Wounded Heroes: The Secrets of Charles Spurgeon, Hudson Taylor, Amy Carmichael, C.S. Lewis, Isobel Kuhn, Ruth Bell Graham, and Others Who Triumphed over Pain [Paperback]

Elizabeth Skoglund (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 226 pages
• Publisher: Ravens Ridge Books (November 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0801083427
• ISBN-13: 978-0801083426
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6.3 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,788,856 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Born in Chicago, into a Swedish immigrant family, Elizabeth Skoglund moved to Southern California at the age of three. She had many dreams for the future: missionary, teacher, doctor and even hoped to start an orphanage. Ultimately, she became a secondary teacher/counselor in the public school system, and then a psychotherapist/author. She was named Beautiful Activist in Los Angeles for the year 1973. In 2006-2007 she was honored as the Outstanding Scandinavian American by the American Scandinavian Foundation in recognition of her book A Quiet Courage and other communications about the Swedish World War II hero Per Anger. She is the author of 35 books and maintains a private counseling service in Glendale, California.

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars You're not suffering alone . . ., December 2, 1998

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This review is from: Wounded Heroes: The Secrets of Charles Spurgeon, Hudson Taylor, Amy Carmichael, C.S. Lewis, Isobel Kuhn, Ruth Bell Graham, and Others Who Triumphed over Pain (Paperback)

This book, although only 215 pages, gives a glimpse into the lives of "Christian greats" like Charles Spurgeon, Amy Carmichael, C.S. Lewis, F.B. Meyer, Hudson Taylor, Geraldine Taylor, Isobel Kuhn and Ruth Bell Graham, who became spiritual giants **in the midst of their pain**. It seems to be true that misery loves company... reading about other's woes seem to make you reevaluate your own pain and realize that things just aren't so bad after all. Actually, the author does a fine job of confronting the idea in modern Christianity that true Christians are never depressed, grieving or stressed.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars interesting book, February 21, 2006

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This review is from: Wounded Heroes: The Secrets of Charles Spurgeon, Hudson Taylor, Amy Carmichael, C.S. Lewis, Isobel Kuhn, Ruth Bell Graham, and Others Who Triumphed over Pain (Paperback)

I'm not a christian but found the book to be interesting and
helpful.Everyone in this life deals with pain,uncertainty,
rejection,all those things which happen to all of us from time
to time.I was given this book as a gift by a friend who knew
I was going through a tough time with rejection from some
family members.Made me realize no one has perfect days ALL the
time and we are all just human.