The God-Shaped Heart: How Correctly Understanding God's Love Transforms Us
Ebook
The key to spiritual and emotional health is to grasp the truth
of God's transforming love for us and then let that reality
influence our own hearts and relationships. It seems simple, but we
are experts at complicating simple things. Instead of living lives
characterized by love we find ourselves trapped in cycles of shame,
violence, and addiction that steal our joy and keep us from loving
others--so much so that, by all indications, Christians are living
no differently than anyone else when it comes to abuse rates, use
of pornography, alcohol and drug addiction, and more.
Christian psychiatrist Dr. Timothy Jennings wants to release us
from this prison. With powerful illustrations from case studies and
from Scripture, Jennings shows believers who are stuck in
addiction, violence, fear, and broken relationships how to
experience true freedom through God's transforming love to
experience greater health, fulfillment, and well-being.
From the Back Cover
How God's love will transform every area of your
life
The key to our health and happiness is love--God's love for us and
our love for others. It seems simple, but we are experts at
complicating things. Instead of living lives characterized by love,
we find ourselves trapped in cycles of shame, violence, and
addiction that steal our joy and keep us from loving others--so
much so that, by all indications, Christians are living no
differently than anyone else when it comes to abuse rates, use of
pornography, alcohol and drug addiction, and more.
Christian psychiatrist Dr. Timothy Jennings wants to release us
from this prison. In The God-Shaped Heart, Dr. Jennings
exposes a single idea, misunderstood and deeply rooted within
Christianity, that has prevented millions of believers in God from
experiencing the freedom and healing of His unfailing love.
"Dr. Jennings's careful scholarship and moving stories will inspire
you to live, heal, and succeed via a transformed heart, loving both
God and others well. Highly recommended."--John Townsend,
PhD, New York Times bestselling author of
Boundaries, founder of the Townsend Institute for Leadership
and Counseling
"Incisive and kind, practical and generous. . . . For
those who long for God's world of goodness and beauty, this is a
book where that longing is waiting to be discovered."--Curt
Thompson, MD, author of Anatomy of the Soul and The
Soul of Shame
"The God-Shaped Heart is a book for anyone
whose heart has been damaged by a Christianity focused on fear and
punishment. . . . Tim Jennings does not simply want to
change your mind, he also wants to change your heart."--Derek
Flood, author of Disarming Scripture
Timothy R. Jennings, MD, has been in private practice as a
Christian psychiatrist and certified master psychopharmacologist
since 1997 and has spent more than two decades researching the
interface between biblical principles and modern brain science. He
is a highly sought-after lecturer and international speaker and the
author of The God-Shaped Brain. Dr. Jennings is in private
practice in Tennessee.
How God's love will transform every area of your life
The key to our health and happiness is love--God's love for us and our love for others. It seems simple, but we are experts at complicating things. Instead of living lives characterized by love, we find ourselves trapped in cycles of shame, violence, and addiction that steal our joy and keep us from loving others--so much so that, by all indications, Christians are living no differently than anyone else when it comes to abuse rates, use of pornography, alcohol and drug addiction, and more.
Christian psychiatrist Dr. Timothy Jennings wants to release us from this prison. In The God-Shaped Heart, Dr. Jennings exposes a single idea, misunderstood and deeply rooted within Christianity, that has prevented millions of believers in God from experiencing the freedom and healing of His unfailing love.
Dr. Jennings's careful scholarship and moving stories will inspire you to live, heal, and succeed via a transformed heart, loving both God and others well. Highly recommended.
John Townsend, PhD, New York Times bestselling author of Boundaries, founder of the Townsend Institute for Leadership and Counseling
Incisive and kind, practical and generous.... For those who long for God's world of goodness and beauty, this is a book where that longing is waiting to be discovered.
Curt Thompson, MD, author of Anatomy of the Soul and The Soul of Shame
The God-Shaped Heart is a book for anyone whose heart has been damaged by a Christianity focused on fear and punishment.... Tim Jennings does not simply want to change your mind, he also wants to change your heart.
Derek Flood, author of Disarming Scripture
- Title: The God-Shaped Heart: How Correctly Understanding God's Love Transforms Us
- Author: Timothy R. Jennings
- Publisher: Baker
- Print Publication Date: 2017
- Logos Release Date: 2017
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9781493409433, 1493409433
- Resource ID: LLS:9781493409433
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-29T10:31:26Z
Timothy R. Jennings, MD has been in private practice as a Christian psychiatrist and certified master psychopharmacologist since 1997. Board certified in psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, he is a specialist in transcranial magnetic stimulation, a drug-free treatment for depression. Dr. Jennings is a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, Fellow of the Southern Psychiatric Association, and past president of both the Tennessee and Southern Psychiatric Associations. He has spent more than two decades researching the interface between biblical principles and modern brain science and is a highly sought after lecturer and international speaker, and the author of The God-Shaped Brain. He is in private practice in Chattanooga, Tennessee.