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Healing Wounds by Erik Varden

Healing Wounds

The 2025 Lent Book

Erik Varden, Fr Erik Varden

Bloomsbury · Print & ebook · February 11, 2025

Are we healed through our wounds or are our wounds themselves healed from some other source?

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Who it’s for
Erik Varden explores how Christ’s wounds relate to healing, and what faith offers amid suffering.
Genres
Soteriology, Spiritual Growth, Prayer & Healing
Published
Bloomsbury, February 11, 2025

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About this book

Are we healed through our wounds or are our wounds themselves healed from some other source? In Healing Wounds, Erik Varden examines the New Testament where it spells out why Christ's wounds were efficacious for the healing of humankind. He contends that while this theological perspective is fundamental, it often falls short of addressing the emotional and spiritual needs of believers. Bob Dylan once said, tongue in cheek, 'Pain sure does bring out the best in people.'

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The philosopher Donald MacKinnon said, 'Suffering never ennobled anyone.' Suffering by nature poses questions people wrestle with today in many fields of life with counsellors, therapists, philosophers, and spiritual directors. But the conundrum remains and in this book Varden sets out to resolve it. Structured to guide readers through a journey of reflection, beginning with the raw reality of suffering and moving toward the possibility of redemption and renewal. Varden employs a contemplative tone, inviting readers to sit with their own experiences of pain and consider how these might be transformed through faith and introspection.

Christ’s Wounds

Erik Varden explores how Christ’s wounds relate to healing, and what faith offers amid suffering.

Come here for

  • An examination of Christ’s wounds in the New Testament
  • Reflections on suffering, redemption, and renewal

Expect

  • A path from the reality of suffering toward redemption and renewal
  • Contemplation of pain through faith and introspection

Where it sits

Soteriology50%
Prayer & Healing23%
Spiritual Growth22%

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Publisher categories

  • Christian Personal Growth
  • Spiritual Growth
  • Easter & Lent
Authors
Erik Varden, Fr Erik Varden
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Published
February 11, 2025
Format
Print & ebook
Reading lane
Christian Personal Growth