Steve Hall

Author

Steve Hall is the author of Lament Forgive, Lamentations and A Nonviolent God, and Creation and A Nonviolent God.
He's also the content creator of the website A Nonviolent God.

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Lament Forgive

Time is a terrible healer. Our memories of the disloyalty, betrayal, or abuse we’ve suffered, keep the pain fresh and the consequences ongoing. No wonder we find forgiving so hard.Traditionally, Christians view forgiveness as a gift we offer to the people who wrong us. But this fails to communicate anything about how we can receive healing from their mistreatment of us.If we're to accept that forgiving others is God's way of liberating us from the traumatic memories of our past, a reframing of forgiveness is desperately required.And to do that, we’re going to need to start in an unexpected place: with the lament.

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ISBNs for Revised Second Edition
9781912403196 (Paperback)
9781912403202 (Ebook)

Lamentations
And a Nonviolent God

In the book of Lamentations, the innocent survivors of war refuse to let us ignore their suffering or blame them for their capital's destruction.Their persistent pleas to be seen invite us to stand alongside them as they reject a God who uses violence to punish sin.Discover a God who is as nonviolent as Jesus within the traumatic story of Lamentations.Collects 11 articles originally published online at
A Nonviolent God.

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ISBNs
9781912403219 (Paperback)
9781912403226 (Ebook)

Creation
And a Nonviolent God

In the beginning, God blessed humankind with filling the earth and subduing it. We've done this, but at the expense of nature and the climate we share.By assuming Genesis 1 & 2 narrates a material story, we've left the Bible saying nothing about caring for creation. Thankfully, our assumption is wrong.Discover a God who is as nonviolent as Jesus within a functional readding of the Genesis 1 & 2 creation stories.Collects 14 articles originally published online at
A Nonviolent God.

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ISBNs
9781912403257 (Paperback)
9781912403264 (Ebook)

About

Hello, I’m Steve. I discovered a dormant love for writing while working on essays for a post-graduate Theology degree. I was surprised too. Around the same time, I began a long journey to re-learn how to read the Bible. Slowly, I am migrating away from a God that uses violence to save or punish, and towards an understanding of God where he is as nonviolent and Christ-like as Jesus. I unapologetically write from this nonviolent perspective in my debut book, Lament Forgive, and on a weekly basis at A Nonviolent God.I live in Newport, South Wales, with my wife, Carole, and our three teenage children.

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