Released in the UK November 2019
Released in the US November 2019
Trade paperback | 240 Pages
9781527104419 • £8.99 $11.99
BISAC – REL012110
The Creaking on the Stairs
Finding Faith in God Through Childhood Abuse
Mez McConnell
Works through Mez’s own story
For victims of child abuse
Victims & perpetrators can find love & forgiveness in Christ
This is a book that has no easy answers and will offer none. This is a book that tries to get behind the tough questions of why God permits such abuses to occur in this world. Using his own story of childhood abuse, Mez McConnell tells us about a God who is just, sovereign and loving. A good father who knows the pain of rejection and abuse, who hates evil, who can bring hope even in the darkest place.
Mez McConnell
Mez McConnell is the pastor for Niddrie Community Church, near Edinburgh. He is also the Director of 20schemes which is dedicated to revitalising and planting gospel churches in Scotland's poorest communities. Previously he was a missionary with street kids in Brazil. He is married and has two children.
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Christian Focus
… a deeply personal, gut–wrenchingly candid account of his own struggle with bitter emotions and smouldering resentment. Writing with unvarnished honesty, he describes the conflict between righteous anger and forgiveness—and he points the way to liberty and triumph in the grace of God.
Phillip R. Johnson
Executive Director, Grace to You Ministries, Sun Valley, California
Painfully raw and profoundly helpful, this is a book that speaks into the depths of our darkness and offers extraordinary hope for both the abused and the abusers. If you feel ashamed, hopeless and bitter – or you know someone who does – you must read this.
Michael Reeves
President and Professor of Theology, Union School of Theology, Bridgend, Wales
It’s been said that we’re all ‘soaked with the sense of exile’ and long for restored Eden. The hope for the abused and the abuser alike is in Jesus Christ who is indeed making all things new (Rev. 21:5). Born of unimaginable pain, this book will surely be a gospel balm to many.
Chris Larson
President and CEO of Ligonier Ministries, Orlando, Florida
The Creaking On The Stairs is a relentlessly evangelistic book. If you struggle to imagine a good God due to past abuse, Mez wants you to know you are not alone. You are not forgotten. You are deeply loved. He can testify to that firsthand.
Matt Smethurst
Editor, The Gospel Coalition