Strength in Weakness: Healing Sexual and Relational Brokenness

by Andrew Comiskey

Publisher:

IVP

, 2003

Overview

Help and hope for men . . .

undermined by silent fathers

harassed by pornography and sexual temptation

afraid of failing those they love most

angered by past relationships with women

Help and hope for women . . .

lost in their relationships with others

betrayed by fathers, husbands or male leaders

wounded by sexual assault

paralyzed by self-hatred

Andrew Comiskey sees our weakness as "a threshold for holy power"--the point at which God can meet us for healing and equip us for service. He has seen it happen again and again. During many years of ministry, Comiskey, his wife, Annette, and their fellow "strugglers" have accompanied hundreds of wounded men and women to transformation at the cross of Christ.

Telling real-life stories of despair, hope and lasting change, Comiskey lays out the foundations for healing from relational and sexual sin. With chapters focusing on particular areas of vulnerability for men and women, on the battle over homosexuality in church and culture, and on the essential role of the church in ongoing healing, Strength in Weakness makes clear the way to the cross--God's sufficient answer to our deepest needs.

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Key Features

• Offers theological, biblical, and practical insights regarding human sexuality and relational authenticity
• Shows how important it is for a man to be truly masculine and a woman to be truly feminine, and for each to complement the other
• Reveals that setbacks and temptations are inevitable stumbling blocks along the long, difficult road to gender wholeness

Contents

• God's Image in Humanity
• Facing the Broken Image
• Strength to Love Well
• Strength to Leave Shame Behind
• Strength to Overcome Sin
• Wounds That Heal
• Men at the Cross
• Women at the Cross
• Homosexuality and the Cross
• The Church at the Cross

Praise for Strength in Weakness

That strength can be found in my weaknesses is something I have always known but never fully understood. Using his deep spiritual insights and his wonderful gifts as a writer, Comiskey has opened up my heart to the real meaning of this truth.

Alan Medinger, Author of Growth into Manhood

Reading this amazing book, I was reminded of a citrus farmer who showed me how a tree becomes root-bound and the roots wind around and grow inward, actually strangling the tree. Andrew Comiskey untangles the roots of our most complex relationships and plants us firmly in the cross.

Carol Wimber

Strength in Weakness makes it clear that what God gives to the weak really is strength and not weakness. We are enabled to be 'strong in the Lord and in the power of his might,' as Paul said. And we can learn to negotiate the intricacies of fantasy, feeling and context in such a way that we do walk in holiness and power wherever we are. These are universal lessons of the way of Christ, no matter what one's personal history may be.

Dallas Willard

Product Details

• Title: Strength in Weakness: Healing Sexual and Relational Brokenness
• Author: Andrew Comiskey
• Publisher: IVP
• Print Publication Date: 2003
• Logos Release Date: 2017
• Pages: 215
• Era: era:contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
• Subjects: Sex › Religious aspects--Christianity; Homosexuality › Religious aspects--Christianity; Man-woman relationships › Religious aspects--Christianity
• ISBNs: 9780830877058, 0830877053
• Resource ID: LLS:9780830877058
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-06T21:33:04Z

About Andrew Comiskey

Andrew Comiskey is an American conservative Christian political activist and is the founder of Desert Stream Ministries, perhaps the leading ministry of Exodus International. He has written several books based on his experience with avoiding homosexual relationships and behaviors, and gives seminars to those who wish to be free from such relationships and behaviors. He is considered to be a prominent ex-gay leader, and has appeared as a guest on The 700 Club.