Nail Scarred Hands Made New

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John Shorack. Nail Scarred Hands Made New

Nail Scarred Hands Made New

Foreword

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Part 1

1 / Brother Caligallo

2 / Family Dynamics

3 / The Running and Pleading Father

4 / Which Jesus?

5 / My Enemy’s Savior

6 / At the Cliff’s Edge

Part 2

7 / Spiritual Power Encountered

8 / Spiritual Power Reassessed

9 / God’s Spirit Crosses Lines

10 / God’s Spirit Incarnates

11 / God’s Spirit Works Paradoxically

Part 3

12 / What Is a Kid to Do?

13 / What Are the Faithful to Do?

14 / What Did the Faithful One Do?

15 / What Did the Apostle Do?

16 / Biblical Hope Revisited

17 / Partners in New Creation

Afterword

Appendix

Bibliography

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Making Sense of the Gospel

in a Violent Latin American Slum

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Two months after getting jumped in downtown Caracas, I boarded a plane for the United States to attend meetings of the InnerCHANGE leadership team. I remember my arrival. It was a Friday evening. From the moment I touched down I wanted to talk. I needed to talk.

I talked first to the friend who picked me up at the airport, then to the twenty guests who had gathered at his home to welcome me. The next day I met one-on-one with several people. In seemingly endless conversations, I dwelled on the crime and violence in Venezuela. I was consumed with the notion of dying. Try as I may, I couldn’t change the topic.

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