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God Attachment: Why You Believe, Act, and Feel the Way You Do About God Kindle Edition

by Tim Clinton (Author), Joshua Straub (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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God. Whether one loves him, hates him, denies or defies him, it is hard to deny the worldwide fascination with God. This book explores why and suggests a personal response to the God Attachment in all of us.

Why has the human race, the world over, been so fascinated with . . . some might say obsessed with . . . God? This built-in attachment to God crosses religious, political, ethnic, cultural, and generational barriers.

Drs. Clinton and Straub reveal fascinating research about this worldwide phenomenon. From avoidant, anxious, and fearful to secure and personal, the range of responses to our internal attachment to God has a profound influence on the way we do relationships, intimacy, and life choices.

With helpful self-assessments, intriguing questions, and surprising revelations, this book moves from worldwide statistics to personal challenge, offering the means to become securely attached to God in a way that can have positive effects on our attitudes, approach to life, and overall life satisfaction.

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Clinton and Straub are Christian marriage and family therapists who use the Bible and an understanding of grace and wonder in the world to guide readers to a closer relationship with God. They identify four modes that Christians exhibit in relationships with each other and with God: security, avoidance, anxiety, or fear. The authors seek to guide readers through crises of faith and "spiritual rehab," suggesting that any addiction can keep a person from God. It can be something as serious as addiction to pornography, or any other "grand delusions" as innocuous as a fascination with one's career that takes a person's eye away from God. This book will appeal to Christian seekers or anyone facing roadblocks in their faith.
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"This well written, enjoyable, and enriching book by Drs. Tim Clinton and Joshua Straub will not only help you recognize your natural longing for a deep relationship with God, but it will also show you how to achieve it. As you read, you will gain a fresh understanding of both yourself and God, and who doesn’t need the peace and healing coming from that?"

—Stormie Omartian

Product details

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B003L786OG
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Howard Books; Reprint edition (July 16, 2010)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ July 16, 2010
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 2673 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 258 pages

Best Sellers Rank: #467,332 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #112 in Religious Studies - Sociology
- #353 in Spiritual Devotionals
- #429 in Sociology & Religion

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Timothy E. Clinton
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(Ed. D. The College of William and Mary) is President of the nearly 50,000-member American Association of Christian Counselors (AACC), the largest and most diverse Christian counseling association in the world. He is Professor of Counseling and Pastoral Care, and Executive Director of the Center for Counseling and Family Studies at Liberty University. Licensed in Virginia as both a Professional Counselor (LPC) and Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT), Tim now spends a majority of his time working with Christian leaders and professional athletes. He is recognized as a world leader in faith and mental health issues and has authored 20 books including his latest, Breakthrough: When to Give In, When to Push Back. Most importantly, Tim has been married 31 years to his wife Julie and together they have two children, Megan and Zach.
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Joshua Straub
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Josh is most renowned for his role as a husband and dad. He is also a recovering human, an ongoing journey that includes therapy, coaching, a tight-knit faith community, and staying fit. Josh is a speaker, author, marriage and leadership coach, and a podcast and TV cohost.
He and his wife, Christi, lead Famous at Home, a company equipping leaders and corporations in emotional intelligence and healthy family systems. Josh is also a Fellow of the Townsend Institute for Leadership and Counseling.
Josh most enjoys coaching leaders to be famous at home so they can thrive on their stage. He also speaks regularly for Joint Special Operations Command and serves military families across the country.
Josh is author/ coauthor of six books including Safe House: How Emotional Safety is the Key to Raising Kids Who Live, Love, and Lead Well. He and his wife, Christi, host the Famous at Home podcast and co-wrote a recent children’s book, to help parents foster emotional awareness in kids, called What Am I Feeling?
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pattsi thornbrue

Great book!

Reviewed in the United States on August 14, 2023

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Great Read! Good information.

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Simon

VERY insightful, connects well with reality.. a must read ...

Reviewed in the United States on September 18, 2010

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I have read many book on subjects similar to this, but this one seems to capture the essence better than any other so far. The first two chapters seem to start off slow until you realize the authors have set a sound foundation for the rest of the book's content to build on.

My only criticism is the suggestion made at the end of each chapter recommending a web site that amplifies the points made with video commentary by the books authors. I viewed all the videos and felt that they were not as good quality as the books pages, I felt they were a distraction. Stick to the books content and skip the videos.

I normally use a highlighter when reading a learning book like this.. however, I had to become much more selective than my normal highlighting style because each page was so powerful that I would have highlighted almost every other sentence! (Yes it really is that good!)

I highly recommend this book to everyone, those in healthy relationships and those with challenging ones. It really is insightful.

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Thomas V. Frederick

Amazing book

Reviewed in the United States on May 28, 2014

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This relatively easy read is most profound. The authors balance teaching the role of attachment and its relationship to adults and to God with encouraging the reader to address some of the barriers to an intimate spiritual relationship. Throughout TH reader is given excellent knowledge of attachment theory and the practices needed to address wounds that prevents connecting with other and God.

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Mom2two

Awesome book but where are the videos?

Reviewed in the United States on January 16, 2021

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This book is fantastic, but the authors continually mention videos to watch to accompany the chapters, but the videos are nowhere to be found. Unfortunate. But otherwise, the points they make are so helpful - things I have never thought about before. I read another book on attachment by Tim Clinton and another author. The two books complement one another beautifully.

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Lee BoBae

Only for those who think carefully about life and purpose.

Reviewed in the United States on February 5, 2016

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For anyone who has questions on their purpose and seek to reconcile pain in life, this is your book. It's not a one sit read, but takes time to think about what it says and lots of soul searching. The authors are on point, candid and logical. It's a great step in the right direction.

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Thomas Gardner

Required reading

Reviewed in the United States on May 29, 2019

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This book should be required by anyone seeking the heart of God and ministering to other folks. Simply the best description of our relationship with God.

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ML

God Attachment

Reviewed in the United States on October 17, 2013

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God Attachment truly teaches you how humans attach in healthy and unhealthy ways. They don't leave it at that though. They also round things out by covering ways to become attached to God, and people, in healthy ways. The star rating is evidence of my opinion. I would recommend it for anyone; especially those who want to know more about themselves and God.

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EuroCali

GREAT READ

Reviewed in the United States on December 30, 2020

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Broadens perspective on emotional attachments, good read.

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