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
Mez writes with courage and compassion. The courage to tell his painful story. And compassion to point us to the place of healing. Read the book and expect to be shocked with depravity and deliverance.
Erik Raymond
Senior Pastor, Redeemer Fellowship Church, Boston, Massachusetts
… the hero of the book is not Mez or some nice person or the social gospel: It’s doctrine, including God’s sovereignty and Christ’s atonement. … Those who have hit bottom need not soothing words but the hard Gospel truths of sin and deliverance.
Marvin Olasky
Editor in Chief, World Magazine
Never have I experienced a book that is for the abused and abuser; the victimized and the tormentor. And the power of the gospel being the answer for all. Stunningly accessible and beautifully written, this book is sure to be a healing balm to the soul of many abuse survivors and a defining book for a generation.
Brian Croft
Pastor, Auburndale Baptist Church, Louisville, Kentucky and Founder, Practical Shepherding
Few things are more horrific than for a child to be tortured by someone who was supposed to love them. Scars of abuse go deeper than burn marks or lashes can leave. Somehow abuse scars the soul and tempts the heart to never risk letting people get close. Yet, in The Creaking on the Stairs, Mez bravely invites you into his painful past and gives hope through the grace of Jesus who entered into our pain–riddled world. Whether you are a believer in God or not, whether you have suffered abuse or not, I cannot more highly commend this work to you.
J. Garrett Kell
Pastor, Del Ray Baptist Church, Alexandria, Virginia