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the problems go away? That is to say, what we most long for is to be restored in ourselves and in relation to ourselves. to the healing humans desperately need in all three areas: restoration to God, to one another, and to ourselves.
When I survey the landscape of churches, most default to addressing one of these three areas of brokenness and ways of being restored to God. Most would claim concern for all three areas, but they might collapse two of the areas as symptoms of the one area which is really the issue. For example, the mentality might be that if we are really restored to God, then we will also be restored to others and to ourselves. Or, if we are really restored to others, we will be free to experience our restoration with God, and with ourselves, and so on.
Excerpted from Theology That Heals by Ike Miller. Copyright © 2026. Published by Baker Books, a division of Baker Publishing Group( http:// www. bakerpublishinggroup. com). Used by permission.
Unfortunately, this thinking ultimately stems from the lack of a robust theology of sin and, more importantly, an incomplete theology of salvation. A theology that heals, on the other hand, recognizes the profound and far-reaching implications of brokenness and provides an account of salvation that speaks
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IKE MILLER is the lead pastor of Bright City Church in Durham, North Carolina, where he and his wife, Sharon, have served since planting the church in 2018. He holds a PhD in theology from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School and an MDiv from Duke Divinity School. After overcoming ministry burnout and recovering from a substance use disorder, Ike became passionate about helping others find healing from the lasting effects of difficult childhoods. Through his writing and ministry, he encourages people to experience emotional, relational, and spiritual wholeness in Christ. 25