{"product_id":"ashamed-no-more-a-pastors-journey-through-sex-addiction-9780830837939","title":"Ashamed No More: A Pastor's Journey Through Sex Addiction","description":"\u003cp\u003eThere are some things we just don't talk about. Things like sex, particularly when our sexuality is a matter of personal struggle. Things like the vulnerabilities of our pastors, who must maintain a façade not merely of respectability but of moral and psychological superiority. We don't talk about things that make us feel insecure, that make us feel unsettled. But the nature of spiritual growth, even the story of Christian faith, is a matter of being unsettled from the comfortable compromises we've made and set on a course together toward wholeness and mutually supportive community. Pastor T. C. Ryan takes us on an unsettling journey through his lifelong struggle with sexual addiction, one that predated and pervaded his pastoral ministry--one which for far too long he faced in secrecy and isolation, separated from the brothers and sisters in Christ who were called to bear one another's burdens. \u003cem\u003eAshamed No More\u003c\/em\u003e doesn't cast blame or argue for looser moral standards. It does, however, call us to the unsettling ministry that a God who is love calls us to--the unsettling grace that is the audacious gospel of Christ.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e T. C. Ryan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e IVP Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/16\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 237\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780830837939\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristian Retailing\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2012 pg. 24\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristianity Today\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2012 pg. 92\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRyan, T. C.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eT. C. Ryan\u003c\/strong\u003e was founding and senior pastor of a large church for nearly twenty years. He now provides counseling and spiritual direction for pastors and ministry leaders.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWangerin Jr, Walter:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eWalter Wangerin, Jr. is the award-winning author of thirty-five books, including the best-selling \u003cem\u003eThe Book of God, \u003c\/em\u003e the National Book Award-winning \u003cem\u003eThe Book of the Dun Cow, \u003c\/em\u003e and, most recently, \u003cem\u003eLetters from the Land of Cancer.\u003c\/em\u003e Wangerin holds the Jochum Chair at Valparaiso University in Valparaiso, Indiana, where he teaches literature and creative writing, and is writer-in-residence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"IVP Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40219083997299,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_1e4b1c04-b5fb-4afa-b868-1e25faea743e.jpg?v=1656596112","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/ashamed-no-more-a-pastors-journey-through-sex-addiction-9780830837939","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}