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Turning Hurts Into Halos and Scars Into Stars [Abridged, Audiobook] [Audio Cassette]

Dr. Robert H. Schuller (Author, Reader)
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June 12, 1999
Dr. Robert H. Schuller -- the minister who each week inspires over 20 million viewers in 184 countries with his Hour of Power television show broadcast from the Crystal Cathedral, and the author of such bestsellers as If It's Going to Be, It's Up to Me; Ten Steps to Financial Freedom; Possibility Thinking; and Life's Not Fair, But God is Good -- now brings you his most personal work yet.

This encouraging, illuminating, practical program tells you how to overcome pain in your life by facing it fearlessly. There's no doubt that life can be tough and unfair, but Dr. Schuller, the world's premier positive thinker, tells you how to rise above adversity and find new hope and true happiness. Discussing some of the hurtful events in his own life, Dr. Schuller provides intimate examples of how you can make it through difficult times, emerge victorious, and help others who are in need.


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Pastor and motivational speaker Robert H. Schuller is perhaps most renowned for his weekly "Hour of Power" church service, broadcast worldwide from the glass Crystal Cathedral in Garden Grove, California. In Turning Hurts into Halos, Schuller uses his storytelling skills and personal anecdotes to explain the spiritual role of pain and suffering. "Hurts" can ultimately make us stronger, more faithful people, crowning us with angelic halos, Schuller claims. He refers to his wife's recent heart surgery, his own brain surgery, his daughter losing a leg in a motorcycle accident, and the humiliation he endured after being wrongfully accused and sued for assaulting a flight attendant (he was acquitted). Through his personal pain and by helping others who have endured much worse shame and loss, Schuller has learned the value of holding onto hope, turning to God, and gaining perspective on one's pain. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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"His crystalline Gospel aims for a historic shift, purging Chistendom of what Schuller sees as centuries of ensnarement in negative thinking." -- Time

Product Details

  • Audio Cassette
  • Publisher: Macmillan Audio; Abridged edition (June 12, 1999)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1559275472
  • ISBN-13: 978-1559275477
  • Product Dimensions: 7 x 4.7 x 0.7 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 5.3 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,063,079 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Insightful Truth, April 29, 2004
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In choosing to respond appropriately to suffering you ensure that the experience leads to something beneficial. Free will is involved in that decision. Dr. Schuller writes, "I promise you that there is gain in every pain." Our reaction to pain is crucial! That choice determines whether we will expeience the benefits associated with the suffering process.

Hurts do not endure permanently. Pain passes. Trials end. He tells us to view pain as a process not an event. God has a purpose for everything. People who have made significant marks are the ones who have responded successfully to adversity. Thank God Dr. Schuller is in that group and left this work and others showing us that we too can make our way through life's challenges.

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Never be victimized again - only victorious!, March 6, 2001
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Barbara (Cincinnati, Ohio USA) - See all my reviews
Dr. Schuller's first chapter is so aptly titled! "Welcome To The Human Race" - we are all hurting human beings! What sets us apart is our ability to recognize that the hurt is not punishment from God, but instead a reality of our life on earth. Schuller takes his reader through a series of practical analyses of hurt, in much the same way that Elisabeth Kubler Ross taught us to move through the stages of grief. How heavy is the hurt? How hardy (what is its lifespan)? and, How healthy is this hurt? He reminds us frequently that we must constantly examine our priorities and renew our faith that with God, all things are possible. Not an easy road to take, but worth it.

The book is written in an easy to follow manner and uses real life illustrations of both the author's personal struggles with hurt and those of others who survived life's worst tragedies and came out of these fires strengthened and renewed. Had Dr.Schuller omitted his own experiences, this would be just another sampling of inspirational story gathering. But as the "father of possibility thinking" was feeling victimized, he realized that he "needed to delve deep into the meat and potatoes of handling hurts and get over that seductive, self-absorbing, pity-party reaction." And he shares the wisdom of his exploration with us in an easy to read format that time and again reminds us of Schuller's powerful commitment to God.

Both believers and non-believers will find this book helpful as they search for the skills to cope with the hurts that come with divorce, death, destruction and our perceived failures. I liken it to Christian counselor Gary Smalley's teaching that we must learn to "treasure hunt" within a hurtful experience and find ways to bring acceptance and peace back to our lives.

This may be the ultimate gift book for a hurting friend!

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely Amazing Book., May 24, 1999
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Dr. Robert Schuller guides us once again to learn to live in the positive. It is a caring and well written book with stories that each and everyone of us can feel. We do know life has moments of pain and with this book we can come to understand how to turn the hurts into halos and scars into stars!!!!
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