The Cry of the Soul, Dr. Tremper Longman III
The Cry of the Soul, Dr. Tremper Longman III
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The Cry of the Soul
How Our Emotions Reveal Our Deepest Questions About God

Author: Dr. Tremper Longman III, Dr. Dan B. Allender, Joni Tada

Narrator: Tom Parks

Unabridged: 9 hr 3 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 12/31/2019

Synopsis

An excerpt from the foreword by Joni Eareckson Tada: "With the book you are holding, you have stumbled upon the best of guides. I should know. I first read The Cry of the Soul decades ago when I was still sorting through a lot of hurt and frustration connected with my quadriplegia (yes, I read it on that music stand holding a mouth stick). The Cry of the Soul showed me what to do with my anger and hurt—not stuff it under the carpet of my conscience, or minimize it, but actually do something good with it."

All emotion—whether positive or negative—can give us a glimpse of the true nature of God. We want to control our negative emotions and dark desires. God wants us to recognize them as the cry of our soul to be made right with Him. Beginning with the Psalms, Cry of the Soul explores what Scripture says about our darker emotions and points us to ways of honoring God as we faithfully embrace the full range of our emotional life.

About Dr. Tremper Longman III

Dr. Tremper Longman III is Distinguished Scholar and Professor Emeritus of Biblical Studies at Westmont College in Santa Barbara, California, where he was the Robert H. Gundry Professor of Biblical Studies for nineteen years before his retirement. Before Westmont, he taught at Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia for eighteen years. He has authored or coauthored more than thirty books.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Steve on November 04, 2013

Avoid the pain! Anger, fear, jealousy, despair. These are bad emotions, right? These are emotions to be avoided at all costs, right? I discovered a few years ago that I was a really angry person and that I hurt people when I was angry. Solution? Avoid anger no matter what. Not so fast! Allender and Lon......more

Goodreads review by Lonita on December 17, 2024

A look into our heavy emotions compared with a look into Psalms and the emotions that God experiences. I listened to the audiobook, and I might not recommend that. It's deep enough that it deserves to be read. I will probably read it later for more in-depth comprehension.......more

Goodreads review by Sarah on February 03, 2017

An intense and thoughtful look into the dark emotions that reveal the true direction of our hearts, examined with a perfect marriage of the fields of clinical psychology & theology. Anger, fear, jealousy, despair, contempt, and shame--six emotions that, through this book, we are asked to view openly......more

Goodreads review by Hannah on April 08, 2023

Goes through most of the emotions we feel and how each of them points to God. Really emphasizes that it’s not bad to feel emotion and sometimes we have to sit in them- even the unpleasant ones. Occasionally it left me feeling a tad stuck like we shouldn’t ask God for freedom from our struggles and a......more

Goodreads review by Cole on March 29, 2019

A simple read that offers a profound look I to our dark emotions (anger, anxiety, jealousy, contempt etc...) and to the God who allows us to experience them. Allender and Longman show that these emotions reveal what we are thinking about God, drive us to God and, yes, even reveal something of God to......more

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