Fully alive : a Biblical vision of gender that frees men and women to live beyond stereotypes /
Dr. Larry Crabb.
- Grand Rapids, Michigan : Baker Books, (c)2013.
- 222 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references.
PART I. SEARCHING FOR OUR GENDERED CENTER: WHERE DIVINE LIFE LIVES -- Sex and gender -- Words have meaning -- In the beginning: Gender in the Garden of Eden -- What makes a woman feminine? -- Submission: A dirty word? -- What submission really means -- What makes a man masculine? -- Relational masculinity -- PART II. DISCOVERING OUR CORE TERROR: THE GENDER-RELATED FEAR THAT IMMOBILIZES -- We have nothing to fear except . . . -- The core terror of a woman: An invitation with no response -- What fear can do: Four personas that hide women -- The core terror of a man: Weightlessness -- Recognizing the terror in a man -- What fear can do: A glimpse into three weightless men -- A fourth man: Males who are becoming masculine -- PART III. IDENTIFYING OUR RELATIONAL SIN: THE OPPORTUNITY FOR LIFE-RELEASING BROKENNESS -- Relational sin: Our tongue - The restless assassin -- There is a center: Our mistake is indifference to its existence -- Search for your center -- Preparing to live fully alive: Catch the vision and count the cost -- PART IV. BECOMING FULLY ALIVE: tHE SLOWLY TRANSFORMING PROCESS -- The journey begins: From female to feminine, from male to masculine -- Let the slow race begin -- From conception to conversion: Shaped foolishness -- New life -- Life emerges: When the road narrows -- Your ears shall hear -- Walking the narrow road: The opportunity of defeat -- Becoming masculine men and feminine women -- EPILOGUE: A FINAL WORD TO WOMEN AND MEN.
"Gender roles have been the subject of much debate and confusion over the last several decades. What is expected of a man? What is expected of a woman? But the Bible is clear - God created men and women to be unique, and He did so for a purpose. In Fully Alive, author and psychologist Dr. Larry Crabb offers a life-changing, biblically dependent understanding of gender uniqueness. He shows you how to appreciate and exhibit your God-given femininity or masculinity to reveal God's loving character to a world that is desperately in need of understanding."
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