Overview

Full Product Details

9780999679562

Table of Contents

Reviews

I couldn't put this book down. As one who has been betrayed, I longed to understand: How could someone who claimed to love me fail to see and hear my pain? How could they lose all feeling for me? How could I have prevented this from happening? Am I to blame? Through his own excruciating journey as the betrayer, Jeremy courageously explains what I wanted to know: exactly how sin hardened his heart, diminishing everyone he cared about and deafening him to their cries. Until Jeremy turned back to the Lord, he was blind to the ones he had loved the most. This is an important book about the deadly grip of sin, the gift and process of repentance, and the overwhelming, unending love of God. --Vaneetha Rendall Risner Author, Walking Through Fire (Thomas Nelson) I see this memoir as instructive reading for self-examination, especially for those in ministry. For example: 'This is how it starts.' 'This is how you get sucked in.' 'This is what self-deception sounds like.' 'This is how deep the betrayal feels to your family and community.' 'This is how long the suffering can last and how dark the night can feel, ' but also 'this is how the light comes.' 'This is what redemption and reconciliation can look like.' --Rebecca Konyndyk-Deyoung Author, Glittering Vices (Brazos) and Vainglory: The Forgotten Vice (Eerdmans) It is a gut wrenching experience to watch a young talented servant of the Church (minister and seminary professor) make career altering decisions and seemingly forever be banned from ministry opportunities. The Bellowing of Cain is a true story providing a rationale for considering ways forward for those who need hope and help in recovering a purpose and place in the Kingdom of God. --Tim Detwiler Academic Dean, Kuyper College The Bellowing of Cain is a compelling story of someone who, through his sin, damaged his own life and the lives of others. That story, in itself, isn't unusual. What's unique is Jeremy Grinnell's willingness to tell with unflinching candor his story of failure and shame so that others might benefit from his hard-won wisdom and enter more deeply into the reality of God's extravagant grace. This is a must-read book which will stretch and enlarge our imagination for what restoration and redemption can look like in the body of Christ. --Sharon Garlough Brown Author, Sensible Shoes (IVP) and Shades of Light (IVP) The Bellowing of Cain offers wisdom from a voice we don't often hear from in the aftermath of a scandal caused by a destructive sin. Not the voice of one wounded by what's been done, but the voice of one who did it - one who has plumbed the depths of repentance and grace and found that God is both able and willing to redeem all things. I want all my friends in ministry to read this book! May it stir our imaginations for what a full expression of grace and redemption could look like in the Church! --Brian Blum - Lead Pastor, Frontline Community Church & the Zero Collective Network This book hurts--it hurts to read, it hurts to reflect, it even hurts to ponder the way forward. But it hurts in the service of helping, for if there is no help for Cain, there is no help and no hope for any of us. Let the redemptive healing begin. --Wendy Widder - Professor of Old Testament, Bethel College, Author of Daniel (Story of God Commentary) This is the book I've been looking for and couldn't find. It's an unflinchingly honest account about the messy complexities of sin and grace, repentance and forgiveness. It invites us to a gospel hope in the slow work of God. --Shalini Bennett - Professor of Spiritual Formation, Grand Rapids Theological Seminary

This book hurts--it hurts to read, it hurts to reflect, it even hurts to ponder the way forward. But it hurts in the service of helping, for if there is no help for Cain, there is no help and no hope for any of us. Let the redemptive healing begin. --Wendy Widder - Professor of Old Testament, Bethel College, Author of Daniel (Story of God Commentary) I couldn't put this book down. As one who has been betrayed, I longed to understand: How could someone who claimed to love me fail to see and hear my pain? How could they lose all feeling for me? How could I have prevented this from happening? Am I to blame? Through his own excruciating journey as the betrayer, Jeremy courageously explains what I wanted to know: exactly how sin hardened his heart, diminishing everyone he cared about and deafening him to their cries. Until Jeremy turned back to the Lord, he was blind to the ones he had loved the most. This is an important book about the deadly grip of sin, the gift and process of repentance, and the overwhelming, unending love of God. --Vaneetha Rendall Risner Author, Walking Through Fire (Thomas Nelson) I see this memoir as instructive reading for self-examination, especially for those in ministry. For example: 'This is how it starts.' 'This is how you get sucked in.' 'This is what self-deception sounds like.' 'This is how deep the betrayal feels to your family and community.' 'This is how long the suffering can last and how dark the night can feel, ' but also 'this is how the light comes.' 'This is what redemption and reconciliation can look like.' --Rebecca Konyndyk-Deyoung Author, Glittering Vices (Brazos) and Vainglory: The Forgotten Vice (Eerdmans) It is a gut wrenching experience to watch a young talented servant of the Church (minister and seminary professor) make career altering decisions and seemingly forever be banned from ministry opportunities. The Bellowing of Cain is a true story providing a rationale for considering ways forward for those who need hope and help in recovering a purpose and place in the Kingdom of God. --Tim Detwiler Academic Dean, Kuyper College The Bellowing of Cain is a compelling story of someone who, through his sin, damaged his own life and the lives of others. That story, in itself, isn't unusual. What's unique is Jeremy Grinnell's willingness to tell with unflinching candor his story of failure and shame so that others might benefit from his hard-won wisdom and enter more deeply into the reality of God's extravagant grace. This is a must-read book which will stretch and enlarge our imagination for what restoration and redemption can look like in the body of Christ. --Sharon Garlough Brown Author, Sensible Shoes (IVP) and Shades of Light (IVP) The Bellowing of Cain offers wisdom from a voice we don't often hear from in the aftermath of a scandal caused by a destructive sin. Not the voice of one wounded by what's been done, but the voice of one who did it - one who has plumbed the depths of repentance and grace and found that God is both able and willing to redeem all things. I want all my friends in ministry to read this book! May it stir our imaginations for what a full expression of grace and redemption could look like in the Church! --Brian Blum - Lead Pastor, Frontline Community Church & the Zero Collective Network This is the book I've been looking for and couldn't find. It's an unflinchingly honest account about the messy complexities of sin and grace, repentance and forgiveness. It invites us to a gospel hope in the slow work of God. --Shalini Bennett - Professor of Spiritual Formation, Grand Rapids Theological Seminary

