974X
• ISBN-13: 978-0849999741
• Product Dimensions: 12.6 x 11 x 3.3 inches
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (38 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #137,840 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Frank E. Peretti is one of American Christianity's best-known authors. His novels have sold over 10 million copies, and he is widely credited with reinventing Christian fiction. He and his wife, Barbara, live in the Pacific Northwest. www.frankperetti.com.

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66 of 67 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The only book on this topic I've seen - READ THIS BOOK!!, November 20, 2000

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Soozie4Him (Chicago suburbs) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Wounded Spirit (Hardcover)

Frank Peretti is well-known for novels about spiritual warfare. This is the first non-fiction book he has written and it will impact your life dramatically!!

Peretti tells his own story (which he hasn't told openly until only recently) of growing up with a medical condition that left him disfigured and also small and underdeveloped for his age.

The first chapter "A Boy's Hell" describes the scene in the boys' locker room when Peretti was in junior high. His story is powerful - you will never forget it! It is brutally honest and it is also hard to read. Your heart goes out to this young boy who has had to endure so much torment at the hands of his peers.

The horrific treatment followed him into high school, until finally someone showed an interest in him and in so doing, helped stop the chain of abuse in Peretti's life.

The Wounded Spirit is not about only kids being mean and abusive to other kids. This is about our society and how we treat each other. He points out how these problems are also present in adult relationships. He calls the strong people (who might perhaps be the ones being mean) to be the protector of the less strong.

Instead of merely telling a moving story and outlining the problem, Peretti has good constructive things that can be done about it. He has advice for the wounded and for the wounders! He has advice for teachers and other adults in charge in those situations where kids are being wounded by other kids.

Ultimately, healing can only come through Jesus Christ - through Him, we can break this cycle of victimization and abuse.

22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Transformation of pain to gain, March 7, 2001

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Michael Erisman (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Wounded Spirit (Hardcover)

I read this book expecting a somewhat dry and mostly academic approach. The book states right off that it is real, not fiction, and since I love his fiction work so much I expected something very different. But I was mistaken; the book grabs you from the first sentence.

His autobiographical tales of school age terror were depicted with harsh reality and deep sadness. I found myself emotionally caught up in the feelings I think almost everyone can relate to: feeling rejected and hurt by others. In this case, physical abnormalities led to some cruel treatment, the feelings to which were depicted with stark reality. This is really three books in one. The first section is the autobiography. The second topic is the subject of WHY people treat others in such a cruel manner, including some compelling arguments against moral relativism highlighted by correlations to the Columbine incident. According to the author (and myself) it is strange that moral relativism is becoming more and more accepted as a valid philosophy, yet these same people who believe there is no moral truth, since all truth is relative, are shocked by what happened at Columbine. The author asks: Isn't Columbine a natural result of that philosophy? Was what happened there"wrong"? Since everyone agrees that it was "wrong" then why was it wrong? Wouldn't there have to be a moral code by which to even judge the tragedy as "wrong"?

He closes the book with some excellent thoughts on how teachers, parents, and all of us can support each other. He illustrates in some powerful ways how the spirit, once wounded, stays wounded for a long time! The arrows of hurt, the taunts, the words of ridicule, wound our spirit and those wounds continue to hurt us indefinitely unless we turn them into something positive through forgiveness. He uses the movie "A Few Good Men" as an example of what we are supposed to do morally. When the soldier at the end answers the statement by his fellow soldier of "we did nothing wrong" he says "yes we did, we were supposed to fight for those who couldn't fight for themselves, we were supposed to fight for Willie". If you have not seen the film, please do so. A great illustration of his point that we need to stand up for those who are being hurt and protect them, as even small gestures of humanity can enable change.

Overall, a very powerful message of hope and redemption, well written and supported.

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Literary Balm for a Hurting Soul, January 25, 2001

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Wilma E. Woodford "Wilma" (Cynthiana, Kentucky) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Wounded Spirit (Hardcover)

This book is a MUST for anyone who is involved in any kind of parenting or leadership of children and teen-agers. Mr. Peretti has bared his soul in order to help prevent another incident such as the Columbine High School massacre. It is also literary balm for victims of bullying or abuse, young and old. There is already a strong following as can be seen by going to the Wounded Spirit web site. I encourage everyone to read this book and pass it on; it is time for a change in how we view and treat other people.