Tears in the Desert
Lessons from the Joys and Sorrows of God’s Call
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Serving Christ and building the kingdom of God on earth has been a challenge and an urgent divine calling for generations. Whether planning and praying for God’s guidance toward a pastoral ministry or any other kind of Christian service, this book is designed to alert, inform and guide men and women toward a profession that is a divine calling with all of its potential joys and sorrows, trials and triumphs that make the love of God real to His servants, always through blessing, and sometimes through suffering. Anyone contemplating to embrace the challenge of laboring in God’s vineyard on earth will find this book a useful guide for doing his best for His glory.
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Are you interested in Christian service or studying for the Christian ministry? This book is uniquely designed to help you prepare for the challenges ahead and is endorsed by a pastor who served his church for thirty-eight years and the presidents of two seminaries who will recommend it to their students.
Karl Heller’s new book, Tears in the Desert: Lessons from the Joys and Sorrows of God’s Call, provides an up-close and personal account from the frontline of pastoral ministry. This is a refreshingly candid account of why pastoral ministry is so very challenging and at the same time so very important. By recounting the triumphs and tragedies of his own ministry, Dr. Heller is an able and wise guide, especially for seminarians preparing for pastoral ministry.
Frank A. James III, DPhil, PhD, President and Professor of Historical Theology, Biblical Theological Seminary, Philadelphia
About the Author
Karl-Heinz Heller, PhD, studied Economics and Business Administration in Hamburg and later left Germany for advanced studies in history and theology in Scotland, Canada the United States. He served pastorates in several countries, taught at Covenant College and the universities of Colorado and California (Irvine) among others, and travelled internationally as guest speaker. His publications include “From Hitler to Christ.”