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001			on1105260651
003			OCoLC
005			20200507113548.0
008			190623t20202020tnu b 000 0 eng d
040			_aYDX _beng _erda _cYDX _dBDX _dEXR _dLGG _dOCLCF _dYDXIT _dNFG
020			_a153596233X
020			_a9781535962339 _q(hardcover)
024	3		_a9781535962339
035			_a(OCoLC)1105260651
092			_a152.182 _bW664
049			_aNFGA
100	1		_aWilbert, Lore Ferguson, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aHandle with care : _bhow Jesus redeems the power of touch in life and ministry / _cLore Ferguson Wilbert.
264		1	_aNashville, Tennessee : _bB&H Publishing, _c[2020]
264		4	_c©2020
300			_axi, 245 pages ; _c23 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references.
520			_a"Whether it's fearful side hugs on one side or sexual abuse on the other, both the culture and the church aren't doing very well with touch. Singles are staying single longer, dating is wrought with angst over purity, and marriages struggle to not interpret all forms of touch as sexual. Even the Bible seems to have endless rules about not touching things. There is simply no place where touch doesn't seem threatened or threatening. But a curious thing happens when Jesus comes into His ministry: He touches. Jesus touches the sick and the outcast, the bleeding and the unclean. What could it mean for families, singles, marriages, churches, communities, and the world to have healthy, pure, faithful, ministering touch? Somewhere in the mess of our assumptions and fears about touch, there is something beautiful and good and God-given. As Jesus can show us, there is ministry in touching."-- _cNetgalley.com.
505	0		_aIntroduction -- Using our hands to live -- Speaking the same (love) language -- Broken bloodlines -- Touch of self -- The loving life of singleness -- Opposites don't always attract -- True love doesn't wait to touch -- Subject and objects in marriage -- Let the little children come -- Remember, remember -- Afterword: A letter to those who have been abused -- Questions for reflection or conversation.
650		0	_aTouch _xReligious aspects _xChristianity.
994			_aC0 _bNFG
999			_c309976 _d309976