Publisher's Synopsis
There is an epidemic of violence in our country today and every time another mass shooting occurs, the media and politicians erupt into another volatile debate over the causes and the solution. Stopping America's Violence Epidemic provides an analysis of the underlying causes of this violence, as well as a solution to it. Based upon his forty years of experience as a mental health professional author Jim Gardner, Ph.D. argues that the basic underlying cause of violence is anger, which is often aggravated by painful feelings of grief. He cites research to show that mental health professionals do not know how to help people overcome feelings of grief or anger, and he presents a highly effective faith-based way for resolving feelings of anger and grief that he has used for the last seventeen years.
The government, politicians, and the media will never be able to stop the violence epidemic in our country, but with this faith-based solution the Christian church can. When churches learn how to help people effectively overcome their anger and grief and begin teaching this in their church and communities, it will lead to radical changes in them and in our society. The Christian church must lead the way to show the world how to use this powerful prayer-based way to release its anger and forgive, and how to resolve its grief in order to stop the violence epidemic.
