Dick B. - Courage To Change: The Christian Roots of the Twelve-Step Movement

Courage To Change: The Christian Roots of the Twelve-Step Movement — read online for free the complete book (whole text) full work

Below is the text of the book, divided by pages. System saving the place of the last page read, allows you to conveniently read the book "Courage To Change: The Christian Roots of the Twelve-Step Movement" online for free, without having to search again every time where you left off. Put a bookmark, and you can go to the page where you finished reading at any time.

Light

Font size:

↓

↑

Georgia Tahoma Arial Verdana

Reset

Interval:

↓

↑

Bookmark:

Make

1234567...51

---

title	:	Courage to Change : The Christian Roots of the Twelve-step Movement
author	:	Pittman, Bill.
publisher	:	Hazelden Publishing
isbn10 | asin	:	1568382456
print isbn13	:	9781568382456
ebook isbn13	:	9780585329895
language	:	English
subject	Twelve-step programs--Religious aspects--History, Twelve-step programs (self-help)
publication date	:	1994
lcc	:	HV5278P58 1994eb
ddc	:	616.861
subject	:	Twelve-step programs--Religious aspects--History, Twelve-step programs (self-help)

Page 3 Courage to Change The Christian Roots of the Twelve-Step Movement Compiled and edited by Bill Pittman with Dick B.

Page 4 Hazelden Center City, Minnesota 55012-0176 1-800-328-9000 www.hazeldon.org 1994 by Bill Pittman. First published 1994 by Fleming H. Revell, a division of Baker Book House Company, Grand Rapids, MI. First published by Hazelden 1998. Printed in the United States of America. All rights reserved. No portion of this publication may be reproduced in any manner without the written permission of the publisher. ISBN: 1-56838-245-6 Unless otherwise noted, Scripture quotations are from the King James version of the Bible. Scripture quotations identified Moffatt are from The Bible: A New Translation by James Moffatt 1954 by James A. R. Moffatt. By permission of HarperCollins Publishers, Inc. Scripture quotations identified NIV are from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION. NIV. Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan Publishing House. All rights reserved. Scripture quotations identified RSV are taken from the Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1946, 1952, 1971, and 1973 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. The Twelve Steps are reprinted and adapted with permission of Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc. Permission to reprint or adapt the Twelve Steps does not mean that Alcoholics Anonymous has reviewed or approved the contents of the publication, nor that A.A. agrees with the views expressed herein. The views expressed herein are solely those of the authors. A.A. is a program of recovery from alcoholism. Use of the Twelve Steps in connection with programs and activities which are patterned after A.A., but which address others problems, does not imply otherwise.

Page 5 "We A.A.'s think, Sam, that if your only admission ticket to Heaven was a certificate of what you have done for us, then St. Peter would assign you something much better than a bleacher seat right from the start." Bill Wilson To Sam February 27, 1957

Page 6 Abbreviations used in this book for Shoemaker writings: CC The Conversion of the Church CCSW The Church Can Save the World CF Confident Faith CSB Children of the Second Birth GATY The Gospel According to You GC God's Control IIBL If I Be Lifted Up NA National Awakening RR Realizing Religion RTW Religion That Works TBM Twice-Born Ministers YMV A Young Man's View of the Ministry

Page 7 Contents Acknowledgments 9 Introduction 11 1 Estrangement from God 25 2 Came to Believe 31 3 The Decision to Surrender 41 4 Self-Examination and Confession 49 5 Willingness to Change and Humbly Seeking Rebirth 59 6 Reconciliation and Setting Things Right 69 7 Walking with God in Daily Life 77 8 The Guidance of God 81 9 The Experience of ChristPassing It On, Living Love 89 10 Shoemaker's Christian Lifelines 101 11 How to Know the Will of God

Next page

1234567...51

Light

Font size:

↓

↑

Georgia Tahoma Arial Verdana

Reset

Interval:

↓

↑

Bookmark:

Make

Similar books «Courage To Change: The Christian Roots of the Twelve-Step Movement»

Look at similar books to Courage To Change: The Christian Roots of the Twelve-Step Movement. We have selected literature similar in name and meaning in the hope of providing readers with more options to find new, interesting, not yet read works.

GreySheeters Anonymous

TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS of GreySheeters Anonymous

David O.

The Aquarian Alcoholic: A 21st Century Perspective of the Twelve-Step Program

Bill P.

The Little Red Book Study Guide

Mitch Horowitz

Alcoholics Anonymous: The Landmark of Recovery and Vital Living Newly Abridged and Introduced and Introduced

Alcoholics Anonymous.

Alcoholics Anonymous

Alcoholics Anonymous.

Alcoholics anonymous: the big book: the original 1939 edition

Alcoholics Anonymous.

The soul of sponsorship: the friendship of Father Ed Dowling, and Bill Wilson in letters

Overeaters Anonymous

The Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions of Overeaters Anonymous

Anonymous

The 12 Steps Unplugged. A Young Persons Guide to Alcoholics Anonymous

Richmond Walker

The Seven Points of Alcoholics Anonymous

Hazelden Foundation

The Twelve Steps Of Alcoholics Anonymous: Interpreted By The Hazelden Foundation

Joan Zieger

Women Pioneers in 12 Step Recovery

Discussion, reviews of the book Courage To Change: The Christian Roots of the Twelve-Step Movement and just readers' own opinions. Leave your comments, write what you think about the work, its meaning or the main characters. Specify what exactly you liked and what you didn't like, and why you think so.