"""This book hurts--it hurts to read, it hurts to reflect, it even hurts to ponder the way forward. But it hurts in the service of helping, for if there is no help for Cain, there is no help and no hope for any of us. Let the redemptive healing begin."" --Wendy Widder ""- Professor of Old Testament, Bethel College, Author of ""Daniel"" (Story of God Commentary)"" ""I couldn't put this book down. As one who has been betrayed, I longed to understand: How could someone who claimed to love me fail to see and hear my pain? How could they lose all feeling for me? How could I have prevented this from happening? Am I to blame? Through his own excruciating journey as the betrayer, Jeremy courageously explains what I wanted to know: exactly how sin hardened his heart, diminishing everyone he cared about and deafening him to their cries. Until Jeremy turned back to the Lord, he was blind to the ones he had loved the most. This is an important book about the deadly grip of sin, the gift and process of repentance, and the overwhelming, unending love of God."" --Vaneetha Rendall Risner ""Author, Walking Through Fire (Thomas Nelson)"" ""I see this memoir as instructive reading for self-examination, especially for those in ministry. For example: 'This is how it starts.' 'This is how you get sucked in.' 'This is what self-deception sounds like.' 'This is how deep the betrayal feels to your family and community.' 'This is how long the suffering can last and how dark the night can feel, ' but also 'this is how the light comes.' 'This is what redemption and reconciliation can look like.'"" --Rebecca Konyndyk-Deyoung ""Author, Glittering Vices (Brazos) and Vainglory: The Forgotten Vice (Eerdmans)"" ""It is a gut wrenching experience to watch a young talented servant of the Church (minister and seminary professor) make career altering decisions and seemingly forever be banned from ministry opportunities. The Bellowing of Cain is a true story providing a rationale for considering ways forward for those who need hope and help in recovering a purpose and place in the Kingdom of God."" --Tim Detwiler ""Academic Dean, Kuyper College"" ""The Bellowing of Cain is a compelling story of someone who, through his sin, damaged his own life and the lives of others. That story, in itself, isn't unusual. What's unique is Jeremy Grinnell's willingness to tell with unflinching candor his story of failure and shame so that others might benefit from his hard-won wisdom and enter more deeply into the reality of God's extravagant grace. This is a must-read book which will stretch and enlarge our imagination for what restoration and redemption can look like in the body of Christ."" --Sharon Garlough Brown ""Author, Sensible Shoes (IVP) and Shades of Light (IVP)"" ""The Bellowing of Cain offers wisdom from a voice we don't often hear from in the aftermath of a scandal caused by a destructive sin. Not the voice of one wounded by what's been done, but the voice of one who did it - one who has plumbed the depths of repentance and grace and found that God is both able and willing to redeem all things. I want all my friends in ministry to read this book! May it stir our imaginations for what a full expression of grace and redemption could look like in the Church!"" --Brian Blum ""- Lead Pastor, Frontline Community Church & the Zero Collective Network"" ""This is the book I've been looking for and couldn't find. It's an unflinchingly honest account about the messy complexities of sin and grace, repentance and forgiveness. It invites us to a gospel hope in the slow work of God."" --Shalini Bennett ""- Professor of Spiritual Formation, Grand Rapids Theological Seminary"""

Author Information

Dr. Jeremy Gordon Grinnell earned his Ph.D. in Systematic Theology and taught theology at an evangelical seminary for nearly fifteen years. He was also the preaching pastor at a growing non-denominational church. In 2013, he struggled through an emotional affair combined with near-fatal clinical depression. In fifteen seconds of folly, he threw it all away in the most public way possible--complete with invasion of privacy charges and public disgrace in the media. A decade later, his marriage and family have been restored. He's been reconciled to the congregation he failed, periodically preaching there, and is now in the ordination process with the Wesleyan Church in preparation for whatever God has next for him.

Tab Content 6

Customer Reviews

Recent Reviews

Countries Available