No church founder or planter likely intends to start a church with the stated goal of allowing abuse or abusing those within it. Yet sadly and too often, even in the best of churches abuse does occur. The bitter fruit of abuse does not appear from nowhere. Its origins, the soil in which it grows, and the structures that support it need be understood if we are to eradicate this fruit from within our churches and Christian organizations. Bitter Fruit: Dysfunction and Abuse in the Local Church describes those psychologies, social psychologies, and inadequate theologies that are frequently true in churches that enable abuse, regardless of the form the abuse may take. It is vital that you understand these things if you are a pastor, leader, or lay person seeking to maintain a healthy church environment.
Fasten your seatbelt, because from the moment the story takes off, it's a thrill-a-minute ride through the Amazon wilderness, a World War II adventure, and a quick trip to the future . . . well, for us, the present. Love the characters or love to hate them, cheer the good guys, boo the bad. And limber up your fingers or you won't be able to turn the pages fast enough to keep up. Jack Sullivan, all-around good guy, is tossed out of the Army Air Corps boot camp because of a long-past episode with asthma. He thought things couldn't get much worse, then he's forced to flee the country when he's framed for the murder of an ex-girlfriend's husband because the conniving cutie and Jack are caught together, sort of, well, naked.
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