Temptations women face : honest talk about jealousy, anger, sex, money, food, pride /
Ashcroft, Mary Ellen, 1952-,
Temptations women face : honest talk about jealousy, anger, sex, money, food, pride / Mary Ellen Ashcroft. - Downers Grove, Illinois : InterVarsity Press, (c)1991. - 213 pages ; 24 cm.
What's the problem? -- Women are different: legends and findings -- Temptation and sin from a woman's perspective -- Symptoms: trying to fill the aching gap -- Trusting externals to make us feel good -- Filling our lives with things -- Focusing on food -- Filling our lives with the trivial -- Letting our anger consume us -- Believing distortions about intimacy -- Believing distortions about sex -- Getting stuck in our dissatisfaction -- Building a holy life -- A quick fix or a holy life -- Dead end: legalism or license -- Being real with ourselves, others and God -- Responsible belonging in a community of faith -- Epilogue -- Appendix - prayers of confession -- Notes.
9780830817245
91014233
Women--Conduct of life.
Women--Religious life.
Temptation.
BJ1610 / .T467 1991 BJ1610
Temptations women face : honest talk about jealousy, anger, sex, money, food, pride / Mary Ellen Ashcroft. - Downers Grove, Illinois : InterVarsity Press, (c)1991. - 213 pages ; 24 cm.
What's the problem? -- Women are different: legends and findings -- Temptation and sin from a woman's perspective -- Symptoms: trying to fill the aching gap -- Trusting externals to make us feel good -- Filling our lives with things -- Focusing on food -- Filling our lives with the trivial -- Letting our anger consume us -- Believing distortions about intimacy -- Believing distortions about sex -- Getting stuck in our dissatisfaction -- Building a holy life -- A quick fix or a holy life -- Dead end: legalism or license -- Being real with ourselves, others and God -- Responsible belonging in a community of faith -- Epilogue -- Appendix - prayers of confession -- Notes.
9780830817245
91014233
Women--Conduct of life.
Women--Religious life.
Temptation.
BJ1610 / .T467 1991 BJ1610