Spirit-Controlled Temperament

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Lccn 93017269 Ocr_converted abbyy-to-hocr 1.1.20 Ocr_module_version 0.0.17 Openlibrary OL1408689M Openlibrary_edition No one temperament can be said to be better than another. Each one contains strengths and richness, yet each one is fraught with its own weaknesses and dangers.” Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 2014-07-24 14:13:10.083333 Bookplateleaf 0006 Boxid IA1137616 Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II City Wheaton, Ill. Containerid S0022 Donor Well, my high-school children collated the printed notes and glued covers on them. Then I took them to a printer to cut them properly.

Book Genre: Christian, Christianity, Christian Living, Nonfiction, Psychology, Religion, Spirituality I would place this book, along with The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love that Lasts by Gary Chapman, into the must read category for any marriage. Or for any parent for that matter. I read this book years ago. It was amazing for someone of my particular temperament. I found the book immensely helpful. It allowed me to give myself a little grace, to understand the bundle of strengths and weaknesses that seemed to be intrinsic to me, and to accept that each weakness is probably the "bad" side of a good trait. Of course, the book also helped me give grace to others, particularly those who are so unlike me that I might previously have envied their gifts while simultaneously condemning and judging them for their weaknesses--things no reasonable person would struggle with, or so I thought, because those weaknesses were not MY weaknesses. This book broadened my view of humanity and certainly increased my compassion and empathy, especially for those who are nothing like me. For thirty years the insight I found here has shaped my thinking in a fundamental way.

In a vital sense Spirit-Controlled Temperament, with its down-to-earth practical message on how we can strengthen our weaknesses through the Holy Spirit, reflects God’s gracious, strengthening work in these three principal parties. Now, twenty-five years later, Tyndale House is a major Christian publisher with one of the most complete lines of helpful biblically based materials in the country; Bob Hawkins has founded Harvest House, publisher of hundreds of good books; while I have written thirty books to date with more than 9 million copies in print worldwide. Timeless questions. You’ve asked them, as have philosophers and theologians for thousands of years. In “Spirit-Controlled Temperament, ” Tim LaHaye provides answers patterned after ancient models of human behavior and grounded in the Word of God, making this a classic read for all Christians. God has given Christians the Holy Spirit, who is able to improve our natural strengths and overcome our weaknesses—as we cooperate with him. That’s the basic message of this book. dingbat I do not agree with all of Dr. LaHaye’s end-times views (made popular by the LEFT BEHIND fictional series, which he co-authored), but I agree that the teachings within this book of his are important. With those recommendations—from John Lindscott and Shirley—Bob came to hear me speak in Chicago. Afterward he introduced himself and invited me out for dinner to the famed Jim Diamond’s Steak House. What he said that night changed my life: "Tyndale House is going to branch out into book—as opposed to Bible—publishing, and we would like to make Spirit-Controlled Temperament our first book."

In the providence of God, John Lindscott, the manager of the Campus Crusade bookstore in Arrowhead Springs and a former member of our church, happened to be in San Diego and hear the last of these sermons. Looking over the eleven messages, he said, Why don’t you put these together and put a cover on it so I can try selling them in our bookstore? From the thousands of letters and personal testimonials I have received in response to my teaching this material in more than eight hundred Family Life Seminars around the world, I have become even more convinced of its relevance. So when Tyndale House asked me to revise the book, I gladly accepted the challenge. dingbat In summary, temperament is the combination of traits we were born with; character is our civilized temperament; and personality is the face we show to others. Spirit-Controlled Temperament– A superb treatment of the basic human temperaments and how God can use them, now revised with new chapters and questions for group study. Book Review by Brandon Matuja Jesus had a powerful vision, goal, and ultimate purpose for His life (the cross). He pursued it with relentless determination and courage until everything was finished. (Lion)Some think the temperament theory is too simplistic, but that may be part of the key to its popularity; people can understand it. Still others have tried unsuccessfully to tie it to the ancient signs of the zodiac and the horoscope. In so doing they make a drastic miscalculation—of nine months! How? The horoscope is based on one’s day of birth, which in reality has nothing to do with temperament. As we shall see, your temperament was determined at conception by the combination of the genes of your parents. And temperament characteristics illustrate the biblical truth that we are fearfully and wonderfully made (Ps. 139:14)— made or created with both strengths or talents, which God wants to use, and weaknesses, which he wants to strengthen by the Holy Spirit.