God's Solutions to Life's Problems: Radical Change by the Power of God

by Wayne A. Mack, Joshua Mack

Overview

We live in a world cursed by sin. Because of this, everyone encounters serious problems in their lives, but Christians must deal with unique challenges as well. In God’s Solutions to Life’s Problems, the Macks argue that we are not doomed to a life of failure. Instead of making excuses, we can accept God’s diagnosis of our condition and work to change it. With discipline and dedication to God’s Word and to prayer, we can flee temptation and break free of the patterns of sin in our lives.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781596389328
Publisher:	Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing
Publication date:	01/22/2014
Edition description:	2nd ed.
Pages:	384
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Dr. Wayne A. Mack lives in Pretoria, South Africa, where he serves as director of ACBC Africa. He is the founder of Strengthening Ministries Training Institute, a certified training center of ACBC International. Previously he served as chairman of the biblical counseling department at The Master’s University and Seminary in California. He was a board member of NANC (now the Association of Certified Biblical Counselors) and FIRE (Fellowship of Independent Reformed Evangelicals). He also counseled and taught at CCEF (Christian Counseling and Educational Foundation) for fifteen years. Wayne and his wife Carol have been married since 1957. They have four adult children and twenty-two grandchildren. He has written more than two dozen books on biblical counseling and practical Christian life issues.

Joshua Mack (MA in biblical counseling, The Master’s College; MDiv, The Master’s Seminary; DMin, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) is a pastor at Cornerstone Bible Church in Fullerton, Califnoria, after serving as a missionary in South Africa for fourteen years. He is the coauthor of Courage and God’s Solution to Life’s Problems.

Table of Contents

Foreword 7

Acknowledgements 9

Introduction 13

1 The Wheat and the Tares 17

2 The Fundamental Requirement 41

3 Where to Find God's Solutions 83

4 Salvation in Its Fullest Sense 99

5 Just What You Need 121

6 Fully Trained and Equipped 139

7 How to Overcome Giants 155

8 First of All, Pray 175

9 How's Your Hearing? 201

10 Whatever Happened to the Holy Spirit? 221

11 What's the Diagnosis? 241

12 How to Keep Going 263

13 Making Changes That Stick 297

14 How to Say No to Temptation 323

15 Familification Is Essential 351

Editorial Reviews

Many believe that the tough issues of modern life are beyond the Bible's ranges of answers. . . . God's Solutions to Life's Problems is a persuasive argument to the contrary. It demonstrates that insightful theology is not only practical, it is functional for resolving deep-seated problems in life.

John D. Street

Reading this book is like opening a toolbox. The Macks provide a biblical framework to address the problems you and I face.

Steve Viars

Wayne and Joshua Mack teach us about an intentional and carefully lived life, about lifelong immersion in Scripture, about utter reliance on the grace and power of the Holy Spirit, about vigilant self-examination and willing self-denial, about devotion to Jesus Christ whole and simple.

David Powlison

Dr. Wayne and Pastor Joshua Mack have given the church a most wonderful volume of Biblically-based teaching on a variety of sanctification subjects. You could call it a handbook of spiritual surgery for the soul. Mack and Mack are skilled spiritual physicians, taking the delicate, dynamic instrument of the Word of God and powerfully, yet appropriately using it to slice into the spirit of a man, dissecting their way to not only discovering the initial causes of a malady, but also offering the only viable, life-sustaining healing—God's solutions to life's problems. It is a most commendable effort."

Lance Quinn

"The Macks have written an eminently valuable book showing what a Christian is/is not, that his nature has been changed so as to enable him to make changes that truly solve problems God's way, and what he must do to makes such changes. It is a helpful volume that every counselor/pastor should use."

Jay Adams

"God's Solutions to Life's Problems is a primer on the Christian life. The chapters of this book brim with encouragements to Bible study, personal discipline for Christian growth, motivation for obedient living, and careful guarding of the heart. You will find two things you need here: biblical direction and hope for victory rooted in Christ. Any book that does that is worth reading."

Tedd Tripp

When I heard that this book was in the works, I knew that it would be an extremely valuable, rich, and readable resource—and I was not disappointed. . . . I am grateful for this simple, clear, and helpful guide for human problem-solving. May it provide clear answers for people who are struggling. May it increase the confidence of those who are helping people deal with their problems biblically.

John MacArthur