The past few years have highlighted how broken our world is and how easily any of us can find ourselves mired in conflict. Whether marriages are on the brink of disaster with mounting pressures of life or conflict among families and friends regarding issues of politics, race, or public health, we find relational conflict at every turn. But this fractured world also provides a unique opportunity to the church and biblical counselors to provide hope and help by speaking the truths of God’s Word to those overwhelmed by relational conflict. Ken Sande’s The Peacemaker is a classic primer that gives biblical counselors a comprehensive introduction to lead others through this treacherous terrain of navigating and mending relationships in God-honoring ways.
Overview Summary of Content
The first section of Sande’s book explores how relational conflict is not a hopeless quagmire but is actually an opportunity to glorify God in handling conflict by applying God’s Word to the situation. In part two, Sande explores how the reader should examine his potential contribution to the conflict. Rather than focusing entirely on others in the conflict, God’s Word calls us to examine our own hearts. Once one has dealt with himself, he can then
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