Putting Your Past in Its Place, Stephen Viars
Putting Your Past in Its Place, Stephen Viars
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Putting Your Past in Its Place
Moving Forward in Freedom and Forgiveness

Author: Stephen Viars, Dr. Robert Kellemen

Narrator: Tom Parks

Unabridged: 8 hr 5 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 06/29/2021

Synopsis

Lives grind to a halt when people don't know how to relate to their past. Some believe "the past is nothing" and attempt to suppress the brokenness again and again. Others miss out on renewal and change by making the past more important than their present and future. Neither approach moves people toward healing or hope.

Pastor and biblical counselor Stephen Viars introduces a third way to view one's personal history—by exploring the role of the past as God intended. Using Scripture to lead listeners forward, Viars provides practical measures to

● understand the important place "the past" is given in Scripture

● replace guilt and despair with forgiveness and hope

● turn failures into stepping stones for growth

This motivating, compassionate resource is for anyone ready to review and release the past so that God can transform their behaviors, relationships, and their ability to hope in a future.

About Stephen Viars

Stephen Viars has served as a pastor and biblical counselor at Faith Church and Faith Biblical Counseling Ministries in Lafayette, Indiana, since 1987. A frequent speaker at conferences, colleges, and seminaries, he also serves on the boards of the Association of Certified Biblical Counselors, the Biblical Counseling Coalition, Vision of Hope, and the Faith Community Development Corporation. The author of Loving Your Community, he and his wife, Kris, have three children and four grandchildren.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Crystal on February 27, 2017

I've been working through this book with my counselor at church for a few months now, and this has been such a great tool in working through my past. I was able to learn how to process many trials and traumatic events, not just mentally and emotionally as I have before, but biblically. I could face......more

Goodreads review by Shelly on February 15, 2024

Wow!!!! This was such a great and helpful book for me. Pastor Steve Viars practically helps you "empty the buckets" of your past. 4 buckets that cause us to get stuck where we are and not move forward in freedom and forgiveness (pictured in the comments. At the beginning of the book we meet "Jill". A......more

Goodreads review by Bryan on October 26, 2023

I feel conflicted with the way I rate this book. First half/ 140ish pages were hard to read. Mostly did not really like the style of writing. Spent a lot of time addressing why the past should be dealt with, or emotions should be felt. It felt a bit elementary and useful only for baby Christian’s, a......more

Goodreads review by Cindy on October 19, 2020

Book club #2 October choice Straightforward, Biblical, scriptures given, testimony included above expectations! Sec. 1: The Power of the Past 1. Can you hear the Wheels spinning? 2. Your past can be one of your worst enemies p. 21 “Truth comes to the mind and to the understanding enlightened by the Holy......more

Goodreads review by C.H. on August 25, 2016

Dr. Steve Viars (D.Min, Westminster) is the senior pastor of Faith Baptist Church in Lafayette, Indiana. His new book, Putting your Past in its Place, is a fruit of his long counseling ministry, and his commitment to helping people from the Word of God. The thesis of the book is that our manner of ha......more

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