{"product_id":"9781399410403","title":"Healing Wounds : The 2025 Lent Book","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Varden, Fr Erik \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 19\/12\/2024,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 224 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9781399410403,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAre we healed through our wounds or are our wounds themselves healed from some other source?In this 2025 Lent Book, Erik Varden starts by examining the New Testament where it spells out why Christ’s wounds were efficacious for the healing of humankind. Indeed, why they were necessary for the purpose. This austere way of thinking is indispensable but it has never really satisfied the effective needs of believers or the intuitions of the heart.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBob Dylan once said, tongue in cheek, ‘Pain sure does bring out the best in people.’ The philosopher Donald MacKinnon said, ‘Suffering never ennobled anyone.’ Suffering by nature poses questions peoplewrestle with today in many fields of life with counsellors, therapists, philosophers, and spiritual directors. But the conundrum remains and in this book Varden sets out to resolve it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53587110625653,"sku":"9781399410403","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9781399410403.jpg?v=1729258718","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.pro\/products\/9781399410403","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}