The Peacemaker Bookreview
Sande, Ken. The Peacemaker: A Biblical Guide to Resolving Personal conflict . Baker Books. Grand Rapids, MI. 2004 I am going to start by telling you about several related materials. Ambassadors of Reconciliation has two fabulous Bible Studies entitled "Blessed are the Peacemakers" and "Go and Be Reconciled: What Does this Mean?" Also, a very similar book to this one is Confession & Forgiveness by Ted Kober. Sande outlines his book based on the Four G's: Glorify God, Get the Log out of Your Eye, Gently Restore and Go and Be Reconciled. While other books and studies use this as their outline, you can easily forget this. Sande helps to maintain your focus on the big picture as well as the small picture. Chapter one takes the simple "slippery slope" to remind us of how we can find opportunities in the midst of conflict to glorify God. Chapter Two entitled "Live at Peace" reminds us that Peace starts with Peace with God and flows...